Mil Mi-35
The Mi-24 is the Russian HIND attack helicopter. The Mi-35 is the export version of the Russian Mi-24 HIND attack helicopters, manufactured by the Rostvertol Company based in Rostov on Don. The Mi-24 Hind-D and Mi-35 Hind-E "flying tanks" are Russia's counterpart to Boeing's Apache large helicopter gunship. The Air Force uses the Mi-35 as the aggressor at the Red Flag weapons school at Nellis, AFB, Nev. The Mi-35 helicopter is a well-armed and reliable combat vehicle capable of performing a variety of tasks in combat conditions. The development of this combat vehicle began in 1968, and its final appearance was formed only in 1973. From a structural point of view, the great advantage of the helicopter was the unification of many of its components with those used in the Mi-8 and Mi-14. The characteristics that the Mi-35 possesses fully justify the fact that it is often called the "flying infantry fighting vehicle." The fact is that from the very beginning the crew was equipped with flying armored helmets and body armor, in the armored version there were a windshield of the cockpit and crew seats, local armored plates were installed on the engine hoods and on the sides of the cabin. “Mi-24/35 helicopters are one of the most warring in the world, the history of their combat use includes more than 30 wars and military conflicts. Such rich experience has allowed us to bring this platform to perfection, and now we are conducting systematic work to equip it with the latest weapons and on-board equipment. As soon as all changes prove their effectiveness during the tests, the updated machines will be put into serial production, "quotes the CEO of Russian Helicopters Andrei Boginsky the official website of the Rostec Corporation. Helicopter stability at speeds exceeding 200 km / h is ensured due to the fact that a wing having a negative sweep of -12 ° was installed on it. To increase the efficiency of track control, a pulling tail rotor is used. All this allowed to increase the speed of the car to 300 km / h. Subsequently, the armament of the combat vehicle was improved due to the fact that the USPU-24 machine gun installation with the YakB-12.7 machine gun, with a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute, and the Falanga-P missile system appeared on its board. The flight and combat characteristics of the helicopter are largely ensured by the successful formula used in its design. Mi-35 was created in accordance with the classic single-screw design, has a five-blade three-hinged bearing and three-blade tail rotors. The retractable landing gear consists of three legs, the front support being controllable. The two-seat cabin, designed for the crew, is made in tandem and is located in the bow of the car. Separate front cab for operator-shooter. The cockpit, located in the background, is raised above the front cockpit by 0.3 m to provide easy viewing. The flight mechanic is placed on a folding seat installed in the equipment compartment located behind the cockpit. Both crew cabins are sealed, have a heating and ventilation system. They maintain excess pressure of a small level, which eliminates the ingress of contaminated air in a combat situation. The helicopter has modern instrumentation, which increases the accuracy of the use of weapons installed on board and provides orientation to the crew. In particular, round-the-clock detection and identification of objects at a distance exceeding 4 km is provided with night vision devices, as well as with an IRTV-44 MGH thermal imaging surveillance system. The accuracy of determining the current coordinates of the combat vehicle is guaranteed by the modern satellite navigation system GPS 115L GARMIN. In May 2010 a US Air Force major from the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Combined Air Power Transition Force was the first American Mi-35 HIND attack helicopter pilot to fly in combat. Maj. Caleb Nimmo, an Afghan National Army Air Corps pilot adviser, began flying in 2000. In the last ten years, he has flown UH-1 Hueys for the Air Force and the Marine Corps, T-6 Texans as an instructor pilot for the Undergraduate Pilot Training at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., and the MV-22 Osprey. "It has been absolutely an honor and a surreal experience," Major Nimmo said, " to work with the Afghans, the Czech Republic teams and now the Hungarians. ...The Afghans are very skilled pilots and they teach me things all the time. They teach me a lot about the tactics that helped when they were working with and against the Russians and the Mujahedin and the Taliban." Two of the areas coalition mentors are working on with the ANAAC are instrument training and operational processes. "We are trying to coordinate with the Afghans, and (to build) an Afghan-led and an Afghan-run system to plan the way ahead for the Mi-35," Major Nimmo said. "We are not going to tell them there is only one way to do it, because this is Afghanistan and they need to establish their way of doing it, which will be sustainable far into the future."
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