A Russian Mi-28N Havoc combat helicopter, deployed to Hmeymim airbase, near Latakia, Syria, has crashed near Homs on April 11, killing both crew members.
According to the Russian MoD the Night Hunter, a modification of the Mi-28 gunship optimized for night combat operations, was not shot down but crashed for reasons yet to be determined.
The Mi-28N is the third loss for the Russian forces in Syria: on November 24 2015, a Su-24 Fencer was shot down by a Turkish Air Force F-16; during the CSAR mission launched to rescue the two pilots (one of those was killed by the Islamists rebels), a Mi-8AMTSh Hip helicopter was hit by ground fire and later destroyed. A naval infantry officer was killed.
http://theaviationist.com/2016/04/12/russian-mi-28n-night-hunter-gunship-helicopter-crashes-in-syria-killing-both-pilots/
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