The helicopter's tail boom displays both faux-Soviet "CCCP" civil registration marks and the distinctive triangular tricolor insignia of the Hungarian Air Force. No real Eastern European aircraft would display both sets of markings.Although numerous former Soviet client states in Europe once operated or still operate aircraft left in their territory by the Soviets when the Iron Curtain fell, these nations sought to legitimize their claims by rapidly painting over all Soviet markings, often in a matter of hours after their last Soviet "guests" left.
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