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
[edit]Algeria
[edit]Angola
[edit]Armenia
[edit]Azerbaijan
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Bangladesh
[edit]Belarus
[edit]Bhutan
[edit]Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit]Bulgaria
[edit]Burkina Faso
[edit]Cambodia
[edit]Cameroon
[edit]Chad
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China
[edit]- People's Liberation Army Air Force[5]
- People's Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation[5]
- People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force[5]
Colombia
[edit]Republic of the Congo
[edit]Democratic Republic of the Congo
[edit]Croatia
[edit]Cuba
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Czech Republic
[edit]Djibouti
[edit]Ecuador
[edit]Egypt
[edit]Equatorial Guinea
[edit]Eritrea
[edit]Ethiopia
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Georgia
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Ghana
[edit]Guinea
[edit]Hungary
[edit]India
[edit]Indonesia
[edit]Iran
[edit]- Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation[11]
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force[11]
Iraq
[edit]Ivory Coast
[edit]Kazakhstan
[edit]Kenya
[edit]Kyrgyzstan
[edit]Laos
[edit]Libya
[edit]Lithuania
[edit]Mali
[edit]Mexico
[edit]Moldova
[edit]Mongolia
[edit]Mozambique
[edit]Myanmar
[edit]Namibia
[edit]Nepal
[edit]Nicaragua
[edit]Niger
[edit]Nigeria
[edit]North Korea
[edit]North Macedonia
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Pakistan
[edit]Peru
[edit]Poland
[edit]Russia
[edit]Rwanda
[edit]Senegal
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Serbia
[edit]Sierra Leone
[edit]Slovakia
[edit]South Sudan
[edit]Sri Lanka
[edit]Sudan
[edit]Syria
[edit]Tajikistan
[edit]Thailand
[edit]Togo
[edit]Turkmenistan
[edit]Uganda
[edit]Ukraine
[edit]- Ukrainian Air Force[25]
- 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]
United States
[edit]Uzbekistan
[edit]Venezuela
[edit]- Bolivarian Military Aviation of Venezuela[30]
- Bolivarian Army of Venezuela[30]
- Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela[30]
Vietnam
[edit]Yemen
[edit]Zambia
[edit]Zimbabwe
[edit]Para-military, law enforcement and other government operators
[edit]Bangladesh
[edit]Equatorial Guinea
[edit]Georgia
[edit]Indonesia
[edit]North Macedonia
[edit]Malaysia
[edit]Pakistan
[edit]Poland
[edit]Romania
[edit]- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania) 3 MI 17 and 2 MI-8 [41]
Russia
[edit]Republic of Korea
[edit]Turkey
[edit]Turkmenistan
[edit]Ukraine
[edit]Civil operators
[edit]Cuba
[edit]India
[edit]Mongolia
[edit]Nepal
[edit]North Korea
[edit]Russia
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Slovakia
[edit]Turkmenistan
[edit]United States
[edit]Vietnam
[edit]Former operators
[edit]Argentina
[edit]Artsakh
[edit]Canada
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]East Germany
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Finland
[edit]Georgia
[edit]Germany
[edit]Guinea-Bissau
[edit]Japan
[edit]- Aum Shinrikyo(Cult)[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
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Latvia
[edit]Madagascar
[edit]Poland
[edit]North Yemen
[edit]Romania
[edit]Serbia and Montenegro
[edit]South Yemen
[edit]Soviet Union
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Republika Srpska
[edit]Somalia
[edit]FR Yugoslavia
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]Yemen
[edit]See also
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