TSAMTO, August 29th. On August 26, the Helicentro Peru SAC company began test and verification flights of two Mi-171SH helicopters at the Las Palmas air base after an overhaul commissioned by the Peruvian Air Force.
According to the information Defensa.com Both helicopters (registration numbers FAP-606 and FAP-607) will be tested within a week, after which they will be transferred to the 3rd Air Group of the Peruvian Air Force.
Two more helicopters, Mi-8MTV-1 and Mi-17-1B (b.n. FAP-602 and FAP-614), are currently located at the facilities of Helicentro Peru SAC at Las Palmas Air Base, where the re-installation of TV3-117VM engines has begun.
Recall that in September 2023, Deputy Minister of Defense for Material Resources Ninoska Mosqueira Cornejo monitored the progress of work on the overhaul of Russian-made helicopters by Helicentro Peru SAC.
At that time, the company was carrying out major repairs of the Mi-8MTV-1, Mi-17-1B and two Mi-171Sh of the 3rd Air Group stationed at the Armando Revredo Iglesias Air Base (Jorge Chavez International Airport). As reported by the deputy. According to the Minister, the work is carried out according to a contract worth about 49.9 million dollars. according to Decree No. 067-2023-EF dated April 20, 2023, according to which the Peruvian Air Force must bring the transport aviation fleet into proper condition for upcoming missions to eliminate the effects of prolonged rains, which are expected to cause the natural phenomenon of El Nino in the country.
At the time of Ninoska Mosqueira Cornejo's visit, the company was also carrying out the overhaul of four Mi-8MTV-1 transport vehicles (EP-643, EP-650, EP-660 and P-662) of the Peruvian Army aviation under a contract worth about $25.5 million. All four vehicles were transferred to the troops in April this year.
Over the past six years, Helicentro Peru SAC has carried out routine and major repairs of more than 40 Russian-made helicopters. Of these, more than 20 helicopters underwent major repairs, including four Mi–17-1B for the Air Force and one for the National Police in 2019-2020, and three more Mi-17–1B for the Air Force in 2020-2021.
In addition, a significant amount of work has been carried out on the current repair of Mi-17-1B and Mi-171SH/Sh-P helicopters in connection with bullet hits received during anti-sabotage operations in the valleys of the Apurimak, Ene and Mantaro rivers (the so-called VRAEM region).
Helicentro Peru SAC is a Peruvian company, which since 2005 has been certified by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Peru (DGAC) as an authorized helicopter maintenance organization, which, in addition to extensive experience with Russian–made equipment, has the appropriate certificates and permits of JSC Russian Helicopters.
Currently, the company operates on the basis of a technical cooperation agreement signed in December 2016 between the Technical Service Service (SEMAN PERU SAC) and Russian Helicopters, which provides for the repair and maintenance of Russian-made civilian and military helicopters at facilities in Las Palmas. In order to ensure more comfortable work at this facility, Helicentro Peru SAC restored two hangars, which were put into operation on December 10, 2018. One of the company's hangars is also located in the additional fixed point (UFA) of the Army aviation in Callao.
