photo Россин Денис Владимирович
17 October 2011 airforce-technology.com
The Russian Air Force has received a new batch of six Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopters, Defence Ministry spokesman colonel Vladimir Drik said.
RIA Novosti quoted the colonel as saying: "The helicopters have been delivered to the Torzhok training centre to improve the pilot training programme."
The all-weather Mi-28N, a modified version of the Mi-28 Havoc attack helicopter, has been designed to perform hunter-killer missions against ground forces, helicopters and main battle tanks (MBTs).
The air force operates a total of 24 Mi-28s built at the Rostvertol plant in southern Russia.
The Russian defence ministry plans to procure around 45-67 Mi-28Ns to replace the existing fleet of Mi-24 Hind helicopters by 2015.
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