Helicopter photos from Afghanistan Photo Gallery by Jeff L Knapp at pbase.com

Helicopter photos from Afghanistan

Quote from the sender of photos one, two and three.

“Awesome paint job. You MUST check out this Awesome Paint Job! Check out what some of our boys
across the water did to their helicopter. Some Afghan is probably freaking out right about now. The story is:
this very special Mi-24 helicopter is presently flying in Afghanistan, where it is no doubt causing quite a stir.”

Quote from Jeff Knapp "I believe these are two different birds" 1,2,3 and 4,5,6,7. What do you think?

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Jeff L Knapp		01-Jun-2007 03:04
Thank you Checker! Thank you for your information.

Checker		31-May-2007 16:46
The first three photos were taken by Paolo Pesaresi at the Ali Per La Vita Air Show in Porto Recanati, Ancona, Italy on August 11-12, 2001. The rest were taken at the Szentkirályszabadja air show on 9 September 2000.

Jeff L Knapp		10-May-2007 01:28
The Truth "as quoted on" http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/mi-24.htm The pictures are not of an American helicopter, but of a Russian MI-24 "Hind" assault helicopter. It was used extensively by the Soviets in Afghanistan but this paint-job does not appear to be for combat. We suspect it is for purposes of promotion or public performance. There are some pictures of it on display at an air show at Szentkirályszabadja, Hungary. Whether there are others like it, we don't know, the the only pictures of this paint scheme are all on the same helicopter designated number 117. ------

MamaFrog		30-Apr-2007 14:05
It seems to me the helicopter is one and the same. In photos #1 (supposedly taken in Afghanistan) and #5 (taken at the Hungarian air show), you can see that the tail number is the same: 117.

Crazy Ivan		09-Aug-2004 00:29
By the way... You can recognize the tail markings (the tri-colored chevrons) on the helicopters tail as the same as the ones on the other Hungarian Aircraft at this website. http://www.scramble.nl/mil/2/hungary/main.htm

crazyivan		09-Aug-2004 00:20
I forgot to mention - that MI24 has that paint job as a "show bird" for airshows and demo flights etc... not for operational camo. Mr. Larkin, this is NOT the kind of camo that was applied to WW2 ships - your thinking of the "jigsaw puzzle" looking camo. Completely different deal. Regards

crazyivan		09-Aug-2004 00:18
Hate to bust your bubble but its not US or even in Afghanistan. Its a Mi-24 with the Hungarian Air Forces. Here is photos of it at an airshow in Szentkirályszabadja, 9 September 2000. http://www.lpds.sztaki.hu/~zsnemeth/airshow/szentkiralyszabadja/ I just got back from afghanistan. We never saw an MI24's operating there. US Cobras and Apaches were the only gunships. http://www.lpds.sztaki.hu/~zsnemeth/airshow/szentkiralyszabadja/ Regard Gents

BT Larkin		17-Jul-2004 18:12
The feathered helicopter: the admirable paint job makes the h. details hard to sort out! This kind of decoration was done in and after WWI to warships, to mislead opponents who might have wanted to attack such a ship. Zigzags were painted on the sides of a ship to make it look like it was shorter, or turning around ... false bows, etc. Camouflage, it was called. I think the helicopter paint crew are on to something here! It may now be harder to aim at it! BT

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