List of Mil Mi-8/17 operators
The following nations currently operate (or formerly owned) Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters in civil or military roles:
Military operators
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-171Sh
Belarus
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
Colombia
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Croatia
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A Czech Republic Mi-171
On 19 October 2023, Croatia announced that it would send its entire fleet of Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine.[4]
Cuba
Czech Republic
Djibouti
Ecuador
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Guinea
India
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Libya
Lithuania
Mali
Moldova
- Moldovan Air Force[1]
- Transnistria Air Force 1 active on Tiraspol Airport, 9 stored
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Rwanda
Serbia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Thailand
Uganda
Ukraine
United States
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Para-military, law enforcement and other government operators
Bangladesh
Equatorial Guinea
North Macedonia
Poland
Romania
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania) 3 MI 17 and 2 MI-8 [20]
Republic of Korea
Turkey
Civil operators
Cuba
Mongolia
Nepal
Russia
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Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mil Mi 17 helicopter.
- Barkol Aviation[31]
- Kazan Air Enterprise[32]
- UTAir[33]
- Vladivostok Air[34]
- Aeroflot Airline
Slovakia
Turkmenistan
United States
- Vertol Systems[37]
Former operators
Canada
- Royal Canadian Air Force[42]
- 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron operated four leased Russian Mil Mi-17-V5 designated as CH-178. Helicopters had assigned serial numbers 178404-178407.[43]
Costa Rica
- Air Vigilance Service: Received a Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) donated by Nicaragua, but its operational status is doubtful due to lack of spare parts.[44]
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
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Finnish Mi-8T inserting special forces during an exercise in 2006.
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Japan
- Aum Shinrikyo(Cult)[52]
- Serial No. 4K-15214. Imported from Azerbaijan in 1994 to spray chemical agents, but not given licenses and flown in Japan. In 2001, exported to Djibouti as J2-MAW.[53]
Latvia
Madagascar
North Yemen
Romania
Serbia and Montenegro
Soviet Union
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An Mi-17 used by the RAF to train Afghan pilots
Republika Srpska
Somalia
FR Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Yemen
See also
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Citations
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