Three Mi-28s were seen at Entebbe Air Base on 15 June during a visit by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. It is unclear how many Mi-28s have been acquired or when they were delivered to Uganda. The UPDF has about a dozen Mi-24/35 attack helicopters in service, several Mi-8/Mi-17s, several AB 206 Jet Rangers, half a dozen Bell 205s, and a couple of Bell 212 helicopters.
Between 2012 and 2021, Uganda’s military expenditure rose by
203 per cent, reaching $1.066 billion last year, an 8.3 per cent increase from $984.7
million in 2020.
