The Mil Mi-24 is a large helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport (with room for 8 passengers) produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated from 1972 by the Soviet Air Force its successors and over thirty other nations. In October 2007 the Russian Air Force announced it would replace its 250 Mi-24 helicopter gunships with 300 more modern Mi-28s and possibly Ka-50s by 2015.
Made by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant.
It is the successor of the Mil Mi-8 .