The Kamov Ka-22 Vintokryl (rotor-wing, or literally, (air)screw-wing) (Cyrillic:Камов Ка-22 Винтокрыл) (NATO reporting name: Hoop) was a rotorcraft developed by Kamov for the Soviet Air Force.
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The company has developed Su-27 Flanker (1995), Lock On: Modern Air Combat (2003), the Lock On add-on Flaming Cliffs 3.0 (2013, featuring the Su-25T) and the Digital Combat Simulator, with the Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" as the first release (2008), and Fairchild A-10C "Warthog" as the second release (2011) - all of them being combat flight simulators.
Reportedly, twin Igla light air-to-air missile launchers under each wingtip countermeasure pod (total 4 missiles).
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It is currently manufactured by the Progress company in Arsenyev.
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In November 1993, four production helicopters were flown to the Army Aviation Combat Training Centre at Torzhok to begin field trials.
The Kamov Ka-8 "Иркутянин", (Irkutyanin - from Irkutsk), was a tiny Soviet helicopter that first flew in 1947.
From 1985, the practice of operating Yakovlev Yak-38s in STOL mode instead of VTOL was introduced, allowing an increase in aircraft payload and range, and a replacement of Kamov Ka-25 helicopters with Kamov Ka-27 started.
The ship's helicopter pad and telescopic hangar accommodates one Kamov Ka-27 anti-submarine warfare helicopter, NATO codename Helix.
It will deploy up to 20 fixed-wing aircraft, primarily the Mikoyan MiG-29K and the naval variant of the HAL Tejas Mark 2, besides carrying 10 Kamov Ka-31 or Westland Sea King helicopters.