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Su-25 is a
battlefield attack, close air support, and anti-tank aircraft.
NATO reporting name is 'Frogfoot'. Crew - one pilot.
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MiG-23 is a swept-wing fighter aircraft,
crew - 1
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IL-76 is a
four-engine strategic air lifter. NATO reporting name is "Candid".
Crew - 5, Capacity - 167 troops
(Kandahar airfield) |
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An-12 is a
four-engine turboprop transport aircraft. NATO reporting name is
"Cub".
Crew - two pilots, flight engineer, navigator and radio operator. Capacity
- 90 troops
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Mi-8 is a large
twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship.
Nato reporting name is "Hip". Crew – two pilots and one engineer. Capacity
- 24 troops.
(Kandahar airfield) |
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Mi-24 is a large
combat helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport.
NATO reporting name is "Hind". Crew - pilot, weapons system
officer and technician.
Capacity - 8 troops
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Mi-26 is a heavy
transport helicopter in service in civilian and military roles.
NATO reporting name
"Halo". It is the heaviest and most powerful helicopter in
production.
Crew – 2 pilots, 1 navigator, 1 flight engineer, 1 loadmaster. Capacity -
80 troops.
(Kandahar airfield) |
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Su-25, Mi-16, T-72
Kandahar airfield |
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Bagram
airfield - 1985 |
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Faizabad -1987 |
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Mi-24 in sky of Kandahar |
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Mi-8 at work |
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Helicopter
MI-8's pilot major Daryin delivering ammunition to the mountain
garrison near Kabul, Afghanistan 1988 |
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Air
patrol |
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Mujahideen
celebrate of shutting down Soviet helicopter MI-8 |
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Shut down Mi-24
Left photo - province of Kabul
Right photo - province of Kandahar |
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Bagram Air Field
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Bagram airfield
- 2006 |
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Before and after air strike |
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Aviation bombs |
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Group of soviet
officers loading coffin in AN-12, Afghanistan |
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Kabul
airport |
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Obelisk of Mi-24
on Soviet Air Force base by Kabul Airport |
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Obelisk
to Soviet pilots in 1987
Bagram Air Field,
Afghanistan |
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The very same
memorial today - 2007
Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, |
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Kunduz airfield |
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View from
satellite of the
Mi-24 memorial |
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Memorial of Mi-24 on
former
territory of Kunduz Soviet
Air force base in 1984 and
in 2007, Kunduz |
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Memorial to died
in action Soviet pilots.
Military base of 70th infantry brigade, Kandahar, Afghanistan |
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Soviet pilots.
Life in Kandahar
Afghanistan 1986 |
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Soviet Air force
field in Kandahar |
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Daily
maintenance of Mi-24 and preparation for next military
operation against mujahideen. Kandahar, Afghanistan 1986 |
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