ZM2888 Flying past with the national flag during rehearsals for Aero India 2023. This helicopter belongs to 112HU "Thoroughbreds". Raised at Jorhat on 01 Aug. 1963, the unit previously flew the Bell 47G, Chetak and Mi-8. It was awarded the President’s Standard on 11 March 2014 for exceptional service during war and peace. (mehr von ZM2888)
E-481 Out of its hangar for the first time in several years, now we can see its beautiful color scheme. Soon it will be sent to the US for a complete overhaul alongside other 4 Mi-17.. (mehr von E-481)
AEE-487 Lifting up from BAE #15 "Paquisha" or also known as La Balbina, on its way to Cotopaxi to pick up indigenous leader Leonidas Iza who was arrested that morning for inciting violent protests in the country. (mehr von AEE-487)
AEE-484 Look at those angry eyes!! Beautiful Mi-171, getting ready for take off from the Mariscal Sucre Air Force Base at SEQU for the second time to perform a test flight with the Ecuadorian flag hanging from its belly. Just minutes before the air parade for the 213 years of the First Call of Independence of Ecuador in which this helicopter alongside other two Mi-171, two Ecureuil and one Lama helicopters participated. (mehr von AEE-484)
ZP5217 Streaming the IAF ensign, helicopters of 155HU lead the flypast at 9:00 a.m. on the 89th Air Force Day at Hindon AFS before Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of Air Staff and other dignitaries. The honor of leading the flypast went to Wg Cdr Nikhil Mehrotra, who doused the burning container ship MV SSL Kolkata in the Bay of Bengal in June 2018 with a Mi-17V-5 in rough weather conditions, preventing an ecological disaster to the Sunderbans. (mehr von ZP5217)