New video: Syrian Air Force Mil Mi-17 using rockets

Published on: April 3, 2012 at 9:08 PM

Filmed on Apr. 3, 2012, the following video (clearly) shows a Syrian Air Force Mil Mi-17 multirole helicopter using one of its rocket launchers during the uprising in Syria.

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.