Mil Mi-24 (NATO codename "Hind"): is a large combat helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport operated from 1976 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. The export versions, Mi-25 and Mi-35, are denoted as Hind D and Hind E respectively. Soviet pilots called the aircraft "Letayushiy tank" or flying tank. Another common nickname is 'Krokodil' (Crocodile), due...