First photo of the recently ordered Ka-28 in PLAN color

The first of the 9 Ka-28 ordered by the PLAN on October 11th 2009 has arrived (here)(here). Judging from the pennant number of 9234, this new Ka-28 has been assigned to PLAN's existing Ka-28 unit: the 4th Naval Independent Aviation Regiment. Since there was no sign of a new unit being created to accommodate this new addition, it can be assumed that the new birds would augment the existing