Mil’ Mi-8MTV-3 «61» based at Groznyy-Severnyy airport, April 2000. Russian flags — colloquially referred to as «besik» (actually a contraction of belo-sine-krasnyy, white/blue/red) — used to be painted on the external flight deck armour shields; only red paint could be found when an attempt was made to restore them
Апр 06, 2009 | 12 комментариев »
Mil’ Mi-8MT «55» based at Boodyonnovsk in the spring of 2001. The helicopter wore standard but extremely faded camouflage; Russian flags were worn on both flight deck armour shields, with «White Eagle» artwork on the port side only
Апр 06, 2009 | 5 комментариев »
Mil’ Mi-8PS «50 Red» of the 830th Helicopter Regiment
Апр 06, 2009 | 6 комментариев »
Mil’ Mi-8PS «50 Red» VIP-helicopter (Salon) of the 830th Independent Helicopter Regiment
Мар 29, 2009 | 9 комментариев »
Mil’ Mi-8MTV-2 «43» based at Vladikavkaz in the autumn of 2001. The helicopter wore standard but extremely faded and sun-bleached camouflage (referred to as «belyy bort» — «white aircraft» — in slang); Russian flags were worn on both flight deck armour shields
Мар 29, 2009 | 10 комментариев »
Mil’ Mi-8MT «28» of the Joint Air Group. Note the owl badge of the Independent Helicopter Squadron on the port armour shield; the card in the pilot’s blister window bore the taxicab chequerboard and the inscription «Grozny-City, No free rides»
Мар 29, 2009 | 21 комментарий »