“Crashing Down on Us”
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Model
Manufacturer
Type
Description
Events
Mi-35P (also
known as the
modernized
export version
of Mi-24P)294
Rostvertol,
a subsidiary
of Russian
Helicopters 295
Combat
Helicopter
Attack helicopter used for
ground assault missions.296
In April 2023, two Mi-35 attack
helicopters arrived over Pazigyi
village to continue a coordinated
attack, with the gunner strafing
survivors and first responders.300
From 2010 to 2015, a total
of 10 Mi-35P helicopters
were delivered to the
Myanmar military, with the
final two delivered in 2015.297
During the 72nd anniversary
of MAF, two Mi-35P fighter
helicopters were reported
to be commissioned into
service on December 15,
2019.298 Currently, nine
Mi-35P helicopters remain
operational.299
On May 3, 2021, Kachin
Independence Army (KIA)
reported to have shot down one
Mi-35 helicopter near Konw Law
village in Momauk Township,
Kachin State.301
294 Airforce Technology, “Mi-24P (Mi-25 and Mi-35) Hind,” September 4, 2020, website https://www.airforce-technology.
com/projects/hind/.
295 André Orban, “Rostec Launches Serial Production of Upgraded Mi-35P Attack Helicopter”, Aviation24, August 24, 2020,
https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers/rostec/rostec-launches-serial-production-of-upgraded-mi-35p-attackhelicopter/#:~:text=State%20Corporation%20Rostec%20is%20one,export%20of%20high%2Dtech%20products;
Airforce Technology, “Mi-35M (Hind E) Attack Helicopters,” January 2, 2023, website, https://www.airforce-technology.
com/projects/mi-35m-hind-e/.
296 “The Myanmar military’s Air Superiority is Slipping Away Amid Sanctions and Opposition Attacks,” Radio Free Asia, 20
January, 2024, https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/myanmar-air-power-01202024101801.html.
297 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Arms Transfer Database, accessed July 29, 2025, https://armstransfers.
sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/TransferData/transferDetail?entityId=755884.
298 Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, “New Military Planes and Helicopters Put Into Service at 72nd
Anniversary Of Tatmadaw (Air).”
299 Flight Global, 2025 World Air Forces Directory, November 25, 2024, https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/2025-worldair-forces-directory/160846.article.
300 “Sky-High Atrocities: The Deadly Rise of Myanmar Junta’s Aerial Campaign,” The Irrawaddy, April 20, 2023, https://
www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/sky-high-atrocities-the-deadly-rise-of-myanmar-juntas-aerial-campaign.html.
301 Nayt Thit, “Thirteen Myanmar Junta Aircraft Shot Down Since Coup”, The Irrawaddy.