Kаmоv Kа-28

is an anti-submarine twin-engine helicopter of metal construction with non-retractable "tricycle" landing gear. This helicopter was intended to replace its predecessor, the decade-old Ka-25, which was very similar in appearance. The first prototype flew in 1973 and it was introduced into the Soviet Navy only in April 1981.

After the basic version of the Ka-27PL, an export variant called the Ka-28 soon appeared, which was introduced into the arsenal of a dozen countries, and a civil variant of the Ka-32 was also developed, which was also exported to many countries and could accommodate 16 passengers. Like Kamov's other military helicopters, it has coaxial rotors, eliminating the need for a tail rotor. The basic version of the Ka-27PL is equipped with numerous devices for detecting the enemy, such as a search radar located under the nose of the aircraft, a MAD (magnetic anomaly detector), a submersible sonar and a dispensary of acoustic buoys.

This helicopter could detect an enemy submarine at a depth of 500m at a distance of 200 km from the mother ship. It was usually flown in pairs and while one aircraft tracks and locates an enemy submarine, the other attacks it with torpedoes and anti-submarine depth bombs.

The Yugoslav Air Force imported two Ka-28s and under our designation (HP-46) they were used from 1987 to the beginning of 2000 in the 784th anti-submarine squadron "The Sharks" in Divulje near Split. During the short life of its exploitation, the Ka-28 was used for the observation of ships, during numerous exercises, but also in war conflicts on the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the nineties of the last century. Both operational examples flew to the Aeronautical Museum on February 8, 2000.