MI-35 Archives

What Does it Take to Get the Helicopters Back?

January 7, 2015January 8, 2015TesfaNews23 Comments

By Yilma Bekele, NORMALLY regimes do not lose such an important asset just like that. Fighter jets or helicopters just do not fly out of the coop so easily. But we are talking about Ethiopia here and no matter how you look at it, ours is not a normal regime. Six percent of any group […]

ወያነ ፡ ህድማ ካብ ቁም ነገር ፡ ምሕባእ ኣብ ጓል ነገር

January 5, 2015January 6, 2015TesfaNews34 Comments

ብ ተወልደ ብእምነት፡ ኣብ’ዚ ዝሓለፈ ቕንያት፡ ሰለስተ ኣብረርቲ MI-35 ዝዓይነታ ሆሊኮፕተር ኵናት ሒዞም ፡ ካብ መደበር ሓይሊ ኣየር ድሬዳዋ፡ ንታዓሊም ምስ ተንቀሳቐሱ ብኡ ኣቢሎም ከም እተሰወሩ፡ ሃለዋት ከም ዘጥፍኡ፡ ስርዓት ወያነ ብማዕከናት ዜናኡ ኣቃሊሕዎ ከብቅዕ፤ ጽንሕ ኢሉ ኸኣ … “ኣብ ስሩዕ ልምምዳዊ በረራ እንከለዉ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ብስኣገዳድ ጨውዩዎም” ክብል ከሲሱ፡፡ ሓንቲ ካብ’ተን በቲ ጭፍራ እትምወል […]

Ethiopia Denies Reports on Pilots Defection to Kenya

January 2, 2015January 3, 2015TesfaNews13 Comments

By World Bulletin, THE Ethiopian government on Friday denied reports about the defection of four Air Force pilots to neighboring Kenya. “This report is a baseless fabrication,” Ewnetu Blata, State Minister of Government Communication Affairs Office, told The Anadolu Agency.

Ethiopians Urged Kenya to Ensure Safety and Security of Defecting Pilots

January 2, 2015January 3, 2015TesfaNews4 Comments

By Concerned Ethiopians, THE Ethiopian government has been plagued by several defections of high profile Ethiopian Air Force members and government officials. The latest defection of airmen took place three days ago when four senior Ethiopian Air Force pilots abandon the regime from their base in Dire Dawa, in eastern Ethiopia, to Kenya. This was […]

Four Ethiopian Air Force Pilots Defect to Kenya

December 31, 2014January 1, 2015TesfaNews4 Comments

By TesfaNews, REPORTS coming out of the troubled Ethiopian Air Force indicates that another four high ranking Air Force pilots have abandoned the government and requested asylum in Kenya. The Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) today reports that the four military pilots defected from Dire Dawa Air Force base.

ሕሹኽሹኽ ናይዚ ሰሙን`ዚ

December 28, 2014December 28, 2014TesfaNews53 Comments

ብ ተስፋኒውስ (ትርጉም)፡ ካብ ድሬዳዋ ተበጊሶም ኣብ ገማግም ባህሪ ኤርትራ ዝዓለቡ MI-35 ዝኣይነተ ናይ ኢትዮጲያ ሄሊኮፕተራት ጉዳይ ንወያኔ ርዕሲ ሕማም ኮይነንኦ ቀንየን። መንነት ናይቶ ነተን ሄሊኮፕተራት ሒዞም ዝኣተዉ ኣባላት ሓይሊ አየር ኢትዮጲያ ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቲ ስርዓት ዘለዎም ተቓውሞ እንታይ ምዃኑውን ገና ኣይተፈልጠን። ምስኡ ብዝተሓሓዘ ፡ ሓይሊ አየር ኢትዮጲያ ፡ ካብ ዝኾነ ግዜ ብዝኸፈአ መልክኡ […]

ሓይል አየር ኢትዮጲያ ይሕመስ ኣሎ

December 24, 2014December 24, 2014TesfaNews16 Comments

ብ ተስፋኒውስ ፡ ኣባላት ሓይሊ አየር ኢትዮጲያ ዝነበሩ ሻምበል ሳሙኤል ግደይ፡ መቶ ኣለቃ ቢልልኝ ደሳለኝ ከምኡውን ናይ በረራ ቴክኒሻን ጸጋ ብርሃን ግደይን ፡ ኣብዚ ቅንያት`ዚ ነቲ ሒዞምዎ ዝጸንሑ ሄሊኮፕተር ጠዊዮም ናብ ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ምእታው ፡ ሓይሊ ኣየር ኢትዮጲያ ኣብ ኣዚዩ ጽዑቕ ኣኼባታትን ግምገማን ተሸሚሙ ከምዝርከብ ምንጭታት ካብ አዲስ አበባ ንመደብር ቴሌቭዥን ኢሳት ሓቢሮም ። ሽሕ`እኳ ምጥፋእ […]

Examining Ethiopia: Bahir Dar, Defections and Indonesia

December 23, 2014July 31, 2020TesfaNews19 Comments

By Fikrejesus Amahazion, AS 2014 draws to a close, the recent defection of several high-level Ethiopian military personnel [1], and the Ethiopian government’s bloody crackdown on protests in Bahir Dar [2] highlight serious questions about Ethiopia’s tense internal socio-political situation and the West’s ongoing support for Ethiopia’s repressive government. Late last week, in Bahir Dar, […]