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Ukrainian USV Mi-8 Hip R-73 missile kill Black Sea
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Ukraine Claims Its Drone Boat Shot Down A Russian Mi-8 Helicopter With A Surface-To-Air Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 31, 2024

Russian MI-8 Defector Ukraine
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Russian Helicopter Pilot Details His Defection Flight To Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 5, 2023

MI-8 Crash Ukraine
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Two Ukrainian Mi-8 Helicopters Crash, Killing Six: Reports

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

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Defecting Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Was Lured To Ukraine: Reports

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 23, 2023

Russian aircraft shot down
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Four Russian Aircraft Shot Down Within Their Own Borders

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 13, 2023

Iraq Wants To Ditch Russian Mi-17s For U.S. Helicopters Over Ukraine War-Induced Parts Shortage
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Iraq Wants To Ditch Russian Mi-17s For U.S. Helicopters Over Ukraine War-Induced Parts Shortage

By Emma Helfrich, Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 11, 2023

Black Helicopter Prompts False U.S. Embassy Evacuation Claims In Iraq
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Black Helicopter Prompts False U.S. Embassy Evacuation Claims In Iraq

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 29, 2022

Russian Air Force's Mil Mi-8MTV-5 medium twin-turbine helicopter in flight
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NATO Member Estonia Says Russian Helicopter Intruded Into Its Airspace

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 22, 2022

Mi-8 Mariupol Rescue
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Low, Fast And Dangerous: A Firsthand Account Of Ukraine’s Secret Helicopter Rescue Missions

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Afghan Mi-17 painted as Ukrainian
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Ex-Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Helicopters Are Now Flying For Ukraine

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

Inside Ukraine’s Daring Helicopter Missions Into Russian-Occupied Mariupol
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Inside Ukraine’s Daring Helicopter Missions Into Russian-Occupied Mariupol

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 25, 2022

Ukraine’s Delegation Arrives By Mi-8 Helicopter To Summit With Russia On Belarus Border
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Ukraine’s Delegation Arrives By Mi-8 Helicopter To Summit With Russia On Belarus Border

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 28, 2022

U.S. Clears The Way For Transferring Ex-Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters To Ukraine: Report
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U.S. Clears The Way For Transferring Ex-Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters To Ukraine: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 20, 2022

Trio Of Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters Quietly Arrive At The U.S. Air Force’s Boneyard
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Trio Of Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters Quietly Arrive At The U.S. Air Force’s Boneyard

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 20, 2021

Russian-Made Mi-17 Helicopter Flown By Secretive U.S. Unit Lands In Farmer’s Field
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Russian-Made Mi-17 Helicopter Flown By Secretive U.S. Unit Lands In Farmer’s Field

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 18, 2021

Mysterious Russian Mi-171Sh Hip Assault Helicopters Are Bound For China
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Mysterious Russian Mi-171Sh Hip Assault Helicopters Are Bound For China

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 18, 2020