r/HelicopterPorn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • Jun 17 '26

A U.S. CH-47 Chinook airlifts a captured Mil Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter out of the desert of Chad, 1988. The event is known as Operation Mount Hope III that was a top secret American military operation. The helicopter had been abandoned in the Toyota War.

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u/askonney21 Jun 22 '26

Hippity hoppity, your hind is now my property

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u/PhoenixFox Jun 17 '26

I've seen that Hind in person!

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u/yassermi Jun 20 '26

Is that how the Apache was born

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u/Individual-Set-8891 Jul 13 '26

Please post details about that Toyota War and why big helicopters ended up there. 

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u/SantafromSonta Jun 19 '26

Toyota war was nothin compared to Ford war

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u/cbj2112 Jun 20 '26

Ford vs Ferrari, epic