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List Of Ukraine Aircraft Losses In 2014 Pro-Russian Unrest In Ukraine
This is a list of Ukrainian, Russian and Russian-separatist aircraft losses. It covers helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and UAVs, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, including the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Donbas War During the Donbas War, on 20 November 2014, Ukrainian sources reported at a conference in London that the total Ukrainian aerial losses during the conflict in the east were: one Su-24, six Su-25s, two MiG-29s, one An-26, one An-30 and one Il-76. Helicopter losses amounted to seven Mi-8/17s and five Mi-24s. Ukrainian aircraft losses * Ukrainian Air Force – 25 April 2014: A Mil Mi-8MT, call sign ''Yellow 55'', was destroyed after being struck by small arms fire on the fuel tanks when it was being prepared for departure in Kramatorsk Airport, Kramatorsk airport. * (2) Ukrainian Army Aviation – 2 May 2014: Two Mil Mi-24 helicopters were shot down during large-scale operations during the Siege of Sloviansk. Rebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft and many forms of STOL (Short TakeOff and Landing) or STOVL (Short TakeOff and Vertical Landing) aircraft cannot perform without a runway. In 1942, the Sikorsky R-4 became the first helicopter to reach full-scale production.Munson 1968.Hirschberg, Michael J. and David K. Dailey"Sikorsky". ''US and Russian Helicopter Development in the 20th Century'', American Helicopter Society, International. 7 July 2000. Although most earlier designs used more than one main rotor, the configuration of a single main rotor accompanied by a vertical anti-torque tail rotor (i.e. unicopter, not to be confused with the single-blade monocopter) has become the most comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
