The Mi-8 is far more cost-competitive than Western counterparts, and focuses on redundancy and ease of use rather than exacting performance standards. The Soviet Union’s Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter is the ...
The BALTOPS 25 exercise granted a rare sighting of a Soviet-designed helicopter landing on one of the U.S. Navy's two Cold War era Blue Ridge class ships. Sailing in the Baltic Sea, the USS Mount ...