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

• Bangladesh Air Force[1]
• Bangladesh Army[1]

 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

• People's Liberation Air Force[1]
• People's Liberation Army[1]

 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.

• Georgian Air Force[1]
• Georgian Land Forces[1]

 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

• Mexican Air Force[1]
• Mexican Navy[1]

 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 Air Force[1]
• Pakistan Army[1]

Pakistan used it on War in north Waziristan

 Peru

• Peruvian Air Force[1]
• Peruvian Army[1]
• Peruvian Navy[1]

A Mi-17 of the Pakistan Army

 Poland

• Polish Air Force[1]
• Polish Land Forces[1]
• Polish Navy[1]

 Russia

• Russian Air Force[1]
• Russian Naval Aviation[1]

 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

• Sri Lanka Air Force[1]
• Sri Lanka Navy[1]

 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

• Venezuelan Air Force[1]
• Venezuelan Army[1]
• Venezuelan Navy[1]

 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

• Border Service of Russia[16]
• Internal Troops of Russia[17]

 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.

• Barkol Aviation[26]
• Kazan Air Enterprise[27]
• UTAir[28]
• Vladivostok Air[29]
• Aeroflot Airline

 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

• East German Air Force[36]
• East German Navy[36]

 Finland

• Finnish Army[37]
• Finnish Border Guard[38]

 Germany

• Luftwaffe[39]
• German Navy[40]

 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

• Soviet Air Force[48]
• Soviet Army Aviation[48]
• Soviet Naval Aviation[48]
• Aeroflot[49]

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

 Republika Srpska

• Srpska Air Force[50]

 Somalia

• Somali Air Corps

 FR Yugoslavia

• Yugoslav Air Force[51]
• Yugoslav Navy[51]

 United Kingdom

• Empire Test Pilots' School[52][53]

 Yemen

• Yemen Air Force[42]

See also

• Mil Mi-8
• Mil Mi-17

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