On December 8, an Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 12 defence personnel, including the crew, crashed in ...

The Mi-17V5 Russian-made military transport choppers, one of which crashed on Wednesday killing General Bipin Rawat and 12 others, are a “very reliable” workhorse, carrying cargo and troops, flying ...

People stand near the debris of the Russian-made Mi-17V5 helicopter after it crashed near the town of Coonoor(REUTERS) As many as four accidents of the Mi-17V5 helicopters of IAF have resulted in 21 ...

The US is buying 21 Mi-17V5 multipurpose helicopters from Russia, despite the purchase of the helicopters from state arms exporter Rosoboronexport being controversial in the US. Under the $365 million ...

The December 8 Mi-17V5 crash near Coonoor was the second high-profile accident involving the Indian Air Force’s latest helicopter inducted in 2012, and the air force currently operates around 145 such ...

NEW DELHI: CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others on board an Mi-17V5 IAF helicopter were killed after it crashed in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday. While the exact cause behind the crash ...

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 others were killed on Wednesday when an Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crashed in Tamil Nadu. Mint examines the ...

On the Wednesday afternoon a helicopter crash near Coonoor Tamil Nadu was reported. Subsequently, it was reported that an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying 14 personnel, including India’s first Chief of ...

New Delhi: An Indian Air Force helicopter with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat on board met with an accident on Wednesday near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. CDS Rawat, his wife Madhulika was on ...

Latest visual from the spot (between Coimbatore and Sulur) where an IAF chopper crashed in Tamil Nadu. CDS Bipin Rawat, his staff and some family members were in the chopper. (Image: ANI) An Mi-17V5 ...

Maksim Bogodvid/RIA Novosti Amid rising militancy in its different regions, India intends to install more avionics that would boost its military strength in fighting militants in the dense forests of ...

Moscow, May 17: Russia will deliver 12 Mil Mi-17V5 military transport helicopters to the Afghanistan Armed Forces by the end of 2013, Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said.