Sri Lanka air force helicopter gun-ships Vavuniya – Military bases Google Earth
2008 June 25
Looks like some version of the Mil Mi-2424s from the Orthographic projection I dug up on Wikipedia.
You can check out more of this air-base on google maps. Note that the images date back to around 2005-2006. Chances are the LTTE would be getting better quality the latest from commercial satellite imagery providers.
Cerno, not some version of Mi 24… these are Mi 35 with the 12.5mm gatlin gun version with FLIR mounts !
Rajarata: Thank you
I would be blundering on blindly without your input!
wow.. i didnt know we had the Mi 35. awesome!
I hope MOD increases the gunship fleet even more – to scare any “would be terrorist” after the war.
chandimag Yes looks like No 9 Squadron has them.
In the Guard of Honor today, there were two MI 24s and one MI 35 (ID’d by the fixed twin barrel nose gun). They flew right over my house (moratuwa) and the sound was AWESOME
chandimag: Weren’t you glad they were in a good mood and not attacking
Saw a youtube cockpit eye video of one of those things doing training runs (somewhere in Russia). First time I was spooked by a youtube video 