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

A Congolese Mi-17 in 2023

• 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]

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]

Lithuania

• Lithuanian Air Force^[13]

Mali

• Malian Air Force^[15]

Mexico

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

Moldova

• Moldovan Air Force^[17]

Mongolia

• Mongolian Air Force^[16]

Mozambique

• Mozambique Air Force^[16]

Myanmar

• Myanmar Air Force^[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

• Abkhazian Air Force^[9]
• Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia^[34]

Indonesia

• National Disaster Management Authority^[35]

Libya

• Libyan National Army^[14]

North Macedonia

• Ministry of Internal Affairs^[36]

Malaysia

• Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department^[37]

Moldova

• Transnistria Air Force^[16]

Myanmar

• United Wa State Army^[18]

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

• Czechoslovak 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