01-Sep-19 - Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and UTair Engineering signed an agreement during MAKS 2019 on upgrading Mi-8/17 helicopters. The first Russian company not part of Rostec with such capability #UTair
06-Dec-18 - Egypt’ Helwan Factory for Developed Industries (HFDI) will be a certified maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) center for Mi-8T and Mi-17-1V in 2019. Future plans includes the Mi-17V-5 type. All these helicopters are operated by the Egyptian Air Force #Egypt
08-May-18 - Portugal hosting for 4th time the European Defence Agency (EDA) helicopter exercise Hot Blade. 12th edition take place at Beja May 7-23 with Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia and the Netherlands
25-May-17 - Russian Helicopters held talks during HeliRussia 2017 on setting up a helicopter service center with Azerbaijan Airlines and Silk Way Group
20-May-16 - Lom Praha, managed by the Czech Ministry of Defense, has extensive experience of service maintenance and modernization of Mi-8/17, Mi-24/35 helicopter series
16-Feb-16 - Russian Helicopters is reviewing options to conduct the Mi-8/17 military helicopters repairs at the joint Russo-Vietnamese venture HELITECHO
29-Sep-15 - Afghan Air Force MD530Fs and Mi-17 helicopters departed Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul to participate in operations in Helmand province Sept. 27
12-Aug-15 - The Afghan Special Mission Wing (SMW) is an unique aviation unit in charge of supporting the special forces capabilities of the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior.
26-May-15 - USAF Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) continues their mission of building a professional, capable and sustainable Afghan Air Force.
01-Apr-15 - The 3rd Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment (3 RCR) is participating in Exercise Mountain Warrior in Trzclaniec, Poland, throughout the month of April.
30-Oct-14 - Since the contract between Rosoboronexport and the US Department of Defense was signed in 2011, 63 helicopters produced at Kazan Helicopters have been delivered to Afghanistan.
03-Oct-14 - General John Campbell, commander of American and NATO troops in Afghanistan as part of an international force, described the capabilities of the Russian Mi-17 helicopter as “incredible” and shared his impressions from flying in the aircraft.
21-Jul-14 - Ulan-Ude - Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec, will this month host pilots from Mongolyn Alt Corporation (MAK) at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant's Aviation Training Centre, under an agreement on training of flight and engineering personnel.
05-Mar-14 - Moscow - Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec, has delivered a Mi-8AMT helicopter (also known as the Mi-171 for the foreign markets) to the Russian company UTair Aviation.
