Это кто ж им так отгрузил то все за 1,5 месяца???... :-)
4 Ми-17 для Афгана были заказаны американцами 30 июля -- первая пара отгружена 3 сентября, вторая -- 16 сентября.
Пишут, типа, что это новые машины от российских производителей...
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – NAVAIR delivered four new Mi-17 helicopters to the Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) in Kabul, Afghanistan just sixty-five days after the order was placed.
Four Mi-17 helicopters, the first new helicopters Afghanistan has ever received, were ordered on July 30. The first two were delivered Sept. 3; the second pair of Mi-17’s was delivered Sept. 16
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"The Mi-17 acquisition was an extremely challenging non-traditional acquisition from contract award to helicopter delivery. In this, the NAVAIR Afghan team performed superbly, delivering these non-Western aircraft within a record 35 days from the contract being awarded into Afghanistan,” said Eugene Chan, Country Program Director - Afghanistan / Iraq, Navy International Programs Office.
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“The four Mi-17’s were bought new from the manufacturers in Russia through a contract with Defense Technology, Inc. The Mi-17 contract was competitively sourced and DTI won the competition.”
