Maksim covers aerospace developments in Central Asia for Aviation Week. He has worked for Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine and was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications after working for the Moscow-based CAST defense think tank.
Maksim has a degree in international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow.
The popularity of the Mi-17 Hip for operations in the difficult operating conditions of Afghanistan is driving up prices for used versions of the rotorcraft and has created an order surge for Russian Helicopters.
MOSCOW — The Russian air force this month is set to declare its first Mil Mi-28N attack helicopter squadron operational. In June, the squadron deployed to the 7th aerospace defense brigade airbase in Budennovsk, in the Stavropol region of southern Russia, and for the first time conducted tactical flight training with all of its 10 Mi-28N rotorcraft as part of a graduation exercise.
