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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Giant Russian helicopter rescues disabled coalition choppers


A Russian helicopter has successfully returned a chopper belonging to the Netherlands Air Force, which was damaged by ground fire in the South of Afghanistan, to its airbase in Kandahar.

After being shot at, the Dutch Cougar helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at an American military camp 65 kilometers from its base.

It took the Mi-26, belonging to Russia’s Vertical-T airline, half an hour to transport the nine-ton Cougar back.

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