NATO Tiger Meet 2016 Zaragoza and the Mi-35 Coded 3366

Recently, I was asked for my personal recollections of the Mi-35 Hind coded 3366, known due to its later tiger camouflage. Back then, in 2016, after a long time and after a difficult approval process, it was supposed to be the bird that received a completely new camouflage scheme in line with the type connected with Tiger Meet events. This was due to its planned participation in the NATO Tiger Meet 2016 exercise.

NATO Tiger Meet 2016 Zaragoza

and the Mi-35 Coded 3366

Tomáš Dedera

Recently, I was asked for my personal

recollections of the Mi-35 Hind coded

3366, known due to its later tiger

camouflage.

Back then, in 2016, after a long time

and after a difficult approval process,

it was supposed to be the bird that

received a completely new camouflage

scheme in line with the type connected

with Tiger Meet events. This was due to

its planned participation in the NATO

Tiger Meet 2016 exercise.

Mi-35 coded 3366 was part of

a group of newly delivered helicopters,

acquired as part of the repayment of

the Russian Federation's debt to the

Czech Republic, in September 2005, to

the then 23rd Helicopter Air Force Base

in Prerov-Bochor. It bore the standard

camouflage scheme consisting of dark

green, medium gray, dark gray on the

upper surfaces and light gray on the

lower surfaces. Its appearance did

not change even after the transition to

a new location, in 2008, when all Mi-24V

(Mi-35) helicopters were transferred to

the then 22nd Air Force Base, in Namest

nad Oslavou.

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February 2026