Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao army received four helicopters Mi-17 repairedby Russian Helicopters at a ceremony held at Wattay airport in the Lao capitalof Vientiane on July 12.
At the transferring ceremony, Chief Executive Officer of Russian HelicoptersAndrei Boginsky said the choppers were repaired by experts of Russia’s 356thaircraft repair plant at Wattay airport
Also at the event, a crew of the Lao Air Force performed a demonstration flightin a repaired helicopter.
The repaired aircraft were ordered by the Lao army in 1997.
At the ceremony, the two sides discussed the purchase of new helicopters and furthercooperation in the area of service support for the old aircraft.
The Lao Air Force has more than 20 civil and military helicopters produced byRussian Helicopters. In addition to Mi-8/17 type helicopters, the countryoperates medium utility Ka-32T helicopters.-VNA
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