Mi-8.

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Thanks to Sputnik News some details of the Search Air Rescue [SAR] mission in the aftermath of the shoot-down of the Russian Su-24.

 "One Dead as Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Attacked During Rescue Mission in Syria"

"A Russian Mi-8 helicopter came under attack while conducting a search and rescue operation, searching for the crew of the downed Su-24 in Syria. One naval infantry soldier was reported killed, the helicopter destroyed by mortar fire."

"The Russian General Staff said that two Mi-8s were involved in the operation to save the crew of the downed Su-24 bomber jet."  

"One helicopter was shot down, its crew evacuate"

TWO RUSSIAN Mi-8 INVOLVED IN THE SAR MISSION. ONE SHOT DOWN AS REPORTED AND DESTROYED.

SAR missions ALWAYS fraught with great danger. In Vietnam it was that way, in Syria also.

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