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

Afghanistan

Afghan Air Force[1]

An Afghan Air Force Mi-17

Algeria

Algerian Air Force[1]

Angola

Angolan Air Defence Force[1]

Argentina

Argentine Air Force[1]

Armenia

Armenian Air Force[1]

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Air Force[1]

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-171Sh

Belarus

Belarus Air Force[1]

Bhutan

Royal Bhutan Army[1]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force[1]

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force[1]

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Air Force[1]

Cambodia

Royal Cambodian Air Force[1]

Cameroon

Cameroon Air Force[2]

Chad

Chad Air Force[1]

China

Colombia

Colombian National Army Aviation[1]

Republic of the Congo

Congolese Air Force[1]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo Democratic Air Force[1]

Croatia

Croatian Air Force[1]

A Czech Republic Mi-171

Cuba

Cuban Air Force[1]

Czech Republic

Czech Air Force[1]

Djibouti

Djibouti Air Force[1]

Ecuador

Ecuadorian Army[1]

Egypt

Egyptian Air Force[1]

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea Air Force[3]

Eritrea

Eritrean Air Force[1]

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Air Force[1]

Georgia

Georgian soldiers board Mil Mi-8.

Ghana

Ghana Air Force[1]

Guinea

Military of Guinea[1]

Hungary

Hungarian Air Force[1]

India

Indian Air Force[1]

Indonesia

Indonesian Army[1]

Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[1]

Iraq

Iraqi Army[1]

Kazakhstan

Kazakh Air Defence Force[1]

Kenya

Kenya Air Force[1]

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan Air Force[1]

Laos

Laotian Air Force[1]

Latvian Air Force Mi-8

Latvia

Latvian Air Force[1]

Libya

Libyan Air Force[1]

Lithuania

Lithuanian Air Force[1]

Mexico

Moldova

Moldovan Air Force[1]

Mongolia

Mongolian Air Force[1]

Mozambique

Military of Mozambique[1]

Myanmar

Myanmar Air Force[1]

Namibia

Namibian Air Force[1]

Nepal

Nepalese Army Air Service[1]

Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Air Force[1]

Niger

Niger Air Force[1]

Nigeria

Nigerian Air Force[1]

North Korea

North Korean Air Force[1]

North Macedonia

North Macedonia Air Force[1]

Pakistan

Pakistan used it on War in north Waziristan

Peru

A Mi-17 of the Pakistan Army

Poland

Russia

Rwanda

Rwandan Defence Forces[1]

Serbia

Serbian Air Force[1]

Senegal

Senegalese Air Force[1]

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Armed Forces[1]

Slovakia

Slovak Air Force[1]

South Sudan

Sudan People's Liberation Army[1]

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sudanese Air Force[1]

Syria

Syrian Air Force[1]

Tajikistan

Tajikistan Air Force[1]

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Air Force[1]

Thailand

Royal Thai Army[1]

Uganda

Ugandan Air Force[1]

Ukraine

Ukrainian Ground Forces[1]

United States

US Army Test and Evaluation Command[1]

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Air Force[1]

A Mi-17 of the Serbian Air Force

Venezuela

Vietnam

Vietnam People's Air Force[1]

Yemen

Yemeni Air Force[1]

Zambia

Zambia Air Force[1]

Zimbabwe

Air Force of Zimbabwe[1]

Para-military, Law Enforcement and other government operators

Bangladesh

Border Guards Bangladesh[4][5][6]

Equatorial Guinea

Government of Equatorial Guinea[7]

Georgia

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia[8]

Indonesia

National Disaster Management Authority[9]

Macedonia

Ministry of Internal Affairs[10]

Malaysia

Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department[11]

Pakistan

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[12][13]

Poland

Polish Police[14]

Romania

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania)[15]

Russia

South Korea

National Police Agency (South Korea) [18]

Turkey

Turkish Gendarmerie[19]

Civil operators

Cuba

Aerogaviota[20]

India

Pawan Hans Helicopters[21]

Mongolia

Mongolian Airlines[22]

Nepal

Shree Airlines[23]

North Korea

Air Koryo[24]

Russia

Altai Airlines[25]

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mil Mi 17 helicopter.

Slovakia

Air Transport Europe[30]

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Airlines[31]

United States

Vertol Systems Co[32]

Former operators

Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force[33]
- 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron operated four leased Russian Mil Mi-17-V5 designated as CH-178. Helicopters had assigned serial numbers 178404-178407.[34]

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakian Air Force[35]

East Germany

Finland

Germany

Guinea-Bissau

Military of Guinea-Bissau[41]

India

Indian Air Force[42][43]

Japan

Aum Shinrikyo(Cult)[44]
- 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.[45]

Laos

Lao Airlines

Romania

Romanian Air Force[46]

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro Air Force[47]

Soviet Union

An Mi-17 used by the RAF to train Afghan pilots

Republika Srpska

Srpska Air Force[50]

Somalia

Somali Air Corps

FR Yugoslavia

United Kingdom

Empire Test Pilots' School[52][53]

Yemen

Yemen Air Force[42]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mil Mi-8.

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