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nice .. the following two are VIP conversions of Mi17. I believe they are not done ex-Factory ..
... but still, as a wise man once said, when a Mil crashes, they burn so furiously ..
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Sri Lanka Air Force Victory Day 2013
SLAF Aircrafts taking off and preparing for the Victory Day 2013 at Galle Face.Please comment and see the photos !!!! Thanks, Haleef Ismail
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Sri Lanka Air Force Victory Day 2013
SLAF Aircrafts taking off and preparing for the Victory Day 2013 at Galle Face.Please comment and see the photos !!!! Thanks, Haleef Ismail
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A small correction bro,SLAF has a brilliant record regarding aircraft maintenance. If my memory is right only 3 aircraft have come down due to technical faults;
1 Antov transport/Chinese variant Y-8(?)
1 Bell helicopter in 2007 (at the time the LTTE attacked the Anuradhapura Air base). I think this bird was rushed into the air and sadly we lost two greater assets then the helicopter, our brilliant pilots to which you cannot put a price tag.
1 Mi-24 also hit the ground some time in 2009 or 2010, thankfully no loss of life.
It is very heart warming to know that the SLAF maintain such brilliant and high standards, on par with the worlds best air forces and our engineering boys are excellent in their adaptation and skill, especially when you consider the limited resources coupled to the work load (regarding the war). It’s also further sweetening when you consider the unwanted Elephant across the Straits has the worst record in history, in spite of all it's mammoth resources
In your third example above(which is regarding MI 24 helicopter),unfortunately we lost two brilliant pilots.It happened on 27th of November,2009.Those two pilots was,Squadron Leader Esala Dodanmaluwa and,Flight Lieutenant Rehan Fernando .......................... we salute our heros.................
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Chinese PT-06 Aircraft
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SRI LANKA AIR FORCE FACILITATES AIR TRANSPORT FOR KAPILAVASTU RELICS
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MA 60 -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_MA60
Imagine AN 24, with P&W engines .. (no, not AN 32, the predecessor of AN 32 - AN 24 .. !!!)Leave a comment:
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and this is where I differ .. the fact they accept Ma 60's shows something is falling apart now ..... or chinese salesmen are getting better .. nuff said ..Leave a comment:
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Praetorian: the concern about the MA 60 is NOT about SLAF's maintenance .. the planes are essentially a re-mix of AN24, not even the AN32
And one of the operator who had a few un-comanded response in their MA 60.. is very meticulous in their operations ..Leave a comment:
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