List of Mil Mi-8/17 operators

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The following nations currently operate (or formerly owned) Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters in civil or military roles:

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Military operators

An Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Afghan National Army Air Corps Mi-17 helicopter.jpg
An Afghan Air Force Mi-17

Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-171Sh 411 Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-171sh. (39909326565).jpg
Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-171Sh

Bangladesh

Belarus

Bhutan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Cameroon

Chad

People's Liberation Army Mi-17 PLA Mil Mi-17-1 at Chelyabinsk Shagol Air Base.jpg
People's Liberation Army Mi-17

China

Colombia

Republic of the Congo

A Congolese Mi-17 in 2023 Mi-17 Congo Brazzaville.jpg
A Congolese Mi-17 in 2023

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Croatia

Cuba

A Czech Republic Mi-171 Mil Mi-17, Czech Republic - Air Force AN2087553.jpg
A Czech Republic Mi-171

Czech Republic

Djibouti

Djiboutian Mi-17 Djibouti AF Mil- Mi 17 J2-MAW (6863057881).jpg
Djiboutian Mi-17

Ecuador

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Georgian soldiers board Mil Mi-8. Georgian soldiers board helicopter.JPG
Georgian soldiers board Mil Mi-8.

Georgia

A Ghanaian special forces team board an Mi-17 helicopter Ghanaian air force special forces team.jpg
A Ghanaian special forces team board an Mi-17 helicopter

Ghana

Guinea

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ivory Coast

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Libya

Lithuania

Mali

Mexico

Moldova

Mongolia

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

North Macedonia

A Mi-17 of the Pakistan Army Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 Asuspine-1.jpg
A Mi-17 of the Pakistan Army

Pakistan

Peru

Poland

Russia

Rwanda

Senegal

A Mi-17 of the Serbian Air Force Mi-17 12551 V i PVO VS, september 01, 2012.jpg
A Mi-17 of the Serbian Air Force

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Tajikistan

Thailand

Togo

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Para-military, law enforcement and other government operators

Bangladesh

Equatorial Guinea

Georgia

Indonesia

Libya

North Macedonia

Malaysia

Moldova

Myanmar

Pakistan

Poland

Romania

Russia

Republic of Korea

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Civil operators

Cuba

India

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

Russia

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mil Mi 17 helicopter. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province Mil Mi-17-1 Asuspine.jpg
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mil Mi 17 helicopter.

Slovakia

Turkmenistan

United States

Vietnam

Former operators

Albania

Argentina

Artsakh

Canada

Costa Rica

Czechoslovakia

East Germany

Finnish Mi-8T inserting special forces during an exercise in 2006. Met de Fast Rope landen SF (Special Forces) eenheden vanuit een Mil Mi-8T (HS-13) van de Finnish Army Aviation bij een vliegtuighangar (2154 D060309RM1028).jpg
Finnish Mi-8T inserting special forces during an exercise in 2006.

Finland

Georgia

Germany

Guinea-Bissau

Japan

Laos

A former Latvian Air Force Mi-8 Mil Mi-8 Latvian Air Force.jpg
A former Latvian Air Force Mi-8

Latvia

Madagascar

New Zealand

Poland

North Yemen

Romania

Serbia and Montenegro

South Yemen

Soviet Union

An Mi-17 used by the RAF to train Afghan pilots RAF Mil Mi-17 - Lofting.jpg
An Mi-17 used by the RAF to train Afghan pilots

Republika Srpska

Somalia

Syria

FR Yugoslavia

United Kingdom

Yemen

See also

References

Citations

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