The Mi-24 has a secondary troop transport capability. It can carry a full infantry squad of 8 fully equipped troops, which makes this gunship a flying infantry fighting vehicle. Because of the troop ...

The Soviet Mi-24 was a testament to the Soviet preference for brute force and power over finesse or whiz-bang technological wizardry. These flying beasts were killers. At the height of the Cold War, ...

It was an open question, as Russian forces massed along Ukraine’s borders in late 2021 and early 2022, whether the Ukrainian army’s helicopter pilots would play any meaningful role in the coming wider ...

The U.S. Army is widely known for its helicopter fleet, filled with some of the most advanced helicopters in the world. The Apache and Black Hawk are chief among these, but the fastest helicopter in ...

In early February 2026, the Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Légierő) officially withdrew the Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters, in the Mi-24P and Mi-24V variants, from operational service. The final live-fire ...

A four-nation programme to upgrade up to 100 Mil Mi-24 Hinds operated by the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia has been halted due to funding issues, differing requirements and pressure ...

India has delivered the final two of four refurbished Russian-built Mil Mi-24 ‘Hind’ attack helicopters it had promised the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in early 2018 to boost ...

South African-based Advanced Technologies and Engineering (ATE) has unveiled plans for a Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter upgrade, based on a new nose and fuselage cockpit section and upgraded avionics and ...