Thursday, August 07, 2008

Six Russian-made multirole helicopters arrive in Indonesia

Six Mi-17-V helicopters, ordered by Indonesia from Russia in 2003, arrived at the Indonesian Navy`s airbase in Surabaya, East Java, on Wednesday.

The Indonesian Defense Ministry`s director general for defense facilities Rear Marshal Eris Heriyanto, Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Alexander Ivanov, and a number of Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) officials were present at the air base when the brand-new helicopters arrived.

After the helicopters had landed, Heriyanto and a representative of the Russian company that had made them, Rosoboronexport, signed notes on the aircraft`s delivery.

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