A squadron of Mi-24 helicopters of the Czech Air Force is expected in Ukraine

On October 14, a farewell ceremony took place in the Czech Republic for the Mi-24/35 helicopters, to be replaced by Bell AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom rotorcraft (10 units each) from the United States. This event was attended by 250 people from among the pilots and technicians who worked with these machines.

This brought tears to my eyes. Something with which a piece of life was connected is leaving

- said one of the former Mi-24 pilots, whose words are quoted in the publication CZDefence.

In total, the USSR supplied Czechoslovakia with 31 Mi-24s. Russia subsequently transferred 17 Mi-35s to the Czech Republic as part of the payment of Soviet debt. While in the service of Prague, these helicopters did not take part in any military campaign.

Some of the vehicles ended up in the Afghan National Army; their fate is unknown today. Today, decommissioned Mi-24s are sent to Ukraine, where, judging by videos from the front, they are immediately involved in hostilities. However, their fate is also unknown

- says the publication.

"Face" of the army aviation Until recently, the Czech Republic was the Tiger Squadron. It was formed in the 1990s and consisted of Mi-24s covered with picturesque images of the said animal. After the Mi-24/35 were put out of action, these “Tigers” should soon be expected to be in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine: the Ukrainian press is already rubbing their hands, anticipating the appearance of such colorful machines.

Comments

[Omega options]

hahahaha :))
It will not change anything.
Let the Europeans capitulate and give up all their weapons.

[BAT]

Everything has its time. The Europeans have already capitulated and given up their weapons several times. The last time this happened was in 1945.

[Pravodel]

The Europeans have already capitulated and given up their weapons several times.

A small clarification: “not several times,” but constantly. For the first time in history, the Gayropians, then not yet Gayropians, received everything from our great ancestor Alexander Yaroslavich (Nevsky) back in 1242, first on the Neva, and then on Lake Peipsi.
The last time, for sure, was in 1945. Apparently the time has come again to teach the Geyropeans well again, otherwise they have become too greyhounds, especially the Poles and various other tribals.

[Kmon]

The problem is that the Anglo-Saxons never capitulated (they capitulated, not just ran away). We have never been to London and Washington and never will, alas. Namely, they lead all Europeans.

[krot]

It would be a pity to land such handsome painted ones... Although the Sumerians will probably deface everything with fascist crosses..

[Havoc]

Quote: Kmon

The problem is that the Anglo-Saxons never capitulated (they capitulated, not just ran away). We have never been to London and Washington and never will, alas. Namely, they lead all Europeans.

"Never say never." - folk wisdom.

[Kmon]

Sorry, I completely forgot about the successful landing of Russian oligarchs. They have already bought up half of the real estate in London and Washington in order to sabotage the Western economy at a critical moment. True patriots, unfortunately, are not understood by anyone.

[Fedor Rashkin]

They will steal Crocodiles, and Russia will send gas to Europe.
Brilliant.
There will still be those who will argue that this is, like, beneficial to Russia... like money. Only to whom.
They are in the west and will remain.
As long as Russia conducts business according to the principle of flies separately, cutlets separately, there will be no sense...

And these same crying Czechs will be put at the helm)))

[Saburov_Alexander53]

And these same crying Czechs will be put at the helm)))
It is unlikely. There are no Czech warriors, this has been proven by all the wars in which they participated, but the brave soldier Švejk is the best example of a Czech soldier. In the Czech Republic there was not even a partisan movement in the 2nd WW, and a couple of urban groups were led by English commandos, with the aim of eliminating the German generals. But in Slovakia, which became a protectorate of Germany, unexpectedly and in opposition to the corrupt Czechs, partisan detachments arose. The truth is mainly with the participation of our soldiers who escaped from captivity.

[shikin]

There was no partisan movement, but there were hundreds of thousands in the Wehrmacht and SS. There were almost 70 thousand Czech prisoners of war in the USSR during the Second World War.

[Deon59]

Do you believe that the current Russian leadership will risk reaching Europe. Here we could at least get to Kyiv.

[BAT]

Well, why is their fate unknown? Very well known. They will be disposed of somewhere in the steppes of New Russia or in the forests of Slobozhanshchina.

[Omega options]

The main thing is to sell them as much gas as possible???

[Anton Serov]

Quote from Omega option

The main thing is to sell them as much gas as possible???

Most of the profits from oil and gas sales to Europe (according to the fiscal rule) contribute almost half to our pension fund. The rest also goes to finance the SVO. Thus, Europe not only supports half of our pensioners, but also pays our expenses for SVO. This is such a funny moment.

[Crimean partisan 1974]

replenishes almost half of our pension fund.

......not quite like that..the pension fund lives at the expense of future pensioners...nevertheless, the Russian Federation is full of subsidized industries that are supported by the supply of hydrocarbons over the hill...and there’s nothing even to say about the SVO.. .the expenses are colossal...and whiners like Fedya Shuvalov have dementia...it seems to him that everything is falling from the sky

[Deon59]

Maybe some of it is returned, but the bulk of the money runs and non-stop to offshore companies

[rotmistr60]

Today, decommissioned Mi-24s are sent to Ukraine

The Czech Republic is trying very hard to keep up with those who want to “defeat Russia on the battlefield” and I hope this will be taken into account by the Russian side. Inclusion in the list of unfriendly countries is of course symbolic, but nothing more. But what and how to hit unfriendly countries should be decided by the government.

[Mikhail Maslov]

Give up these illusions. The war will end and it will start again for political, economic, etc. benefits. And we ourselves will run into the arms of the EU. Don’t you see there is nothing “sacred”.

[sifgame]

Judging by the news from the first days of the Northern Military District, the Czech Republic has been fussing more than anyone else in supplying weapons to Ukraine, anticipating the wishes of the owner.

[Saburov_Alexander53]

The Czech Republic is the most fussy about arms supplies to Ukraine
A familiar and common practice for these people. They supplied Hitler with the most weapons from their factories literally until May 1945. The entire Atlantic Wall from Norway to Spain was equipped with Czech artillery. And the Czechs now consider the “real liberators of Prague” not Konev’s army, but the Vlasovites who kicked up in their death throes.

[alexoff]

All fighting Czechs died during the Hussite wars, only the collaborators survived, who, together with the Germans, finished off the last irreconcilables. Since then, Czechs know their place and serve their masters

[Nikolaevich I]

Here they are..."brothers"! Czechs, Poles, Bulgarians... - pubic lice! (I use 2 words instead of one for an obvious reason...) Well, where is the “wisdom” of the Bolsheviks? They've created a viper! And even now the current regime of power in the Russian Federation is stepping on the same (Bolshevik) “rake”; flirting with the "third world"! Oh, this “Africa” will come back to haunt us! (How it came back to haunt the USSR...)

[Saburov_Alexander53]

Nikolaevich I (Vladimir), and if we compare our “Bolshevik flirtations with the third world” and what the United States later adopted, calling it color revolutions, is there a difference? After all, we were ahead of the rest, organizing liberation revolutions wherever possible. They even kissed the cannibal Bokassa in the Kremlin. Now the United States is doing exactly the same thing, pouring billions of dollars into coups, with “their sons of bitches” appointed there. So what's the difference? Is it just that we don’t know how to take advantage of a successful coup and profit? And who is to blame for this?
What's there in Niger? The French survived, but who will develop the uranium mines? That's right - Americans!

[faiver]

Return crocodiles to their homeland, Czech dogs are gray

[Repellent]

Quote: faiver

Bring the crocodiles back to their homeland

Russia is the homeland elephants crocodiles!

[faiver]

By the way, according to legend, crocodile-shaped animals lived on the territory of the Pskov and Novgorod regions, but by the end of the 19th century they were killed off. Is it true or not I don't know

[aszzz888]

Today, decommissioned Mi-24s are sent to Ukraine, where, judging by videos from the front, they are immediately involved in hostilities. However, their fate is also unknown

- says the publication.

"THEIR PLATE" IS KNOWN!!!

[Pankrat25]

I wonder if Czech pilots and mechanics will be included with helicopters?

[Spichka]

Since ancient times, the Czechs have supplied only iron; they do not like to die and do not even want to die for the Stars and Stripes.

[Petr_Koldunov]

...these “Tigers” should soon be expected to be in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces: the Ukrainian press is already rubbing their hands, anticipating the appearance of such colorful vehicles.

Why are they rubbing their hands? With that Tigers? If only they had called it differently... otherwise history teaches us that Tigers burn very well in the Ukrainian steppes...

[sifgame]

You can, of course, modernize the helicopter and install new avionics and weapons, or you can paint it beautifully and then sell it h...m