[Video] First flight of a new Iraqi Army Mi-28 gunship helicopter at Baghdad

September 14, 2014 Helicopters, Iraq, Troubled Areas

David Cenciotti

The Iraqi Army test flying their brand new Mil Mi-28NE Night Hunter helicopters.

The first of three Mi-28NE gunships delivered to Iraq has been assembled and already performed a test flight.

Indeed, the following video shows the new desert camouflage-painted all-weather, day-night, two-seat anti-armor attack helicopters performing a test flight at Baghdad airport.

Iraq with equip Iraqi Army Aviation with around 40 Mi-35 (export version of the Mi-24) and Mi-28NE attack helicopters to back operations against ISIS. Along with the Russian helicopters, Baghdad will get some American F-16 Block 52 jets.

H/T Satar Aliraqi for the heads-up

About David Cenciotti

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.

Anon Y. Mouse says:

September 14, 2014 at 5:32 PM

What’s with the portentious, cornball musical score? Did Michael Bay film this?
Flanker27 says:

September 14, 2014 at 7:35 PM

best solution against ISIS…