Removing and attaching rotorblades to this Mi-24 in the open air at homebase Cottbus. The Hind was delivered to the Nationale Volksarmee in June 1982 and was subsequently assigned to Kampfhubschraubergeschwader (KHG) 3 "Ferdinand von Schill". The Hind was transferred to the HEER on 3 October 1990 as 9618.