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[edit]
Afghanistan[edit]
Algeria[edit]
Angola[edit]
Argentina[edit]
Armenia[edit]
Azerbaijan[edit]
Bangladesh[edit]
Belarus[edit]
Bhutan[edit]
Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]
Bulgaria[edit]
Burkina Faso[edit]
Cambodia[edit]
Cameroon[edit]
Chad[edit]
China[edit]
Colombia[edit]
Republic of the Congo[edit]
Democratic Republic of the Congo[edit]
Croatia[edit]
On 19 October 2023, Croatia announced that it would send its entire fleet of Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine.[4]
Cuba[edit]
Czech Republic[edit]
Djibouti[edit]
Ecuador[edit]
Egypt[edit]
Equatorial Guinea[edit]
Eritrea[edit]
Ethiopia[edit]
Georgia[edit]
Ghana[edit]
Guinea[edit]
India[edit]
Indonesia[edit]
Iran[edit]
Iraq[edit]
- Iraqi Army[1]
- Peshmerga (Kurdistan)[7]
Kazakhstan[edit]
Kenya[edit]
Kyrgyzstan[edit]
Laos[edit]
Libya[edit]
Lithuania[edit]
Mali[edit]
Mexico[edit]
Moldova[edit]
- Moldovan Air Force[1]
- Transnistria Air Force 1 active on Tiraspol Airport, 9 stored
Mongolia[edit]
Mozambique[edit]
Myanmar[edit]
Namibia[edit]
Nepal[edit]
Nicaragua[edit]
Niger[edit]
Nigeria[edit]
North Korea[edit]
North Macedonia[edit]
Pakistan[edit]
Peru[edit]
Poland[edit]
Russia[edit]
Rwanda[edit]
Serbia[edit]
Senegal[edit]
Sierra Leone[edit]
Slovakia[edit]
South Sudan[edit]
Sri Lanka[edit]
Sudan[edit]
Syria[edit]
Tajikistan[edit]
Turkmenistan[edit]
Thailand[edit]
Uganda[edit]
Ukraine[edit]
United States[edit]
Uzbekistan[edit]
Venezuela[edit]
Vietnam[edit]
Yemen[edit]
Zambia[edit]
Zimbabwe[edit]
Para-military, law enforcement and other government operators[edit]
Bangladesh[edit]
Equatorial Guinea[edit]
Georgia[edit]
Indonesia[edit]
North Macedonia[edit]
Malaysia[edit]
Pakistan[edit]
Poland[edit]
Romania[edit]
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania) 3 MI 17 and 2 MI-8 [21]
Russia[edit]
Republic of Korea[edit]
Turkey[edit]
Civil operators[edit]
Cuba[edit]
India[edit]
Mongolia[edit]
Nepal[edit]
North Korea[edit]
Russia[edit]
Slovakia[edit]
Turkmenistan[edit]
United States[edit]
Vietnam[edit]
Former operators[edit]
Canada[edit]
- Royal Canadian Air Force[43]
- 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron operated four leased Russian Mil Mi-17-V5 designated as CH-178. Helicopters had assigned serial numbers 178404-178407.[44]
Costa Rica[edit]
- Air Vigilance Service: Received a Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) donated by Nicaragua, but its operational status is doubtful due to lack of spare parts.[45]
Czechoslovakia[edit]
East Germany[edit]
Finland[edit]
Germany[edit]
Guinea-Bissau[edit]
Japan[edit]
- Aum Shinrikyo(Cult)[53]
- 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.[54]
Laos[edit]
Latvia[edit]
Madagascar[edit]
North Yemen[edit]
Romania[edit]
Serbia and Montenegro[edit]
South Yemen[edit]
Soviet Union[edit]
Republika Srpska[edit]
Somalia[edit]
FR Yugoslavia[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
Yemen[edit]
See also[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mil Mi-8.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mil Mi-17.
References[edit]
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