Legendary Mi-24 and Mi-8 Helicopters with Hydra-70 Rockets. A day with Ukraine's Helicopter Pilots 

153 combat sorties at 23 is...unreal. What a hero

Amazing that you can fix them to use longer range weapons

Ukrainians are so brave, smart and innovative! I support 'em and those who provide real help for them and feel like I'm a tiniest part of rock standing against Pootin's hordes.

I'm so glad that innovation is a part of Ukraine technology. We pray that Ukraine will liberate all borders... 1991 and Crimea.

Greatings from Czech Republic ! Slava Ukraine !!!

Impressive story, interesting insights. Keep up the good work! 👍 From Bucharest 🇷🇴, all the best to Ukraine! 🇺🇦 ✌️🕊

Soviet helicopters are absolutely gorgeous. The menacing bulky appearance, and that engine whine of these two beauties. God, what I'd pay to have one of my own.

For the record, the Hydra-70 has a kit to make it a precision munition. UA has received these kits from the US.

Our Heroes

Outstanding commitment. Go get ‘em! 🇨🇦

many many brains with usefull creations... imagine the wonders of future if they are free to devlop so much more other inventions and every day usefull things... Made in UA 👏👍 incredible young creative nation. be free Slava Ukraini

Go,go sokoly. Slava ykrai'n'i voi'nam. Berezhy vas Boh.

flying helicopters in contested airspace takes alot of guts they have to fly low and fast mainly at night.

That heavy-lift chopper was promised by Russia to the Philippines to help with search and rescue operations during the typhoon season in the Philippines. Unfortunately, the Russians never delivered on the helicopter deal. So as a way to get back on getting scammed by the Russians, the Philippines will be supplying Ukraine with its surplus overproduction ammunition, ranging from small arms to artillery shells...

Laser designators would be good to have in the hands of the infantry. These Hydra rockets and the larger Zuni's have guidance kits that allow them to hit pinpoint targets designated by infantry. Providing the rockets are fired in the direction of the target as they can only adjust so much. Then the aircrews could lob them from range like they often do but they would be able to hit individual positions or vehicles with accuracy. I'm pretty sure that Ukraine has been supplied rockets of both types fitted with guidance modules.

SLAVA UKRAINI !!! God Bless You ALL !!!

That's Mi-35 from Czech Republic ! Good luck ! Glory to Ukraine and glory to Heroes !

Kicking zorc ass‼️ Slava Ukaini! 💙 🇺🇦 💛 Heroyam Slava 💪 🇺🇦 💙

You are True Heros Guys Slava Ukraini

Question for those who would know more than me: Why don’t these Mi-24s carry ATGMs? I assume it would be difficult to employ them closer to the frontline with enemy IADS etc but I’m wondering if there are any available for Ukraine’s Hinds in the first place? Also if not, would it be possible to use Brimstone and Hellfire missiles integrated with the Mi-24 (with an additional lazing pod for target acquisition) Edit: Thank you for the answers :)

Dang 153 and just still 23 yrs and a mentality for frontlines soldiers utmost respect and inspired truly brave slava Ukraine defending your home from the abusive neighbor.

Heroes to a man, and woman.

I remember reading a few years ago that the US military had found a way to retrofit the old, unguided Hydra missiles with relatively cheap bolt-on guidance systems with some sort of sensor on the nose - I think laser seeking(?) - to make them more lethal. They were considered to be a game changer in the article I read - in no small part because of the economics and the destructive power already inherent in the unguided Hydras. I wonder if some of those kits made it to Ukraine as well? 🤔

🇺🇦💙💛🦅Slava Ukraini! Legends in the sky 🙏to sharp eyes and steady hands ✌️🫶🇦🇺

🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨 SLAVA TO UKRAINE 🇺🇦💪

Godspeed Ukrainian heroes! Victory comes closer every day!

They need Apache. Longbow with mast optics. No more climb and dive. Just stick the mast over a billboard/ hill/ whatever, rock it back and let the guided missile off. NO EXPOSURE to return fire.

God bless these guys ! Slava Ukraine ! 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️ 🫡 🇺🇦 🇺🇸

Its a shame, that those heroic pilots dont get western equip...the apache and the warthog would heat orc buts in combination with western fightet jets...thosr mrn are REAL HEROES... shame on US and NATO...slava ukraini..

Great footage of these brave aviators stay safe and fly high Slava 🇺🇦 👍 🇬🇧

Ray the Beagle really stole the show!

God bless Ukraine and all Ukrainians fighting for their home.

23 bro…. Fawk what a BOSS

Ray is a sweetheart

I hope, one day soon, that the only flying these amazingly strong, young pilots do, is, demonstration flights at air shows, and on peacetime exercises. More strength to them, and to the troops on the ground. Victory for Ukraine!

Cue "Ride of the Valkyries" and "Fortunate Son" playing over Ukraine.

Slava Ukraine! God will always be with you!

Thank you for putting these video's out for us to see from so far away. Our monthly donations continue to Ukraine, and to NAFO, Terraops and recently to Ukraine Volunteer Center in Kherson, where they are working at the animal shelter. WE must continue to do what we can to support Ukraine...from Eastern Canadian household💝🇨🇦 💪🇺🇦

One day the brave pilots of Ukraine are gonna be flying apaches. God bless this true warriors🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸🖕putin

Artem… have a great insight to tiredness, he do his part and knowing the infantry have to fight even if the are tired…it’s sad to see that youth have to fight wars because stupid old people! Heroyam Slava🇺🇦

Amazing 🇺🇦💪🇵🇹

Until victory and beyond: Slava Ukraini!

Very smart of the engineers to fit Hydras instead of S-8s, The Mi-24s were mass made, making the weapons very cheap. But in this war every helicopter helps a lot.

The US need to give the older cobra attack helicopters to Ukraine Air force.

US should give Ukraine some of their leftover Cobra Gunships. Marine corps just retired Supercobra's.

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It's interesting how so many on here are calling for Ukraine to receive Apaches without really understanding the nature of this conflict and how it is different to what the Apache has fought in. In the two Gulf Wars and Afghanistan, Apaches hugely benefited from having air superiority and facing an enemy which either didn't have much in the way of air defence to counter them (ie the Taliban) or where air defences were overwhelmed and suppressed by the air superiority the Allies had in the two Iraq Wars. Ukraine is a completely different kettle of fish. This is a peer/near peer conflict which means both sides are roughly evenly matched in capabilities with neither side having a clear advantage in the skies. Russia might have a slight edge there in that their air force is more numerous and has longer range missles, but even they are restricted to largely operating in friendly airspace as Ukraine has a more than capable air defence system which is preventing from them from having air superiority across the whole of Ukraine like the US enjoyed. If you think Apaches are going to do that much better than Mi-24's or for example the often discussed A-10's will do that much better than Su-25's than you don't truly understand this conflict. Definately they will bring greater capabilities then their Soviet era counterparts, but the highly contested nature of the air space over Ukraine including the numerous Manpad usage all across the front, will severly limit what they will be able to achieve. It's at that point you need to ask yourself is it really worth all the effort training pilots/maintenance crew and setting up logistics for a helicopter/aircraft which will provide very little benefit to Ukraine. I'm pretty sure the Pentagon and other defence officials across NATO and other Allies already know the answer to that hence why it's not even on the table.

We should send them a couple dozen Apache choppers.

Mi-24 a Helicopter iam currently learning to fly in DCS:world in VR got to do the full start up and everything as it would to fly a Mi-24 got about 15,000hrs sim time even fly Ukrainian markings, i still want to volunteer in any capacity allowed glory to Ukraine glory to the heroes

The last comment is so powerful and why Ukraine will win. They see their countrymen straining for the same cause of liberating their country and gain new strength.

Slava to the Warriors Warriors Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

157 combat missions as a 23-year-old Hind pilot. Great job, stay safe and long live Ukraine! 🤩

Russia… air superiority… 😑 all they have is air they don’t have superiority. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦🫶🇬🇧

I have no doubt UKRAIN will WIN this war they are not just brave but more so they are extremely talented and inovative they make frankenstien chopper to make it flyable and combat ready imagine trying to fly those chopper against Russia's more modern chopper knowing that they are inferior some may no longer fly it but these guys are so brave trusting that they can accomplish their mission.this guy is just 23 y.o and had made 100+ plus combat mission is really baddass..SLAVA U 5:36 KRAINE

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If I recall correctly, back in April 2023, Ukrainian commanders have requested that the U.S. provide 50 AH-64 Apaches, 100 UH-60 Black Hawks, and 60 CH-47 Chinooks. I believe that is the equivalent of two or three U.S. Army Combat Aviation Brigades.

Apache is the best attack helicopter state of the art monitoring of a pilot in apache they can take out enemy at the night time and maneuverability of the apache helicopter is good

That aviation tech and maintenance head engineer looks like the Slovenian born NBA Dallas Mavericks player Luka Doncic.

Above and beyond!

Valeriy should have the callsign Dr. Frankenstein

I’ve j hooked one of these in squad best heli MI-6

It's not unlike WWII where many allied pilots, defending the world from nacism, were also in their early 20s.

If those western countries have send attack and transport helicopters then Ukraine would have an upper edge in this war.

I didn't see any Westerners' promotion of the IRAQI military that was fighting the illegal occupation of their country by the US. Even the man that destroyed Sadam statue with the US regrets it.

Need to work in some stand off weapons into these bigger soviet birds and need to flood Ukraine with a bunch of small economical style light civilian to attack choppers conversions for doing this rocket throwing mission and probing the air space at the front so these heavy hitters can get further up. Wonder if you could put some of those guided Zuni rocket conversions on or do that with some of the bigger soviet single tube attack rockets and guide them from the UAS like the arty. How about a conversion to get old Mavric missiles on Hinds and hips and use all the extra seating on both to man multiple missile TV guidance seekers at once and do what the KA52 is doing at stand off range but with mavs having their own seaker and like 3-4 guys operating their own MFD each so they can scan more faster then probably even the ka52 2 man crew with one gimble FLIR painter.

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I need to figure out a way to mount hellfires like the Apache it would make it three times deadlier

9 hours ago 😮

you need apaches...ASAP

Slava Heroyam! 🇺🇦💪

Ukraines Armed Forces will Forever be Heros of Europe

Give Ukraine Heli Apache .!! 👍

God is with you.heroes❤

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The audio is so quite.

Time for America to send them Cobras…don’t need for those to sit and rust in storages

Those Mi-35 needs AAMs so they can defend themselves against Migs and Sus

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🤣🤣🤣 I've got a bridge for sale folks

Glory to the hero's. Slava Ukraine 😀.

Only 23 years old… when I’m that age i was chasing girls but him he’s chasing russian orcs… slava Ukraini

I liked better about mil mi-24 hind helicopter wonder why how much learned Ukrainian training doing.🤔

The caliber is smaller, the warhead is smaller, the armor penetration is less, the number of rockets in the block is less than that of the S-8 rockets. But on the other hand, the effective range is slightly higher and significantly less smoke from rockets.

ua need to start requesting attack helicopters not just fighters, euro tiger or an Apache, something with sensors that can provide direct pin point attach accuracy

What the hell is "legendary" about a Hind?? The Afghans knocked them out of the sky at will. Ukraine needs APACHE'S!!!

So you can attach Western Weapons in Soviet / Russian Helicopters

Hydra rockets are obviously... laser guided rockets.

USA should have already been training and supplying of armed Blackhawks, not Apaches but still a huge upgrade

This is amazing. If only western countries stepped up and sent some black hawks or Apache helicopters, which are drastically more advanced.

Does Ukraine not have any KA-52's or even older KA-50's?

Protect Rick's (the dog's) ears please!!!! 💙💛💪💪🙏🙏🙏

The VVS completely own you guys. Future RIP to the pilots in the video

Great Govna To USraine! All those guys wiil meet Bandera soon!!!

Nice Russian helicopters

Odd idea. Hydra 70 comes with laser guidance kit modification that Ukraine has already ready received. They have also received spotter drones with laser designators that can fly hundreds of km from control module. The mi 24 is also capable of acting as a troop carrying, able to carry 8 men max. Why not have the mi-24 have a dedicated drone operator fly with them and increase target acquisition, mark targets, and lowering loiter time increase overall effectiveness. Apache crews started doing this with grey eagles when Iraqi Islamist started getting manpads.

Keep the hydras; loose the Soviet dinosaurs. We have several hundred Blackhawks we will never use collecting dust; they need to end up in Ukraine.

helo dream team AH64 +Mi24

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Don't care. Glass all of Ukraine and finish this, Russia. Thanks.