MI-25 : Twin engine turboshaft, assault and anti armour helicopter capable of carrying 8 men assault squad with four barrel 12.7 mm rotary gun in nose barbette and upto 1500 Kg of external ordnance including Scorpion anti-tank missiles. It has a max cruise speed of 310 km/hr.
Air Marshal VK Bhatia PVSM. AVSM, VrC & Bar was the first Indian who dared a tandem skydiving jump in India at the age of 56 yrs.
This daring feat was performed on 17 Sep 1999 at Agra airfield from an An-32 aircraft.
