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The aviation park of the Russian Military and air forces in 2013 was filled up by more than 100 new helicopters, including – 14 fighting Alligator Ka-52 helicopters, the commander-in-chief of the Air Force lieutenant general Victor Bondarev reported.

«This year we receive hundred with superfluous helicopters», – the general told during Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company visit (enters into holding «Helicopters of Russia»). In particular, according to the commander-in-chief, the Progress plant Continue reading →

In the next two days for tourists from the Russian Federation 93 flights will take off for Egypt, Maiya Lomidze reported the executive director of association of tour operators. It also reminded that speech about emergency evacuation does not go, tourists are taken out in a planned order according to the tickets acquired earlier, broadcasts "RIA Novosti news agency".

On November 6 Russia suspended an aircraft service with Egypt before clarification of the reasons of a plane crash on Continue reading →

In Tuva operation on search of the missing the Mi-8 helicopter proceeds on October 10, 10 aircrafts participate in it. Let’s remind that the day before with approach of night it was necessary to interrupt searches, they were renewed with a dawn.

The group of the rescuers participating in searches of the Mi-8 helicopter, considerably increased. As reports «The first channel», all in search of the helicopter 10 aircrafts participate. At present they checked already 9 thousand square kilometers Continue reading →

The United States found some Russian helicopters in airfield in Syria. About it reports Reuters referring to sources in Washington.

As declared one of sources, in airfield at least four helicopters, including fighting were fixed. When the Russian helicopters arrived to Syria, it is not known. Models of helicopters are not called.

On September 14 Reuters reported about a transfer of the Russian artillery and seven T-90 tanks on airfield in the Syrian province Latakia. The ambassador of Syria Continue reading →

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In Argentina two helicopters with passengers therefore at least 10 people were lost broke, reports Associated Press.

According to the secretary on safety issues of the province of La-Riokh, Cesar Angulo, incident occurred in the afternoon on Monday, March 9, near Vilya-Kastelyi, about 1170 km to the northwest from Buenos Aires.

According to Angulo, there was an explosion. According to preliminary data, helicopters faced during flight.

According to the La Nation newspaper, onboard Continue reading →

New updating of the helicopter which was developed in the Soviet Union, was presented to prime minister Mikhail Myasnikovich who is today with a working trip in Vitebsk area.

Vladimir Troitsky noted that the enterprise has two investors – the largest Ukrainian producer of aircraft engines of "Motor Sich" and the Belarusian enterprise "Systems of investments and innovations". "The sense of privatization of plant consisted in inhaling in the enterprise new life, to master Continue reading →

The Ministry of Defence of Iraq declared on July 2 receiving from Russia the next party of shock helicopters in number of 4 units within the contract signed between the countries.

As it is declared, the put helicopters will be a part of army aircraft and will expand possibilities on counteraction to fighters.

Military department of Iraq did not call type of the received helicopters. Before the Russian Federation several parties already delivered to Baghdad shock Mi-28NE helicopters "Night Continue reading →

The producer of arms of Lockheed Martin largest in the USA agreed with United Technologies corporation about purchase of the producer of planes, helicopters and other Sikorsky Aircraft aircraft for more than 8 billion dollars, Reuters transfers.

It will be, as expected, the largest transaction in the world market of the weapon since 2012 when United Technologies bought the producer of the Goodrich aviacomponents more than for 16 billion dollars, reminds Bloomberg agency.

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The USA will occupy "leading role" in an implementatsiya of NATO approved by the summit in Wales on September 4-5 a package of "the strengthened cooperation" with Georgia, the Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakly Alasany at a joint briefing in Tbilisi with the head of the Pentagon Chuck Heygel who has arrived to the country with 2-day official visit declared on Sunday.

Details of the help will be defined soon after expert consultations. But already precisely it is known that Continue reading →

Members of movement "Taliban" let out two rockets towards the airport in Kabul and got to the helicopter of the president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, Associated Press reports.

The helicopter of the Russian production at the moment of attack was on a runway.

The commander of military unit of the airport of Abdoul Vakhab Vardak told that the helicopter of production burned down. He did not specify, whether there was in it Karzai at the moment of incident.

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