A ceremony was conducted at the Russian Army Aviation Combat and Conversion Training Centre (CCTC) in Torzhok to hand three advanced Kamov Ka-52 multirole combat helicopters to the branch on 28 December 2010.

The helicopters were manufactured by the Progress company in Arsenyev in 2010. Progress is a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters holding company. In late 2009, Progress handed over to the Russian Defence Ministry three pre-production Ka-52s serialled 51, 52 and 53 for the final stages of the official acceptance tests. New helicopters also participated in the flypast during the V-Day Parade in Moscow on 9 May 2010. The official acceptance trials involve also three helicopters (serials 061, 062, 063), of which the latter two were competed by Progress in 2008.

Last year, Progress made four production Ka-52s earmarked for delivery to CCTC in Torzhok for opeval by flying and ground crews. Late in December, three of them were airlifted by Il-76MD transports from the Far East, where Arsenyev is situated, to Migalovo Air Force Base near the city of Tver in the European part of Russia and then hauled by Mi-26 heavylift helicopters to Torzhok. Following the assembly of the new machines in CCTC, the handover ceremony took place on 28 December. It was attended by CCTC command, pilots participating in the redeployment of the new machines and representatives of the manufacturer. The CCTC personnel were lined up, the colours were trooped and the symbolic ignition keys of the new helicopters were handed over.