The Indian Air Force unit in Goma was called the Indian Aviation Contingent (IAC-I) and the major lodger units included one Mi-25 Squadron and one Mi-17 squadron. These squadrons were equipped with 4 Mi-25, 5 Mi-17 and 2 Alouette 2s. The helo's supported UN ops over the DRC provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. The Mi-35Es were allowed to use force when needed. Their motto was "Lethal when Provoked". They were named Vipers and their role was armed recce and surveillance, fire support to heliborne forces during critical phases of flight and armed escort to UN air and ground forces.

This HUGE Mi-26 was once delivered as CCCP-06181 to MAP MVZ im. Milya in 1990 and was originally built for the Iraqi Army. After use in Sweden as RA-06181 with Mi-Avia from Borås in basic Aeroflot colors and additional 'Osterman Sweden' and 'Vattenfall' titles, during the mid-ninetees, the helicopter was transferred to TyumenAviaTrans in 2000 and to UTair in 2003. From mid-2003, UTAir leased the Mi-26 to the United Nations for operations over Africa. Mid-2019, it was seen stored at Tyumen-Plekhanovo in Russia, awaiting overhaul.

The UN used three Russian helicopters at Goma in January 2007. This 25828 is a former Russian Air Force Mi-8T built in 1983. Modified to Mi-8MTV-1, the helicopter was transferred to UTair late 2005 and subsequently moved to the United Nations from 2007. Since that time the helicopter never (besides a large maintenance works in 2015) went back to Russia and is operating as Russian governmental support to United Nations over Africa. It was seen in DRC, Sudan and Uganda.

With United Nations markings applied, this Norwegian Air Force C-130H demonstrates its JATO take-off capabilities during the air show in 1992.

Three UN Mi-8s in front of very nice and busy background. Other helicopters are Mi-8Ts RA-24135 and RA-24146. All three possibly stored. UNO number unfortunately not readable. RA-27114 was written off on 2 November 2007 while on a cargo flight from Ganta (Nimba County) to Loguatuo (on the Liberian-Ivorian border) when the tail rotor came off, only three minutes after take-off. The helicopter that only had some 3,500 flight hours on the meters, crashed into trees at the Forfor rubber farm (on the outskirts of Sanniquellie town, 265 km north-east of Monrovia). Unfortunately, all thee crew were killed in the accident.

This aircraft was used as a communications aircraft operating (mainly) from Jerusalem throughout the UNTSO mission area and also to Cyprus from 1973 until 1996.

Photographed during "Exercise Cockfeather", a large-scale Territorial Army exercise held annually in the late Eighties and during the Nineties.

In UN colours

Departing after a night stop, enroute back to Canada.

This 1972 built, US registered (Air-Serv International, Warrenton, VA) Twin Otter served the UNHCR in Chad. The Twotter was once registered VP-FAQ and painted in an all red color scheme while serving the British Antarctic Survey. It also flew in Norway as LN-FKB. But since 1988 it was registered to Air Serve and flew quite along time through the African continent. In 2013 it returned to USA and was eventually sold to a Mexican (XT-UTK) operator but is now back to its birthing-grounds, Canada as C-FZDQ flying out of Calgery.

Equipped with weather radar and additional external tank. Its registration UP-MI (not 1) 847.

Late August 2008, this Mi-8 was new to the inventory of the United Nations aviation fleet at Abeche and still needed an UNO-inventory number. The helicopter was just transferred from UN-operations over Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) to Chad. On the 26 August 2008 it was making a test flight near Abeche airport in eastern Chad. Former number UNO-896 painted out.

Parked at the tiny platform of Abeche after a massive rain shower, this UN An-26B.