Kenya bought second Hand Helicopters in 2001

Operators

Mi-8 and Mi-17 operators

Military Operators

Algerian Mi-17s in flight


German Navy Mi-8TB in Marinemuseum Dänholm in 2004


Finnish Mi-8 in Hernesaari, Helsinki, in 2005


Polish Mi-8T in Iraq, AL Hillah 2005


Polish Mi-8S


Serbian Mi-8T cargo helicopter of Serbian Air Force.

•  Afghanistan: 65 have been acquired by the Afghan Air Force, with deliveries of 30 Mi-8 since 1971, and 35 Mi-17 since 1987.
•  Albania: At least 1 Mi-8 has been acquired by the Albanian Air Force during the mid 1990s from Ukraine.
•  Algeria
•  Angola
•  Anguilla
•  Armenia: 13 in service.
•  Azerbaijan: 13 Mi-17s in service.
•  Belarus
•  Bangladesh: 17 Mi-8s, Mi-17s and Mi-8 MTVs in service.
•  Bhutan: 7 Mi-8s in service.
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3 Mi-8s in service.
•  Bulgaria: 18 Mi-8s in service.
•  Burkina Faso: 5 Mi-8s in service.
•  Cambodia: 6 Mi-8/17s in service.
•  China: 220 Mi-8/17s in service.
•  Croatia: 15 Mi-8MTVs in service
•  Cuba
•  Czech Republic: 40 Mi-8/17s in service.
•  Djibouti: 3 Mi-8s in service.
•  East Germany
•  Egypt: 42 Mi-8s in service.
•  Estonia
•  Ethiopia: 12 Mi-8s in service.
•  Finland: Will phase out their last Mi-8s by 2007.
•  Germany: Ex-Eastern Germany helicopters
•  Georgia: 4 Mi-8T/MTV helicopters in service.
•  Ghana: Ghana Air Force
•  Guinea-Bissau: 1 Mi-8T in service.
•  Hungary: 23 Mil Mi-8 helicopters in service.
•  India: 134 Mi-8s in service of Indian Air Force.
•  Indonesia: 10 Mi-17 was in order in 2006.
•  Iran: 52 Mi-8/17s in service.
•  Iraq:
•  Kazakhstan
•  Kenya: used by the police for patrols acquired second hand in 2001.
•  Kyrgyzstan: 8 Mi-8s are in service of Iraq Air Force.
•  Laos:
•  Latvia: 9 Mi-8/17 MTV in service.
•  Libya
•  Lithuania: 9 Mi-8/17 MTV in service.
•  Republic of Macedonia: 6 in service.
•  Madagascar
•  Malaysia
•  Montenegro: 5 in service.
•  Maldives
•  Mali
•  Mexico
•  Moldova
•  Mongolia
•  Mozambique
•  Myanmar: 12 in service.
•  Nepal
•  Nicaragua
•  North Korea
•  Pakistan
•  Peru: 14 Mi-17s in service.
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Russia
• Republika Srpska Air Force: 11 in service.
•  Serbia: 29 Mi-8's and Mi-17's are in Serbian Air Force.
•  Sri Lanka
•  Slovakia
•  Somalia
•  Soviet Union
•  Sudan
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan
•  Turkmenistan
•  Uganda
•  Ukraine
•  Uzbekistan
•  United States: Used by the 6th Special Operations Squadron for training
•  Vietnam
•  Venezuela (Mi-17)
•  Yemen
•  Zambia
• On Oct. 15, 2006, India agreed to acquire 80 Mi-17 helicopters from Russia in a deal worth approximately US$662 million dollars.