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

An Afghan Air Force Mi-17

Afghanistan

• Afghan Air Force ^[1]

Algeria

• Algerian Air Force ^[1]

Angola

• National Air Force of Angola ^[1]

Armenia

• Armenian Air Force ^[2]

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan Air Force ^[2]

Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-171Sh

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Air Force ^[2]
• Bangladesh Army ^[2]

Belarus

• Belarus Air Force ^[2]

Bhutan

• Royal Bhutan Army ^[3]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina ^[3]

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Air Force ^[3]

Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso Air Force ^[4]

Cambodia

• Royal Cambodian Air Force ^[4]

Cameroon

• Cameroon Air Force ^[4]

Chad

• Chad Air Force ^[4]

People's Liberation Army Mi-17

China

• People's Liberation Army Air Force ^[5]
• People's Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation ^[5]
• People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force ^[5]

Colombia

• Colombian National Army Aviation ^[5]
• Colombian Navy ^[5]

Republic of the Congo

• Congolese Air Force ^[5]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Congo Democratic Air Force ^[5]

Croatia

• Croatian Air Force ^[5]

Cuba

• Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force ^[5]

A Czech Republic Mi-171

Czech Republic

• Czech Air Force ^[6]

Djibouti

• Djibouti Air Force ^[6]

Ecuador

• Ecuadorian Army Aviation ^[6]

Egypt

• Egyptian Air Force ^[6]

Equatorial Guinea

• Equatorial Guinea Air Force ^[7]

Eritrea

• Eritrean Air Force ^[8]

Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Air Force ^[8]

Georgian soldiers board Mil Mi-8.

Georgia

• Georgian Air Force ^[9]
• Abkhazian Air Force ^[9]

A Ghanaian special forces team board an Mi-17 helicopter

Ghana

• Ghana Air Force ^[9]

Guinea

• Guinea Air Force ^[9]

Hungary

• Hungarian Air Force ^[10]

India

• Indian Air Force ^[10]

Indonesia

• Indonesian Army ^[10]

Iran

• Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation ^[11]
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force ^[11]

Iraq

• Iraqi Air Force ^[11]
• Iraqi Army Aviation ^[11]

Ivory Coast

• Ivory Coast Air Force ^[12]

Kazakhstan

• Kazakh Air Defense Forces ^[12]

Kenya

• Kenya Air Force ^[12]

Kyrgyzstan

• Kyrgyz Air Force ^[13]

Laos

• Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force ^[13]

Libya

• Libyan Air Force ^[14]
• Libyan National Army ^[14]

Lithuania

• Lithuanian Air Force ^[13]

Mali

• Malian Air Force ^[15]

Mexico

• Mexican Air Force ^[16]
• Mexican Naval Aviation ^[16]

Moldova

• Moldovan Air Force ^[17]
• Transnistria Air Force ^[16]

Mongolia

• Mongolian Air Force ^[16]

Mozambique

• Mozambique Air Force ^[16]

Myanmar

• Myanmar Air Force ^[18]
• United Wa State Army ^[18]

Namibia

• Namibian Air Force ^[18]

Nepal

• Nepalese Army Air Service ^[18]

Nicaragua

• Nicaraguan Air Force ^[18]

Niger

• Niger Air Force ^[18]

Nigeria

• Nigerian Air Force ^[18]

North Korea

• Korean People's Army Air Force ^[19]

North Macedonia

• North Macedonia Air Force ^[19]

A Mi-17 of the Pakistan Army

Pakistan

• Pakistan Air Force ^[19]
• Pakistan Army ^[19]

Peru

• Peruvian Air Force ^[20]
• Peruvian Army ^[20]
• Peruvian Navy ^[20]

Poland

• Polish Air Force ^[20]
• Polish Land Forces ^[20]

Russia

• Russian Air Force ^[21]
• Russian Naval Aviation ^[21]

Rwanda

• Rwandan Defence Forces ^[22]

Senegal

• Senegalese Air Force ^[22]

A Mi-17 of the Serbian Air Force

Serbia

• Serbian Air Force and Air Defense ^[22]

Sierra Leone

• Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces ^[22]

Slovakia

• Slovak Air Force ^[22]

South Sudan

• South Sudan Air Force ^[23]

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Air Force ^[23]

Sudan

• Sudanese Air Force ^[23]

Syria

• Syrian Air Force ^[23]

Tajikistan

• Tajik Air Force ^[24]

Thailand

• Royal Thai Army ^[24]

Togo

• Togolese Air Force ^[24]

Turkmenistan

• Turkmen Air Force ^[25]

Uganda

• Ugandan Air Force ^[25]

Ukraine

• Ukrainian Air Force ^[25]
  • 15th Transport Aviation Brigade ^[26]
  • 25th Transport Aviation Brigade ^[27]
  • 456th Transport Aviation Brigade ^[27]
• Ukrainian Army Aviation ^[25]
  • 11th Army Aviation Brigade ^[27]
  • 12th Army Aviation Brigade ^[27]
  • 16th Army Aviation Brigade ^[27]
  • 18th Army Aviation Brigade ^[27]
• Ukrainian Naval Aviation ^[28]
  • 10th Naval Aviation Brigade ^[27]

United States

• United States Air Force ^[29]
• United States Army ^[29]

Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces ^[30]

Venezuela

• Bolivarian Military Aviation of Venezuela ^[30]
• Bolivarian Army of Venezuela ^[30]
• Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela ^[30]

Vietnam

• Vietnam People's Air Force ^[30]

Yemen

• Houthi movement ^[31]

Zambia

• Zambia Air Force ^[30]

Zimbabwe

• Air Force of Zimbabwe ^[30]

Para-military, law enforcement and other government operators

Bangladesh

• Border Guard Bangladesh ^[32]

Equatorial Guinea

• Government of Equatorial Guinea ^[33]

Georgia

• Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia ^[34]

Indonesia

• National Disaster Management Authority ^[35]

North Macedonia

• Ministry of Internal Affairs ^[36]

Malaysia

• Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department ^[37]

Pakistan

• Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ^{[38] [39]}

Poland

• Polish Police ^[40]

Romania

• Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania) 3 MI 17 and 2 MI-8 ^[41]

Russia

• Border Service of Russia ^[42]
• Internal Troops of Russia ^[43]

Republic of Korea

• National Police Agency (South Korea) ^[44]

Turkey

• Turkish Gendarmerie ^[45]

Turkmenistan

• Ministry of Health ^[46]

Ukraine

• National Guard of Ukraine ^[27]

Civil operators

Cuba

• Aerogaviota ^[47]

India

• Pawan Hans Helicopters ^[48]

Mongolia

• Mongolian Airlines ^[49]

Nepal

• Shree Airlines ^[50]

North Korea

• Air Koryo ^[51]

Russia

• Altai Airlines ^[52]

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mil Mi 17 helicopter.

• Barkol Aviation ^[53]
• Kazan Air Enterprise ^[54]
• UTAir ^[55]
• Vladivostok Air ^[56]
• Aeroflot Airline

Slovakia

• Air Transport Europe ^[57]

Turkmenistan

• Turkmenistan Airlines ^[58]

United States

• Vertol Systems ^[59]

Vietnam

• Vietnam Helicopter Corporation ^[60]
  • Northern Vietnam Helicopter Company ^[61]
  • Central Vietnam Helicopter Company ^[62]
  • Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company ^[63]

Former operators

Argentina

• Argentine Air Force ^[64]

Artsakh

• Artsakh Defence Army ^[2]

Canada

• Royal Canadian Air Force ^[65]
  • 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron operated four leased Russian Mil Mi-17-V5 designated as CH-178. Helicopters had assigned serial numbers 178404-178407. ^[66]

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. ^[67]

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovakian Air Force ^[68]

East Germany

• East German Air Force ^[69]
• East German Navy ^[69]

Finnish Mi-8T inserting special forces during an exercise in 2006.

Finland

• Finnish Army ^[70]
• Finnish Border Guard ^[71]

Georgia

• Georgian Land Forces

Germany

• German Air Force ^[72]
• German Navy ^[73]

Guinea-Bissau

• Military of Guinea-Bissau ^[74]

Japan

• Aum Shinrikyo ^[75]
  • 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. ^[76]

Laos

• Lao Airlines

A former Latvian Air Force Mi-8

Latvia

• Latvian Air Force ^[64]

Madagascar

• Malagasy Air Force ^[77]

Poland

• Polish Navy

North Yemen

• Yemen Arab Republic Air Force ^[78]

Romania

• Romanian Air Force ^[79]

Serbia and Montenegro

• Serbia and Montenegro Air Force ^[80]

South Yemen

• People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Air Force ^[81]

Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force ^[82]
• Soviet Army Aviation ^[82]
• Soviet Naval Aviation ^[82]
• Aeroflot ^[83]

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

Republika Srpska

• Srpska Air Force ^[84]

Somalia

• Somali Air Corps ^[85]

FR Yugoslavia

• Yugoslav Air Force ^[86]
• Yugoslav Navy ^[86]

United Kingdom

• Empire Test Pilots' School ^{[87] [88]}

Yemen

• Yemen Air Force ^[89]

See also

• Mil Mi-8
• Mil Mi-17

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