Moscow - In a blow for the beleaguered Russian Air Force, it lost one helicopter to rebel fire in Chechnya and another two aircraft in training missions elsewhere in Russia in just one day, officials said on Friday.
An Mi-8 helicopter was downed by rebel fire in Chechnya on Thursday. Its pilot was killed in the crash but another two crew members survived, Russian Air Force chief, Col.-Gen. Vladimir Mikhailov said Friday, according to the Interfax-Military News Agency.
Another Mi-8 helicopter crashed on Thursday on a routine training mission in the southern Saratov region, and its crew survived the crash with injuries.
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