Indian Air Force npaj siab yuav txuas ntxiv mus yuav cov dav hlau Lavxias nyob rau xyoo 2016. Peb tab tom tham txog kev yuav khoom ntawm 48 ntau lub hom phiaj thauj tub rog lub dav hlau Mi-17V-5. Tus cev lus rau Indian Air Force, Simranpal Singh Birdi, tau hais rau lub koom haum xov xwm Lavxias hais tias kev cog lus zoo li no tau npaj tseg. Tus nqi ntawm daim ntawv cog lus tseem tsis tau qhia tawm. Tab sis ua ntej qhov kev pom zoo tau kwv yees ntawm $ 1.1 nphom.
Cov nyoob hoom qav taub Mi-8MTV-5, nqa cov khoom xa tawm Mi-17V-5, tuaj yeem siv ob qho tib si rau kev thauj cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab rau kev thauj khoom. Lub tsheb muaj riam phom nrog: "Tawm tsam" tiv thaiv lub tank ua cov cuaj luaj, S-8 tsis siv lub dav hlau ya dav hlau, thiab nws tseem tuaj yeem teeb tsa rab phom tshuab thiab cov foob pob tawg. Cov tshuab tau ua pov thawj lawv tus kheej zoo thaum ya hauv huab cua hnyav thiab siv hauv qhov chaw nyuaj-mus txog qhov siab. Cov nyoob hoom qav taub ntawm Mi-17 hom (xa tawm ntawm Mi-8 tsev neeg) feem ntau xav tau ntawm cov neeg siv khoom txawv teb chaws.
Yog li, raws li Lub Chaw Tshawb Fawb ntawm Cov Tswv Yim thiab thev naus laus zis, xyoo tas los tag nrho cov ntim ntawm cov ntawv cog lus pom zoo rau Lavxias lub dav hlau thev naus laus zis los ntawm kev koom tes ua tub rog-thev naus laus zis muaj txog 133 lub dav hlau, ntawm uas 107 yog lub dav hlau dav hlau ntawm Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-171 tsev neeg. Cov neeg xa khoom loj tshaj plaws hauv 2014 yog Afghanistan (30 Mi-17V-5 helicopters), Tuam Tshoj (24 Mi-171 thiab Ka-32 helicopters), Is Nrias teb (19 Mi-17V-5 helicopters) thiab Iraq (19 Mi-17V-5, Mi-35 thiab Mi-28NE).
Ntau tshaj 300 Mi-8 thiab Mi-17 tam sim no siv hauv Is Nrias teb. Feem ntau, raws li kws tshaj lij, ntau dua 70% ntawm Indian riam phom yog Soviet thiab Lavxias tsim khoom.
