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Mil Mi-24 Hind (Wallpaper 4). Photo wallpaper gallery of Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter attack and gunship aircraft - 4. Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter attack and gunship aircraft pictures and images collection - 4. The Mi-24 was the first helicopter to enter service with the Russian Air Force as an assault transport and gunship. Additional missions include direct air support, antitank, armed escort, and air to air combat. The helicopter was used extensively in the Afghanistan War, becoming the "signature" weapon of the conflict. The Russians have deployed significant numbers of HINDs in Europe and have exported the HIND to many third world countries. The Mi-24/25 is primarily an attack helicopter, but may also be outfitted for other missions. As a transport it can carry up to eight passengers. In the transport/cargo role it can not only carry internal loads but is capable of external sling loads up to 3,000 pounds. In the air ambulance role, the Mi-24/25 can carry four stretchers and one attendant. The Mi-24/25 cockpit areas and cargo/passenger areas are sealed, environmentally controlled, over pressurized with the airflow chemically/biologically filtered. Mil Mi-24 Hind (Wallpaper 4). Photo wallpaper gallery of North American Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter attack and gunship aircraft - 4. North American Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter attack and gunship aircraft pictures and images collection - 4. The aircraft may be equipped with additional internal fuel tanks to extend the range/endurance of the Hind. The HIND is never employed individually -- always in sections of two and where possible in flights of six. The HIND has been used for air to air training. The Russians use balloons as air to air targets for the HIND. Unlike fixed wing aircraft the HIND lives in the helicopter flight environment and can maintain firing parameters on other helicopters for much longer periods of time than the fixed wing. Clutter from terrain flight background or flares will usually distract portable ground fired SAM-7 missiles and the STRAGGER cannot track a target moving much faster than a tank. However, a transport helicopter with a HIND on its tail is a "dead duck." One of the special features of the Mi-24 is its speed. It was and still remains to this day the fastest combat helicopter. In 1978, a similar helicopter, given the designation A-10, set the absolute, officially recorded world speed record for "clean" helicopters — 368.4 km/h. Such high speed qualities have been achieved thanks to good aerodynamics, in particular, by using retracting landing gear. Mil Mi-24 Hind (Wallpaper 4). Photo wallpaper gallery of North American Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter attack and gunship aircraft - 4. North American Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter attack and gunship aircraft pictures and images collection - 4.