At the airshow, I got an up-close look at one of the most striking helicopters on display – the Czech Air Force’s Mi-35 Hind, known as The Alien Tiger. With its aggressive tiger-stripe paint job fused ...

Helicopters ... so it has a secure future. The Army hopes to keep the CH-47 flying into the 2060s, which would take it past a century of service. The Mil Mi-24 Hind is the predecessor of the ...