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:
Military operators
Afghanistan
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Afghan_National_Army_Air_Corps_Mi-17_helicopter.jpg/220px-Afghan_National_Army_Air_Corps_Mi-17_helicopter.jpg)
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/411_Bangladesh_Air_Force_Mil_Mi-171sh._%2839909326565%29.jpg/220px-411_Bangladesh_Air_Force_Mil_Mi-171sh._%2839909326565%29.jpg)
Belarus
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
China
Colombia
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Croatia
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Mil_Mi-17%2C_Czech_Republic_-_Air_Force_AN2087553.jpg/220px-Mil_Mi-17%2C_Czech_Republic_-_Air_Force_AN2087553.jpg)
On 19 October 2023, Croatia announced that it would send its entire fleet of Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine.[4]
Cuba
Czech Republic
Djibouti
Ecuador
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Georgia
Ghana
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ghanaian_air_force_special_forces_team.jpg/220px-Ghanaian_air_force_special_forces_team.jpg)
Guinea
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
- Iraqi Army[1]
- Peshmerga (Kurdistan)[7]
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Libya
Lithuania
Mali
Mexico
Moldova
- Moldovan Air Force[1]
- Transnistria Air Force 1 active on Tiraspol Airport, 9 stored
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Pakistan
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Pakistan_Army_Mil_Mi-17_Asuspine-1.jpg/220px-Pakistan_Army_Mil_Mi-17_Asuspine-1.jpg)
Peru
Poland
Russia
Rwanda
Serbia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Thailand
Uganda
Ukraine
United States
Uzbekistan
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Mi-17_12551_V_i_PVO_VS%2C_september_01%2C_2012.jpg/220px-Mi-17_12551_V_i_PVO_VS%2C_september_01%2C_2012.jpg)
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Para-military, law enforcement and other government operators
Bangladesh
Equatorial Guinea
Georgia
Indonesia
North Macedonia
Malaysia
Pakistan
Poland
Romania
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania) 3 MI 17 and 2 MI-8 [21]
Russia
Republic of Korea
Turkey
Civil operators
Cuba
India
Mongolia
Nepal
North Korea
Russia
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Government_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_%28KP%29_Province_Mil_Mi-17-1_Asuspine.jpg/220px-Government_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_%28KP%29_Province_Mil_Mi-17-1_Asuspine.jpg)
Slovakia
Turkmenistan
United States
Vietnam
Former operators
Canada
- 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
- 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
East Germany
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Finland
Germany
Guinea-Bissau
Japan
- 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Mil_Mi-8_Latvian_Air_Force.jpg/220px-Mil_Mi-8_Latvian_Air_Force.jpg)
Latvia
Madagascar
North Yemen
Romania
Serbia and Montenegro
South Yemen
Soviet Union
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/RAF_Mil_Mi-17_-_Lofting.jpg/220px-RAF_Mil_Mi-17_-_Lofting.jpg)
Republika Srpska
Somalia
FR Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Yemen
See also
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References
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- Mladenov, Alexander (May 2011). "Fighting Terrorism & Enforcing the Law in Russia". Air International. Vol. 80, no. 5. pp. 108–114. ISSN 0306-5634.
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