The Mi-17V5 Russian-made military transport choppers, one of which crashed on Wednesday killing General Bipin Rawat and 12 others, are a “very reliable” workhorse, carrying cargo and troops, flying ...

On December 8, an Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 12 defence personnel, including the crew, crashed in ...

On the Wednesday afternoon a helicopter crash near Coonoor Tamil Nadu was reported. Subsequently, it was reported that an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying 14 personnel, including India’s first Chief of ...

Maksim Bogodvid/RIA Novosti Amid rising militancy in its different regions, India intends to install more avionics that would boost its military strength in fighting militants in the dense forests of ...

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An Indian Air Force helicopter with the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on board crashed on Wednesday near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, the IAF said, as four people were killed in the mishap that ...

Latest visual from the spot (between Coimbatore and Sulur) where an IAF chopper crashed in Tamil Nadu. CDS Bipin Rawat, his staff and some family members were in the chopper. (Image: ANI) An Mi-17V5 ...

The US is buying 21 Mi-17V5 multipurpose helicopters from Russia, despite the purchase of the helicopters from state arms exporter Rosoboronexport being controversial in the US. Under the $365 million ...

The December 8 Mi-17V5 crash near Coonoor was the second high-profile accident involving the Indian Air Force’s latest helicopter inducted in 2012, and the air force currently operates around 145 such ...

People stand near the debris of the Russian-made Mi-17V5 helicopter after it crashed near the town of Coonoor(REUTERS) As many as four accidents of the Mi-17V5 helicopters of IAF have resulted in 21 ...

It is routinely used by India to ferry VVIPs, including the Prime Minister Add as a preferred source on Google India had placed an order for 80 Mi-17V5s in 2008, for a cost of $1.3 billion. The ...

Gangtok (Sikkim) [India], July 25 (ANI): On the request of Sikkim government, one Mi-17V5 helicopter of Eastern Air Command airlifted 5.5 tonnes of essential commodities here from Mangan to Sakyong on ...