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16 September 2010

Mi-24 Hind Military Aviation Helicopter


The Mil Mi-24 (Cyrillic Миль Ми-24, NATO reporting name 'Hind') is a large helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport (Carries 8) produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated from 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. In October 2007, the Russian Air Force announced it would replace its 250 Mi-24 helicopter gunships with 300 more modern Mi-28s and possibly Ka-50s by 2015.

In NATO circles the export versions, Mi-25 and Mi-35, are simply denoted with a letter suffix as "Hind D" and "Hind E" respectively. Soviet pilots called the aircraft летающий танк (letayushchiy tank, “flying tank”). More common unofficial nicknames were Крокодил (Krokodil, “Crocodile”), due to the helicopter's new camouflage scheme[3] and Стакан (Stakan, “Glass”), because of the flat glass plates which surrounded the three place cockpit of the Mi-24A.
 
Mi-24 / Mi-25 / Mi-35
Mil Mi-24
Role Attack helicopter with transport capabilities
Manufacturer Mil
First flight September 19, 1969
Introduced 1972
Status Active
Primary users Russian Air Force
ca. 50 other users (see operators)
Number built 2000 (estimated)
Developed from Mil Mi-8
Developed into Mil Mi-28

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