The Armed Forces of Ukraine began the operation of Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters, which were transferred from the United States.

Footage of personnel with the new helicopter of Ukraine were published by the press service of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On April 13, the United States reported a $800 million aid package for Ukraine, which included 11 helicopters.

In May, it became known that one of the aviation aid batches from the United States had already arrived in Ukraine.

The United States provides Ukraine with aircraft equipment previously belonging or assigned to the Afghanistan Air Force, which no longer exists.

About two dozen former Afghanistan Air Force Mi-8/17 helicopters were located outside the country, and their fate remained unknown.

In January, the former Air Force of Afghanistan aircrafts in the United States were brought to one military base.

The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group of the United States Air Force, also known as the “Boneyard,” near Tucson, Arizona, was getting more and more helicopters.

Under the agreement with the United States, Russian Mi-17V-5 helicopters were delivered to Afghanistan by Rosoboronexport.

The main contract for the supply of 21 helicopters was signed by Rosoboronexport and the U.S. government on May 26, 2011, and was completed by mid-2012.

All Mi-17V-5s that were assembled at the Kazan Helicopter Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding were transported to Kabul by An-124 transport aircraft of the Volga-Dnepr Airlines.

Reminder: in October 2021, it became known that one Afghan multi-role Mi-17 helicopter repaired by the Ukrainian enterprise JSC Motor Sich remains on the territory of the plant.