14-Aug-2016Source: Rostec
The experience from the Russian Airforce’s helicopter operations in Syria showed that the full metal blades of lift rotors should be replaced with new ones made of composite materials. Viktor Bondarev, the Colonel General, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Forces, shared with Izvestia that the Mi-28NM upgraded military helicopter will be the first to... Read more
22-Mar-2015
Pilot carried out an “emergency landing due to technical failure”. Four occupants were captured by opposition fighters, one crew member was shot by his captors and the fait of a sixth crew member is unknown. Registration confirmed from this YouTube video... Read more
8-Apr-2013Source: Rosa DeLauro
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) led a bipartisan group of members today urging Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel not to purchase additional helicopters from the state-owned Russian arms dealer Rosoboronexport. That company has continued to transfer weapons to the Assad regime, enabling mass atrocities. The group sent the letter amid reports that the Department of Defense... Read more
26-Dec-2012
The Free Syrian Army claims to have shot down a helicopter over Mazzeh Mlitary Airport as it was shelling a residential area... Read more
27-Nov-2012
Syrian AF Mi-17 was hit by surface to air missile, continued flying but crashed minutes later. Two YouTube clips show situation – see this one first, then this one. Casualties unknown... Read more
16-Nov-2012
Syrian rebels claim to have shot down a Mi-17 helicopter... Read more
17-Oct-2012
Helicopter shot down by missile. Casualties unknown... Read more
5-Oct-2012
Helicopter shot down by rebel forces, and burned out on the ground... Read more
20-Sep-2012
Helicopter crashed after being shot down by rebels... Read more
20-Jul-2012Source: Congressman Jim Moran
The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed an amendment introduced by Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat and Senior Member of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, to put an end to purchases from the Russian-controlled arms dealer Rosoboronexport which is currently supplying weapons to the oppressive Syrian regime. The amendment, attached to the FY’13... Read more