Amazing Helicopter: Mi-24 "Eagle" Helicopter in Afghanistan

Jim.Dodd.com ^ | December 9, 2002 | Jim Dodd

[MeekOneGOP]

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This very special Mi-24 helicopter is presently flying in Afghanistan where it is no doubt causing quite a stir!

Nice Paint Job.....How would you like to wake up from an un-restful nap and find that bad boy looking at Ya???

(be sure to view all 3 pictures)

[MeekOneGOP]

Credit to FReeper NYTexan for showing me this Internet Site with these awesome pics !! Thanks!

 

photo by Mark Wilkinson

The Mi-24, the first helicopter to enter service with the Russian Air Force as an assault transport and gunship, was developed on the basis of the Mi-8's propulsion system. Additional missions include direct air support, antitank, armed escort, and air to air combat. The helicopter was used extensively in the Afghanistan War, becoming the "signature" weapon of the conflict. The Mi-24 is a close counterpart to the American AH-64 Apache, but unlike this and other Western assault helicopters it is also capable of transporting up to eight troops. The Russians have deployed significant numbers of HINDs in Europe and have exported the HIND to many third world countries.

[MeekOneGOP]

Here ya go !

[yonif]

awsome. Image the faces of the terrorists when they saw it.

[yonif]

I meant to say imagine

[Centurion2000]

bump for the flying tanks :)

[spoiler2]

WOW! This completely re-defines nose-art. I suppose this is merely the logical extension of painting shark's teeth on P-38s.

[NYTexan]

Thanks!

BTTT

[MeekOneGOP]

You bet, FRiend ! Thank you....

[jriemer]

It's a bird, it's a plane....

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, folks !

[PAR35]

That may explain this story from October:

What Is the Huge Bird Flying Over Manokotak, Alaska?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/777716/posts

"gigantic eagle type bird" "bronze color" wing span "14 to 15 feet" (Hind wingspan 6.5 meters - about 20 feet)

[ex-Texan]

I first saw those pictures on Art Bell's site. They were up only for about ten hours. Then they vanished mysteriously. I suspect somebody in the military objected to them being put on display.

[denydenydeny]

This very special Mi-24 helicopter is presently flying in Afghanistan where it is no doubt causing quite a stir!

Help me out here. Who is using this helicopter in Afghanistan? I was not aware that the US military was using any Russian aircraft at all.

[MeekOneGOP]

On his website, you can contact the owner at:

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[MeekOneGOP]

I didn't have the answer to your question. Thanks !

[Illbay]

I thought that was the old Soviet "Hind." Kind of an antique by now, isn't it?

And WHO is flying them in Afghanistan?

[MeekOneGOP]

See #13-15, thanks......

[NYTexan]

"I was not aware that the US military was using any Russian aircraft at all."

Don't Know that the U.S. is using them. Could be Brits.
See these:
http://www.af.mil/photos/helicopters_mi24_cutlines.shtml
http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws002/tass121.htm

[gaijin]

Love that helicopter!

Very easy on the crew, and rugged.

Its downfall is that it has a very conscripted hover capability. At cruising speed, something like 30% of the required lift comes from the wings.

It's sort of a gyrocopter rather than a helicopter, actually.

But I like it!

[gaijin]

Actually, a dedicated US OPFOR outfit has a couple of them. I forget where they got them, but the mysterious disappearance must have started a couple of unlucky East Bloc snake drivers...