Polonia recibe primeros Mi-17 adquiridos a Rusia

Mi-17 helicopters for the PTF in Afghanistan delivered to Poland

2010-12-31

On 29th December at the airport Wrocław Strachowice the transport aircraft An-124 Ruslan landed with three new Mi-17 helicopters onboard. These are three out of the five machines purchased by the Ministry of National Defence for the deployment to the mission in Afghanistan.

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The purchase of five helicopters Mi-17 forms a part of 1.350 million worth so-called “Afghani package” dedicated to the operation in Afghanistan. Already, Polish Task Force in Afghanistan operate four Mi-17 helicopters, 8 Mi-24 assault helicopters; newly acquired UAVs “Aerostar” are being prepared for use. Since spring, Poland also exploits Scan Eagle sets and has as well the access to the US unmanned "Predator” aircraft.

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