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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

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Afghanistan

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An Afghan Air Force Mi-17

Algeria

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Angola

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Argentina

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Armenia

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Azerbaijan

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Bangladesh

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Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-171Sh

Belarus

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Bhutan

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bulgaria

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Burkina Faso

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Cambodia

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Cameroon

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Chad

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China

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Colombia

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Republic of the Congo

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Croatia

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A Czech Republic Mi-171

On 19 October 2023, Croatia announced that it would send its entire fleet of Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine.[4]

Cuba

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Czech Republic

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Djibouti

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Ecuador

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Egypt

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Equatorial Guinea

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Eritrea

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Ethiopia

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Georgia

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Georgian soldiers board Mil Mi-8.

Ghana

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A Ghanaian special forces team board an Mi-17 helicopter

Guinea

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India

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Indonesia

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Iran

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Iraq

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Kazakhstan

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Kenya

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Kyrgyzstan

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Laos

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Libya

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Lithuania

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Mali

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Mexico

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Moldova

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Mongolia

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Mozambique

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Myanmar

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Namibia

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Nepal

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Nicaragua

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Niger

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Nigeria

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North Korea

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North Macedonia

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Pakistan

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A Mi-17 of the Pakistan Army

Peru

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Poland

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Russia

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Rwanda

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Serbia

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Senegal

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Sierra Leone

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Slovakia

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South Sudan

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Sri Lanka

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Sudan

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Syria

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Tajikistan

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Turkmenistan

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Thailand

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Uganda

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Ukraine

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United States

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Uzbekistan

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A Mi-17 of the Serbian Air Force

Venezuela

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Vietnam

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Yemen

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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Para-military, law enforcement and other government operators

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Bangladesh

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Equatorial Guinea

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Georgia

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Indonesia

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North Macedonia

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Malaysia

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Pakistan

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Poland

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Romania

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Russia

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Republic of Korea

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Turkey

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Civil operators

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Cuba

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India

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Mongolia

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Nepal

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North Korea

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Russia

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Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mil Mi 17 helicopter.

Slovakia

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Turkmenistan

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United States

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Vietnam

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Former operators

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Canada

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Costa Rica

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Czechoslovakia

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East Germany

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

Finland

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Germany

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Guinea-Bissau

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Japan

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  • 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

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A former Latvian Air Force Mi-8

Latvia

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Madagascar

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North Yemen

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Romania

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Serbia and Montenegro

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South Yemen

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Soviet Union

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

Republika Srpska

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Somalia

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FR Yugoslavia

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United Kingdom

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Yemen

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See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mil Mi-8.
 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mil Mi-17.

References

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