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Mi-24 "Hind" helicopters found in an Australian landfill

They were buried following a diplomatic scandal

Today two Russian-made Mil Mi-24 "Hind" helicopters have been found in a Darwin landfill. The discovery took place at just over 330 km from their former depot at the Tindal base of the Royal Australian Air Force (Raaf) near Katherine where military aircraft operated from 1997 to 2016. The rotary-wing machines most likely formed a group of four helicopters destined for Papua New Guinea in the mid-1990s...

RC3 - 1225399
Darwin, Australia, 10/29/2019 10:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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