List of Mil Mi-8/17 operators

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

Military operators

 Afghanistan

• Afghan Air Force^[1]

An Afghan National Army Mi-17

 Algeria

• Algerian Air Force ^[1]

 Angola

• Angolan Air Defence Force^[1]

 Argentina

• Argentine Air Force^[1]

 Armenia

• Armenian Air Force^[1]

 Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan Air Force^[1]

 Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Air Force^[1]

 Belarus

• Belarus Air Force^[1]

 Bhutan

• Royal Bhutan Army^[1]

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force^[1]

 Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Air Force^[1]

 Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso Air Force^[1]

 Cambodia

• Royal Cambodian Air Force^[1]

 Chad

• Chad Air Force^[1]

 China

• People's Liberation Air Force^[1]
• People's Liberation Army^[1]

 Colombia

• Colombian National Army Aviation^[1]

 Republic of the Congo

• Congolese Air Force^[1]

 Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Congo Democratic Air Force^[1]

 Croatia

• Croatian Air Force^[1]

A Czech Republic Mi-171

 Cuba

• Cuban Air Force^[1]

 Czech Republic

• Czech Air Force^[1]

 Djibouti

• Djibouti Air Force^[1]

 Ecuador

• Ecuadorian Army^[1]

 Egypt

• Egyptian Air Force^[1]

 Eritrea

• Eritrean Air Force^[1]

 Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Air Force^[1]

 Georgia

• Georgian Air Force^[1]
• Georgian Land Forces^[1]

 Ghana

• Ghana Air Force^[1]

 Guinea

• Military of Guinea^[1]

 Hungary

• Hungarian Air Force^[1]

 India

• Indian Air Force^[1]

 Indonesia

• Indonesian Army^[1]

 Iran

• Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[1]

 Iraq

• Iraqi Army^[1]

 Kazakhstan

• Kazakh Air Defence Force^[1]

 Kyrgyzstan

• Kyrgyzstan Air Force^[1]

 Laos

• Laotian Air Force^[1]

Latvian Air Force Mi-8

 Latvia

• Latvian Air Force^[1]

 Libya

• Libyan Air Force^[1]

 Lithuania

• Lithuanian Air Force^[1]

 Macedonia

• Macedonian Air Force^[1]

 Mexico

• Mexican Air Force^[1]
• Mexican Navy^[1]

 Moldova

• Moldovan Air Force^[1]

 Mongolia

• Mongolian Air Force^[1]

 Mozambique

• Military of Mozambique^[1]

 Myanmar

• Myanmar Air Force^[1]

 Namibia

• Namibian Air Force^[1]

   Nepal

• Nepalese Army Air Service^[1]

 Nicaragua

• Nicaraguan Air Force^[1]

 Niger

• Niger Air Force^[1]

 Nigeria

• Nigerian Air Force^[1]

 North Korea

• North Korean Air Force^[1]

 Norway

• Arktikugol

 Pakistan

• Pakistan Air Force^[1]
• Pakistan Army^[1]

 Peru

• Peruvian Air Force^[1]
• Peruvian Army^[1]
• Peruvian Navy^[1]

A Mi-17 of the Pakistan Army

 Poland

• Polish Air Force^[1]
• Polish Land Forces^[1]
• Polish Navy^[1]

 Russia

• Russian Air Force^[1]
• Russian Naval Aviation^[1]
• Border Service of Russia^[2]
• Internal Troops of Russia^[3]

 Rwanda

• Rwandan Defence Forces^[1]

 Serbia

• Serbian Air Force^[1]

 Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone Armed Forces^[1]

 Slovakia

• Slovak Air Force^[1]

 South Sudan

• Sudan People's Liberation Army^[1]

 Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Air Force^[1]
• Sri Lanka Navy^[1]

 Sudan

• Sudanese Air Force^[1]

 Syria

• Syrian Air Force^[1]

 Tajikistan

• Tajikistan Air Force^[1]

 Turkmenistan

• Turkmenistan Air Force^[1]

 Thailand

• Royal Thai Army^[1]

 Uganda

• Ugandan Air Force^[1]

 Ukraine

• Ukrainian Ground Forces^[1]

 United States

• US Army Test and Evaluation Command^[1]

 Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan Air Force^[1]

A Mi-17 of the Serbian Air Force

 Venezuela

• Venezuelan Air Force^[1]
• Venezuelan Army^[1]
• Venezuelan Navy^[1]

 Vietnam

• Vietnam People's Air Force^[1]

 Yemen

• Yemen Air Force^[1]

 Zimbabwe

• Air Force of Zimbabwe^[1]

Civil operators

 Cuba

• Aerogaviota^[4]

 India

• Pawan Hans Helicopters^[5]

 Macedonia

• Ministry of Internal Affairs^[6]

 Malaysia

• Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department^[7]

 Mongolia

• Mongolian Airlines^[8]

   Nepal

• Shree Airlines^[9]

 North Korea

• Air Koryo^[10]

 Pakistan

• Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa^[11][12]

 Poland

• Polish Police^[13]

 Romania

• Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania)^[14]

 Russia

• Altai Airlines^[15]

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mil Mi 17 helicopter.

• Barkol Aviation^[16]
• Kazan Air Enterprise^[17]
• UTAir^[18]
• Vladivostok Air^[19]

 Slovakia

• Air Transport Europe^[20]

 Turkey

• Turkish Gendarmerie^[21]

 Turkmenistan

• Turkmenistan Airlines^[22]

Former operators

 Canada

• Royal Canadian Air Force^[23]

 Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovakian Air Force^[24]

 East Germany

• East German Air Force^[25]
• East German Navy^[25]

 Finland

• Finnish Army^[26]
• Finnish Border Guard^[27]

 Germany

• Luftwaffe^[28]
• German Navy^[29]

 Guinea-Bissau

• Military of Guinea-Bissau^[30]

 Romania

• Romanian Air Force^[31]

 Serbia and Montenegro

• Serbia and Montenegro Air Force^[32]

 Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force^[33]
• Soviet Army Aviation^[33]
• Soviet Naval Aviation^[33]
• Aeroflot^[34]

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

 Republika Srpska

• Srpska Air Force^[35]

 FR Yugoslavia

• Yugoslav Air Force^[36]
• Yugoslav Navy^[36]

 United Kingdom

• Empire Test Pilots' School^[37][38]

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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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