Editing Kamov Ka-50 (section)

===Second Chechen War===
The Ka-50 took part in the Russian Army's operations against separatists in the [[Chechen Republic]] during the [[Second Chechen War]]. In December 2000, a pair of production Ka-50s arrived in the area. With the Ka-50s was a [[Ka-29]] to provide reconnaissance and target designation. On 6 January 2001, the Ka-50 used live weapons against a real enemy for the first time. On 9 January, at the entry into a mountain gorge in the area of a settlement named Komsomolskoye, a single Ka-50 accompanied by an [[Mi-24]] used S-8 unguided rockets to destroy a warehouse full of ammunition belonging to Chechen insurgents. On 6 February, in the forest-covered mountain area to the south of the village of Tsentoroj, a strike group composed of two Ka-50s and the sole Ka-29 discovered and, from a range of 3&nbsp;km, destroyed a fortified camp of insurgents using two "[[9K121 Vikhr]]" guided missiles. On 14 February, a similar strike group carried out a "hunting" mission in the area of Oak-Yurt and Hatun. In difficult conditions, pilots found and destroyed eight targets. These missions tested the type's airframe, as well as its on-board systems and armament. Its successful performance in difficult, mountainous terrain confirmed the usefulness of the many advanced features of the Ka-50's design, and its power and maneuverability.<ref name=Andrey_Fomin >Andrey Fomin. "Kamov Warriors". ''Combat Aircraft'', July 2005. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 64–73.</ref>