Venecuela je odlučila da avione OV-10 bronko iz 15. grupe za specijalne operacije zameni helikopterima Mi-28NE, pošto zbog američkog embarga nije mogla da nabavi avione A-29 super tukano.
Prvi proizvedeni Mi-28NE za Venecuelu.
Tekst na engleskom:
The Venezuelan Air force will begin to receive the first attack helicopters Mi-28NE Night Hunter, in the second half of 2009, as a spokesman of the plant Rostvertol announced.
The total of negotiated units is unknown; but it has confirmed that an order has been studied initial for four helicopters. It has transcended, that the Night Hunter will replace the airplanes of tactical support aircraft, the Bronco OV-10 that operate with the Group Air of Special Operations Nº 15, outstanding in the General air base Rafael Urdaneta, of Maracaibo, state Zulia (I Air Area).
The Mi-28NE (variant of export of the My-28N) it is an attack helicopter of last generation, of two pilots (I steer and one navigator operator) dedicated to destroy tanks, armored vehicles, and capabilities of low speed to face the enemy troops with deadly force. The first copies of this sophisticated helicopter are being hardly used by the Russian Armed forces, for that that Venezuela will become its first client.
It has advanced electronic equipment and navigation system controls, also has modern weapons that allow him to perform complete combat missions by day and at night in any conditions meteorological, and that it is able to fly to extremely low heights contouring the relief automatically of the one land. In a same way, it makes the search, the localization and to identify all of the targets in air and in the ground, transmitting the respective data to the terrestrial control points.
Međutim, do danas je proizveden samo jedan Mi-28NE za Venecuelu iako je planirano da se prvi helikopteri isporuče Venecueli polovinom 2009.
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Након што у Бразилу није успела да набави авионе супер тукано за замену времешних авиона ОВ-10, Венецуела је у Русији наручила десет јуришних хеликоптера Ми-28НЕ као замену за авионе ОВ-10. До сад је произведен један Ми-28НЕ, а почетак и завршетак испоруке очекује се током 2011. године.
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