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Afghanistan will receive 21 Mi-17V5 helicopters by the first half of this year

Moscow, Russia - A contract signed last May with the United States

The "Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service" announced today, 11 January 2012, that Russia will deliver to Afghanistan 21 Mi-17V5 helicopters, an export version of the Mi-8 Hip helicopter equipped with an additional door and a new "Dolphin nose" by the first half of the year. This delivery makes part of a contract that the United States signed with Russia last May to buy 21 Mi-17V5 military...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1136862
Rome, Italy, 01/11/2012 17:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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