higher military aviation i passed school on the mi-8, began serving in the armed forces, and flew fromiation. i fly on the mi8, there are probably no such people, i was lucky with this helicopter, this is a unique aircraft that will certainly be included in the guinness book, and it has been flying since sixty-one and is now the best helicopter on the globe. did you end up as a lieutenant? naturally, so, of course, you left for the unit, how did you end up in afghanistan? my unit was located in the south of the country, in a mountainous area, and of course, one of the first... aviation units that were then attracted by the border troops of the kgb and the ussr was the southern mountain aviation unit. and our commander was once the commander of this unit where i ended up as a lieutenant. knowing the level of training and the peculiarities of flying in the mountains, he certainly made the decision to be the first to send representatives of our unit to afghanistan. and in the seventy-ninth year, back in october, in november, even before the entry of the main troops of a limited contingent