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{{Infobox aircraft
| name = Mil Mi-8
| image = Mil Mi-8P, Baltic Airlines (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mil Mi-8 of Baltic Airlines taking off at [[Peter and Paul Fortress]] in [[Saint Petersburg]]
| type = [[Military transport helicopter|Transport helicopter]] (also several [[armed helicopter|armed]] versions)
| national_origin = [[Soviet Union]]/[[Russia]]
| design_group = [[Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant]]
| manufacturer = [[Kazan Helicopter Plant]]<br />[[Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant]]
| first_flight = 7 July 1961
| introduction = 1967
| retired = 
| status = In service
| primary_user = {{unbulleted list|[[Soviet Union]] <small>(historical)</small>|[[Russia]]|Approx. 80 other countries, see [[#Operators|Operators]] below}}
| produced = 1961–present
| number_built = >17,000 and production continues today; world's most-produced helicopter
| variants = [[Mil Mi-17|Mil Mi-8M/Mi-17]]
| developed_into = {{unbulleted list|[[Mil Mi-14]]|[[Mil Mi-24]]}}
}}

The '''Mil Mi-8''' ({{langx|ru|Ми-8}}, [[NATO reporting name]]: '''Hip''') is a medium twin-turbine [[helicopter]], originally designed by the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute|Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI)]] in the 1960s and introduced into the [[Soviet Air Forces|Soviet Air Force]] in 1968. Russian production of the aircraft model still continues as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erkanli |first=Dr Sertan |date=2023-03-24 |title=MI-8 Helicopter: A Versatile Aircraft for Military and Civilian Use {{!}} Defensebridge |url=https://defensebridge.com/article/mi-8-helicopter-a-versatile-aircraft-for-military-and-civilian-use.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=defensebridge.com |language=en}}</ref> In addition to its most common role as a [[Military transport aircraft|transport helicopter]], the Mi-8 is also used as an airborne command post, armed [[helicopter gunship|gunship]], and reconnaissance platform.

The Mi-8 is the world's [[List of most-produced rotorcraft|most-produced helicopter]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Air Force Magazine |date=July 2015 |publisher=Air Force Association |page=66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a_9vDufCAvwC&pg=PA66 |access-date=25 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> with over 17,000 units used by over 50 countries. As of 2015, when combined with the related [[Mil Mi-17]], the two helicopters are the third most common operational military aircraft in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/strength-in-numbers-the-world39s-top-10-military-aircraft-407756/ |title=Strength in numbers: The World's Top 10 military aircraft types |date=9 January 2015 |website=Flightglobal.com |publisher=Reed Business Information Limited |access-date=30 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015031/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/strength-in-numbers-the-world39s-top-10-military-aircraft-407756/ |archive-date=17 November 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

==Design and development==
[[File:Passenger cabin of Shree Airlines Helicopter.JPG|thumb|Passenger cabin of a [[Shree Airlines]] aircraft]]
[[Mikhail Mil]] originally approached the Soviet government with a proposal to design an all-new two-engined turbine helicopter in 1959 after the success of the [[Mil Mi-4]] and the emergence and effectiveness of turbines used in the [[Mil Mi-6]].  After design and development, the Mi-8 was subsequently introduced into the [[Soviet Air Force]] in 1967.

The Soviet military originally argued against a new helicopter, as they were content with the current [[Mil Mi-4]].<ref name="mi-helicopter.ru">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071214062757/http://www.mi-helicopter.ru/eng/index.php?id=275 Mi-8 Helicopter. Development History]. mi-helicopter.ru</ref> To counter this, Mikhail Mil proposed that the new helicopter was more of an update to new turbine engines rather than an entirely new helicopter, which persuaded the council of ministers to proceed with production. Due to the position of the engine, this enabled Mikhail Mil to justify redesigning the entire front half of the aircraft around the single engine.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Vershinin |first1=Alexander |last2=RBTH |first2=special to |date=2015-08-31 |title=The Moscow helicopter factory that put the 'Mil' in military aviation |url=https://www.rbth.com/defence/2015/08/31/the_moscow_helicopter_factory_that_put_the_mil_in_military_aviation_48873.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Russia Beyond |language=en-US}}</ref>

The prototype, which was named V-8, was designed in 1958<ref name="mi-helicopter.ru"/> and based on the [[Mil Mi-4]] with a larger cabin.<ref name=Donald_Encyclopedia>Donald, David, ed. "Mil Mi-8". ''The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft''. Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. {{ISBN|0-7607-0592-5}}.</ref> Powered by an AI-24 2,010&nbsp;kW (2,700 shp) Soloviev turboshaft engine,<ref name=Frawley_Military>Frawley, Gerald (2002). "Mil Mi-8 & Mi-17". ''The International Directory of Military Aircraft, 2002/2003''. Fishwick, Act: Aerospace Publications. {{ISBN|1-875671-55-2}}.</ref> the single engined V-8 prototype had its maiden flight in June 1961<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=6304|title=Mil Mi-8 – NATO code: HIP|website=Army.cz|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714132349/http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=6304|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and was first shown on [[Soviet Aviation Day]] parade (Tushino Air Parade) in July 1961.<ref name=j75>{{cite book|title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft|year=1975–1976|isbn=0-354-00521-9|page=502|last1=Taylor|first1=John W. R.|publisher=Macdonald and Jane's }}</ref>

During an official visit to the [[United States]] in September 1959, [[Nikita Khrushchev]] took a flight in the [[Sikorsky S-58|S-58]] presidential helicopter for the first time and was reportedly extremely impressed.<ref>Sikorsky, Sergei I. "The Sikorsky Legacy". Arcadia Publishing, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-7385-4995-8}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/Mil_Mi-8|title=Mil Mi-8|website=Wiki.scramble.nl|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225011941/http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/Mil_Mi-8|archive-date=25 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On Khrushchev's return, he ordered the creation of a similar helicopter, which was to be ready for the return visit by the American president, to [[save face]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMgbcE-fVME|title=YouTube|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321201835/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMgbcE-fVME|archive-date=21 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> A luxury version of the Mi-4 was quickly created and Khrushchev took an inspection flight, during which Mikhail Mil proposed that his helicopter in development was more suitable. However, it would be necessary to have a second engine for reliability.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

This gave Mikhail Mil the power under the orders of Khrushchev to build the original two-engined helicopter, which for the first time in Soviet history would need purpose-built turbine engines, rather than those adapted from fixed wing aircraft (as in the [[Mil Mi-6]] and the first prototype V-8) and an entirely new main rotor gear box that would be designed in-house for the first time. In May 1960, the order was given for Mikhail Mil to create his twin engine helicopter. The Sergei Isotov Design Bureau accepted the task of creating the engines.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The second prototype (still equipped with the one turbine engine as the Isotov engines were still under development) flew in September 1961.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Two months after the engines were completed by Isotov, the third prototype designated V-8A equipped with two 1,120&nbsp;kW (1,500 shp) [[Klimov TV2-117|Isotov TV2]] engines, made its first flight piloted by Nikolai Ilyushin on 2 August 1962, marking the first flight of any Soviet helicopter to fly with purpose built gas turbine engines.<ref name=Donald_Encyclopedia/> The aircraft completed its factory based testing in February 1963.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The fourth prototype was designed as a VIP transport, with the rotor changed from four blades to five blades in 1963 to reduce vibration, the cockpit doors replaced by blister perspex slides and a sliding door added to the cabin.<ref name=Donald_Encyclopedia/>

The fifth and final prototype was a mass production prototype for the passenger market. In November 1964, all joint testing had been completed and the Soviet government began mass production. Production started in the Kazan Production Plant, with the first aircraft completed by the end of 1965.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

[[File:Миль Ми-8-9-17-18-19-171-172 94620, Нежин RP130465.jpg|thumb|Cockpit view]]
The Soviet military originally showed little interest in the Mi-8 until the [[Bell UH-1]]'s involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] became widely publicised as a great asset to the United States, allowing troops to move swiftly in and out of a battlefield and throughout the country. It was only then that the Soviet military rushed a troop-carrying variant of the Mil Mi-8 into production. By [[1967 in aviation|1967]], it had been introduced into the [[Soviet Air Force]] as the Mi-8.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

There are numerous variants, including the '''Mi-8T''', which, in addition to carrying 24 troops, is armed with rockets and [[anti-tank guided missile]]s. The [[Mil Mi-17]] export version is employed by around 20 countries; its equivalent in Russian service in the ''Mi-8M'' series. The only visible differences between the Mi-8 and Mi-17 are A) the position of the tail rotor (Mi-8 right side, Mi-17 left side),  B) the shape of the exhausts (Mi-8 circular,  Mi-17 oval),  and C) Dust shields in front of engine air intakes for the Mi-17.  Also Mi-17 has some improved armour plating for its crew. The naval [[Mil Mi-14]] version is also derived from the Mi-8.<ref name="helicopter-database1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.helicopter-database.de/mi8_diff1.php|title=Differences between the First and Second Mi-8 Generation - Helicopter-DataBase|website=www.helicopter-database.de}}</ref>

The Mi-8 is constantly improving and the newest version still remains in production in 2024. However the second generation of the Mi-8 was changed to a tractor-tail rotor configuration as this configuration has increased yaw authority from the upwards advancing tail rotor blades into the downwash.  The increase of the airspeed flowing over the rotor blades increases overall tail rotor effectiveness and yaw authority, whereas with the 'Pusher' tail rotor configuration the advancing rotor blade moves downwards. This decreases the airspeed across the rotor blade, reducing its overall effective yaw authority.<ref name="helicopter-database1"/>  {{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

==Operational history==
===Finland===
[[File:Mi-8 kuljetushelikopteri.jpg|thumb|Finnish Mi-8 in Hernesaari, [[Helsinki]], in 2005]]
The [[Finnish Defence Forces]] and the [[Finnish Border Guard]] began using Mi-8s in the 1970s, with the [[Finnish Air Force]] receiving its first, serialed HS-2, on 28 May 1973, and the second, HS-1, on 31 May 1973. Six Mi-8Ts were obtained at first, followed by further two Mi-8Ts and two Mi-8Ps. Three of the helicopters were handed over to the Border Guard Wing. One of these was lost after sinking through ice during a landing in April 1982. It was soon replaced by a new Mi-8.

After their Border Guard service, the helicopters were transferred to the civil register, but shortly thereafter to the Finnish Air Force. In 1997 it was decided that all helicopters, including the remaining five Mi-8Ts and two Mi-8Ps, should be transferred to the Army Wing at [[Utti]]. All Mi-8s have now been retired. One Mi-8 is on display at the [[Finnish Aviation Museum]] in [[Vantaa]], and one is at the [[Päijänne Tavastia Aviation Museum]] in [[Asikkala]], near [[Lahti]]. One Mi-8T is [https://www.tuulonen.fi/muut-palvelut/lentokoneet on display in Tuulos.]   The two final Mi-8Ts were given to Hungary in August 2011 with all the remaining spare parts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mil Mi-8 |url=https://www.airports-worldwide.com/articles/article1320.php#google_vignette |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=www.airports-worldwide.com}}</ref>

=== Georgia ===
The Georgian air force started operating Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters from 1991 onwards. During the [[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)]] Mi-8 helicopters were used by both sides. Several were shot down, the first being a Georgian civilian Mi-8T which was destroyed in Sukhumi by an [[RPG-7]]. On 14 December 1992, a Russian Air Force Mi-8T was [[1992 Russian Air Force Mi-8 shootdown|shot down by a SA-14 missile near Lata]].<ref name="skywar.ru">{{cite web|url=http://www.skywar.ru/oldussr.html|title=CIS region – Авиация в локальных конфликтах|website=Skywar.ru|access-date=24 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419153207/http://www.skywar.ru/oldussr.html|archive-date=19 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

On another occasions Abkhaz Mi-8MTVs were shot down by Georgian forces, by SA-14 in one case and by [[RPG-18]] in a second case, both during 1993.<ref name="skywar.ru"/> In the final case, Georgian Mi-8MTV carrying civilian refugees was shot down, killing 25 people.<ref name="skywar.ru"/> Georgian Air Force and Police currently operate about 20 Mi-8T/MTVs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://img.en25.com/Web/flightglobal/%7B88f2f053-6c3d-4ab4-a297-0b453358a560%7D_FC055_PREM_201312.pdf?elq=&elqCampaignId=|title=Special Report : World Air Forces|date=2014|website=Img.en25.com|access-date=24 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107141621/http://img.en25.com/Web/flightglobal/%7B88f2f053-6c3d-4ab4-a297-0b453358a560%7D_FC055_PREM_201312.pdf?elq=&elqCampaignId=|archive-date=7 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===India===
The Indian Air Force inducted the Mi-8 in the 1970s as part of a growing rotary-wing fleet that evolved without centralised long-term planning. Acquired in the wake of geopolitical deals and stop-gap needs, the Mi-8 formed the backbone of medium-lift capability before being succeeded by the Mi-17.<ref name=IAF2024>{{cite web |last=Gupta |first=Anchit |title=The Accidental Fleet of the IAF |url=https://iafhistory.in/2024/03/27/the-accidental-fleet-of-the-iaf/ |website=IAFHistory |date=27 March 2024 |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>

===Iraq===
Mi-8s were employed by the former [[Iraqi Army|Iraqi Army Aviation]] and [[Iraqi Air Force]] under [[Saddam Hussein]]. In the [[Iran–Iraq War]] of the 1980s, there were [[air-to-air combat]] between Iraqi and [[Iranian Army Aviation]] helicopters, including between Iranian [[Bell AH-1 SuperCobra|Bell AH-1J Cobras]] and Iraqi Mi-8s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Petrescu |first1=Relly Victoria |last2=Petrescu |first2=Florian Ion |title=The Aviation History: New Aircraft I - Color |date=2013 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-8482-6639-5 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=id9kQCuqepQC |access-date=25 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

===South Sudan===
On 21 December 2012, a [[Nizhnevartovskavia]] owned Mi-8 working for the [[United Nations Mission in South Sudan]] (UNMISS) was shot down and crashed near Likuangole in the [[South Sudan]]ese state of [[Jonglei]] during the [[South Sudan internal conflict (2011–present)|South Sudan internal conflict]]. All four Russian crewmembers on board were killed, and after some initial confusion, a UN spokesman said that the South Sudanese army confirmed on 22 December that it mistakenly fired at the helicopter.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20819468|title=BBC News – South Sudan army 'shoots down UN helicopter'|work=BBC News|date=21 December 2012|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502191514/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20819468|archive-date=2 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/12/20121221173421145463.html|title=UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan|work=aljazeera.com|access-date=22 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223070747/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/12/20121221173421145463.html|archive-date=23 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 August 2014, a [[UTair Aviation]] owned Mi-8 working for the [[United Nations]] crashed as it approached a landing airstrip near Bentiu. Three of the Russian crew members died and one was injured. Rebel commander [[Peter Gadet]] claimed that his forces brought it down using a rocket-propelled grenade.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southsudan-unrest-un-russia-idUSKBN0GQ20S20140826|title=Russian airline says its helicopter likely shot down in South Sudan|work=Reuters|date=26 August 2014|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225020412/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/26/us-southsudan-unrest-un-russia-idUSKBN0GQ20S20140826|archive-date=25 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/rebel-commander-claims-shot-down-un-helicopter-south-sudan|title=Three killed in UN helicopter crash in South Sudan after rebel warning|work=the Guardian|date=26 August 2014|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225020641/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/rebel-commander-claims-shot-down-un-helicopter-south-sudan|archive-date=25 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Soviet Union===
The Mi-8 family of helicopters became the main Soviet (and later Russian) helicopter, covering a large range of roles in both peace time and war time. Large fleets of Mi-8 and its derivatives were  employed by both military and civil operators.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Large numbers of Mi-8 family helicopters were used during the [[Soviet–Afghan War]] during the 1980s. Its rugged construction allowed easier in-theater operations and maintenance. A large number of Mi-8s were lost with several shot down by enemy fire, with the Mi-8 and its derivatives being the main aircraft model lost by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

Between April and May 1986, Mi-8s were used in large numbers to drop radiation-absorbing materials into the No. 4 reactor of [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] after the [[Chernobyl disaster]], and the fire was extinguished by the combined effort of helicopters dropping over 5000 metric tons of sand, lead, clay, and [[neutron capture|neutron-absorbing]] [[boron]] onto the burning reactor and injecting [[liquid nitrogen]] into it.  Most of the helicopters were severely irradiated and abandoned in a giant junkyard,<ref>Simon, Michael. (28 June 2010) [http://recyclenation.com/2010/06/chernobyl-radioactive-scrapyard Chernobyl’s Radioactive Scrapyard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209200045/http://recyclenation.com/2010/06/chernobyl-radioactive-scrapyard |date=9 February 2017 }}. RecycleNation. Retrieved on 18 May 2016.</ref> the so-called "machines cemetery" near Chernobyl, with several disappearing from the site in later years. During the initial operation, one crashed near the power plant after hitting a [[construction crane]] cable with all the crew of four being killed in the crash.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freeze |first1=Christopher |title=Responsing to "the Disaster of the Century" |url=http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/1986-Chernobyl-Mi-8.htm |website=Check-SIx.com |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube | id= aw-ik1U4Uvk | title= Mil Mi-8 crash near Chernobyl }} 2006.</ref> It is now known that virtually none of the neutron absorbers reached the core.<ref name="BBCContaining">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1997/chernobyl/33005.stm |title=''Special Report: 1997: Chernobyl: Containing Chernobyl?'' |publisher=BBC News |date=21 November 1997 |access-date=20 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319223944/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1997/chernobyl/33005.stm |archive-date=19 March 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

===Ukraine===
[[File:UA004-16.jpg|thumb|Mi-8MSB on a 2016 Ukrainian stamp]]
On 16 August 2013, the [[Ministry of Defense of Ukraine]] reported that one of its Mi-8MSB had set a [[Flight altitude record|world altitude record]] of {{convert|9150|m|ft}} at the [[Kirovske military airfield]] on 15 August.<ref name="Kirovske military airfield Mi-8MSB">[http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/modernized-mi-8msb-helicopter-sets-world-altitude-record/ Modernized Mi-8MSB helicopter sets world altitude record], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (16 August 2013)</ref>

The Ukrainian Armed Forces used Mi-8MSB along with Mi-24s in operations against separatists in Eastern Ukraine during the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]. On 29 May 2014, a Ukrainian National Guard Mi-8 was brought down by [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas]] using a [[MANPADS]] near Slavyansk with 12 personnel, including an Army general, killed and one seriously injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/38495/ukrainian-mi-8-shot-down-near-slavyansk|title=Ukrainian Mi-8 shot down near Slavyansk|website=Janes.com|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225020155/http://www.janes.com/article/38495/ukrainian-mi-8-shot-down-near-slavyansk|archive-date=25 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On 24 June 2014, a Ukrainian National Guard Mi-8 was shot down by separatist forces again using a MANPADS near Slavyansk with nine personnel killed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28002993|title=BBC News – Ukraine army helicopter shot down despite ceasefire|work=BBC News|date=24 June 2014|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216155551/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28002993|archive-date=16 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Ukrainian forces used Mi-8 helicopters to resupply forces during the [[Siege of Mariupol]] at [[Azovstal iron and steel works]] and bring in additional reinforcements for the [[Azov Regiment]]. Some 16 Mi-8s were used a number of times, two of which were shot down.<ref>{{ cite web | title=Inside Ukraine's Daring Helicopter Missions Into Russian-Occupied Mariupol | url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/exclusive-details-of-ukraines-daring-helicopter-missions-into-russian-occupied-mariupol |website=The War Zone | date=25 May 2022}}</ref> Russia claimed on 5 April that it shot down two Ukrainian Mi-8s that it said were being used to evacuate commanders of the [[Azov Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Russia Says Prevented Ukraine Officers Fleeing Mariupol By Air|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/05/russia-says-prevented-ukraine-officers-fleeing-mariupol-by-air-a77230|date=5 April 2022}}</ref> In late August 2023, it was reported that a Russian defector named [[Maksym Kuzminov]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-pilot-who-defected-will-get-half-million-from-ukraine-2023-9?amp | title=Russian pilot who defected will get $500,000, Ukraine says | website=[[Business Insider]] }}</ref> handed over a Mi-8AMTSh to the Ukrainian forces in coordination with [[Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)|Ukrainian Intelligence]] agents.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Axe |first1=David |title=The Mi-8AMTSh Is One Of Russia's Best Assault Helicopters. A Defector Just Flew One To Ukraine. |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/08/23/the-mi-8amtsh-is-one-of-russias-best-assault-helicopters-a-defector-just-flew-one-to-ukraine/?sh=4a64f834180e |website=Forbes |access-date=24 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

On 16 October 2023, Ukrainian Colonel General [[Oleksandr Syrskyi]] said that the [[25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine)|25th Separate Airborne Brigade]] had shot down a [[Mi-8]] without supplying the location. According to the [[Oryx (website)|Oryx database]] 63 Mi-8 helicopters have been shot down in Ukraine thus far during the war, 29 of them being Ukrainian, and 34 Russian respectively.<ref>{{Cite web  |date=2022-09-16 |title='Burns Well, Good Job' – Ukraine Downs Yet Another Russian Helicopter |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/post/22790 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=The Kyiv Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=List Of Aircraft Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/03/list-of-aircraft-losses-during-2022.html |website=Oryxspionkop |language=en}}</ref>

On 31 July 2024, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down over occupied Donetsk by Ukrainian [[First-person view (radio control)|FPV]] drones. The first time a helicopter in combat was destroyed by a drone. The Mi-8 was believed to have been attacked on the ground either during landing or take off.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Ukraine just showed its low-cost, lightweight drones can destroy a Russian helicopter, Russian sources say |url= https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-low-cost-drone-destroy-russian-helicopter-mi8-donetsk-2024-8?amp |date=1 August 2024 |access-date=2024-08-01|author= 
Matthew Loh |publisher= Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Media: Ukrainian drone downs Russian Mi-8 helicopter in first such attack |url= https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/07/31/media-ukrainian-drone-downs-russian-mi-8-helicopter-in-first-such-attack/ |date=1 August 2024 |access-date=2024-08-01|author= 
YEVHENIIA MARTYNIUK| publisher= euromaidanpress }}</ref>

On 31 December 2024, a Russian Mi-8 was shot down by a [[MAGURA V5]] sea drone armed with [[R-73 (missile)#Variants|R-73 Sea Dragon]]  missiles near [[Cape Tarkhankut]], Crimea, while a second helicopter was damaged but managed to return to base, according to the [[Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)|Main Directorate of Intelligence]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Newdick |first1=Thomas |title=Ukraine Claims Its Drone Boat Shot Down A Russian Mi-8 Helicopter With A Surface-To-Air Missile |url=https://www.twz.com/sea/ukraine-claims-its-drone-boat-shot-down-a-russian-mi-8-helicopter-with-a-surface-to-air-missile |access-date=1 January 2025 |work=The War Zone |date=31 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Angelica |last2=Wolkov |first2=Nicole |last3=Stepanenko |first3=Kateryna |last4=Trotter |first4=Nate |last5=Runkel |first5=William |last6=Kagan |first6=Fredrick W. |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 31, 2024 |url=https://www.iswresearch.org/2024/12/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment_31.html |website=ISW Blog |publisher=Institute for the Study of War |access-date=1 January 2025 |date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

As of 17 November 2025, Ukraine has lost 28 Mi-8 helicopters with one damaged during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian losses currently stand at 41 destroyed, with 12 damaged, and 1 lost through defection.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oryx |title=List Of Aircraft Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/03/list-of-aircraft-losses-during-2022.html |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=Oryx}}</ref>

On 06 June 2025, a Russian Mi-8 was destroyed at Bryansk International Airport by a Ukrainian drone, and a Russian [[Mi-35]] nearby was also damaged during the attack.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukrainian drone attack destroys helicopter at Russian airfield in Bryansk, media says |url=https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drone-attack-destroys-helicopter-at-russian-airfield-in-bryansk-media-says/ |website=[[Kyiv Independent]] |last=Zadorozhnyy |first=Tim |date=2025-06-06 |access-date=2025-06-06}}</ref>

On 29 September 2025, the [[59th Assault Brigade]] destroyed a Russian Mi-8, near the village of Kotliarivka, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk Oblast. Using a $500 FPV drone, according to the Ukrainian commander of the [[Unmanned Systems Forces (Ukraine)|Unmanned Systems Forces]] Major [[Robert Brovdi| Robert “Madyar” Brovdi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title= Ukrainian forces destroy Russian Mi-8 helicopter with FPV drone |url= https://www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/4041672-ukrainian-forces-destroy-russian-mi8-helicopter-with-fpv-drone.html |access-date=2025-09-29|website= ukrinform |language=en}}</ref>

===United States===

During the initial stages of [[Operation Enduring Freedom]], Mi-17s and Mi-8s were extensively used by the [[CIA]] and [[US Special Forces]] to assist the [[Northern Alliance]] in their fight against the [[Taliban]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23860/cia-put-the-first-mi-17-chopper-it-flew-into-afghanistan-after-9-11-in-a-museum-you-cant-visit |title=CIA Put The First Mi-17 Chopper It Flew Into Afghanistan After 9/11 In A Museum You Can't Visit |publisher=Thedrive.com |date=2018-09-26 |accessdate=2022-03-02}}</ref>

A number of Mi-8s and Mi-17s are used by US government agencies as of 2022.<ref name="thedrive1">{{cite web|last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42409/russian-made-mi-17-helicopter-flown-by-secretive-u-s-group-lands-in-farmers-field |title=Russian-Made Mi-17 Helicopter Flown By Secretive U.S. Unit Lands In Farmer's Field |publisher=Thedrive.com |date=2021-09-17 |accessdate=2022-03-02}}</ref>

===Yugoslavia===
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[[File:Mi-8 Croatian airforce.jpg|thumb|Croatian Mil Mi-8MTV-1]]
[[File:Mi-8T 12411 V i PVO VS, august 04, 2008.JPG|thumb|Serbian Mi-8T cargo helicopter]]
The [[SFR Yugoslav Air Force|Yugoslav Air Force]] took delivery of 24 Mi-8T (Hip C) transport helicopters between May 1968 and May 1969 to equip two squadrons of the newly formed 119th transport regiment from [[Niš Constantine the Great Airport|Niš military airport]], each squadron with 12 helicopters. Subsequently, from 1973 to the early 1980s, Yugoslavia purchased more Mi-8T helicopters to re-equip two squadrons of 111th regiment from [[Zagreb Airport|Pleso military airport]] near [[Zagreb]] and the 790th squadron from Divulje military airport near [[Split (city)|Split]], which was under the command of the [[SFR Yugoslav Navy|Yugoslav Navy]]. In total, the Yugoslav Air Force received 92 Mi-8Ts, designated by the [[Yugoslav People's Army]] as the ''HT-40'', while local modification of several helicopters into electronic warfare variants produced the ''HT-40E''. Some 40 helicopters were equipped for firefighting operations.

The Yugoslav Mi-8s' first combat operations were transport of Yugoslav People's Army troops and federal police forces to border crossings in Slovenia on 27 June 1991 during the [[Ten-Day War]]. The members of [[Slovenia]]n [[Territorial Defense Forces (Yugoslavia)|Territorial Defence]] fired [[Strela 2]] [[MANPAD]], and shot one helicopter down, killing all crew and passengers.

During combat in the winter of 1991 in the [[Croatian war]] and in the spring of 1992 in the [[Bosnian War]], the Yugoslav People's Army used the Mi-8 fleet for the evacuation of injured personnel, transport of cargo and [[search and rescue]] for the crews of aircraft forced down. As most flights were made behind the front, the Croatian forces were able to down just one helicopter, which was hit by small arms fire near [[Slavonski Brod]] on 4 October 1991.

After [[Bosnian Serbs]] declared their [[Republika Srpska (1992–95)|state]] in the spring of 1992, some former Yugoslav Air Force Mi-8s continued service with the Republika Srpska armed forces. The inventory of the 82nd mixed helicopter squadron, of the 92nd aviation brigade of the [[Army of Republika Srpska]] comprised 12 Mi-8T helicopters, which continued in service until [[Operation Koridor]]. During that period, the [[Republika Srpska Air Force]] lost three Mi-8 helicopters to enemy fire. Three helicopters painted in a blue and white colour scheme flew in the first part of 56th helicopter squadron of the [[Republika Srpska Krajina|Krajina]] [[Milicija]], using Udbina military airport in [[Lika]] as their main base. The Republika Srpska Air Force continued to operate nine helicopters, albeit suffering problems with maintenance and spare parts, until it was formally disbanded in 2006.

On the other side, Mi-8 helicopters were also used as main air transport. The [[Croatian National Guard]] obtained its first on 23 September 1991, near [[Petrinja]], when a Yugoslav Air Force Mi-8 made an emergency landing after being damaged by small-arms fire. A further 6 Mi-8T and 18 Mi-8MTV-1 helicopters were bought from ex-[[Warsaw Pact]] countries during the war, with 16 being used in active service, and remaining were used as source for spare parts. The remaining Mi-8Ts were retired from service in the [[Croatian Air Force]] after the war, while the Mi-8MTVs continued their service in 20th Transport Helicopter Squadron and 28th Transport Helicopter Squadron. The latter has been re-equipped with new [[Mil Mi-17|Mi-171Sh]] helicopters bought from Russia.

The [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] secretly obtained Mi-8T, Mi-8MTV and Mi-17 helicopters from various sources.  Two helicopters were shot down by Serb air defenses, one around Žepa, while one Mi-17 was shot down by [[2K12 Kub|2K12 Kub M]], killing the Bosnian Foreign Affairs Minister [[Irfan Ljubijankić]], a few other politicians, and the helicopter's Ukrainian crew. A few Croatian Mi-8MTVs secretly supported [[Croatian Defence Council]] operations in [[Herceg Bosna]]. After the war, the [[Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] operated the remaining five Mi-8MTVs and one Mi-8T in the Air Force and Air Defense Brigade of [[Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina]].

The [[North Macedonian Air Force]] bought two Mi-8MT helicopters in 2001 from [[Ukraine]]. They fly in the Transport Helicopter Squadron (ex 301. Transport Helicopter Squadron). One crashed, killing all 8 passengers and 3 crew members in [[2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash|an accident in January 2008]].

During the [[Kosovo War]] of 1998 and 1999, the [[Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Yugoslav Air Force]] used Mi-8s for transport of personnel and material to forces in otherwise-inaccessible mountain areas. Evacuation of injured personnel also occurred during the [[1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]], flying at low altitude to avoid detection by NATO aircraft. In 1999, Yugoslav Mi-8s shot down at least one US Army [[IAI RQ-5 Hunter|Hunter UAV]] with the door gunner's 7.62&nbsp;mm machine gun.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_303.shtml|title=European Air-to-Air Victories|website=Acig.org|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023142316/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_303.shtml|archive-date=23 October 2014|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>[https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA378573.pdf Military Mi-8 HIP helicopter to fly alongside a Hunter UAV and then have the Door Gunner blast the UAV with his 7.62mm machine gun] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408130633/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA378573 |date=8 April 2013 }}. None. Retrieved on 18 May 2016.</ref> Two Mi-17V helicopters secretly operated by the [[Special Operations Unit (Serbia)|Special Operations Unit]] post-1997 were also active during the Kosovar conflict. After the unit disbanded in 2003, the helicopters were transferred to [[Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro|Serbia and Montenegro's air force]].

As of mid-2020, the [[Serbian Air Force]], the successor of the Federal Yugoslav Air Force, operates a small amount of Mi-8T which are now being replaced by Mi-17 helicopters. There are 13 Mi-17 in the Serbian air force currently. They are in the 138th Mixed-Transport-Aviation Squadron of [[204th Air Base]] and 119th Combined-Arms Helicopter Squadron (ex 199th regiment) of [[98th Air Base]].

===Others===
* Canada – After Canada committed combat forces to fight the [[Taliban]] in Afghanistan, they realized their mobility depended on borrowed helicopter airlift.  In 2007, the [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]] [[Peter MacKay]] announced the lease of 6 to 8 Mi-8s, particularly Kazan Helicopters Mi-17-V5s,<ref>{{cite tweet|number=786925455681126400|user=CanadianForces|title=The answer to yesterday’s quiz. The Mi-17-V5 helicopter was flown by 427 SOAS in Afghanistan. #CANSOFCOM<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=14 October 2016}}</ref> until the introduction of 6 interim [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-47Ds]]<ref>accessed 7 Apr 2021 https://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/Canadian-Chinook-Afghanistan/</ref><ref>accessed 7 Apr 2021 https://www.helis.com/database/news/canada_afglease/</ref> in 2008 and later delivery of 15 new-build [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook#CH-47F|CH-47Fs]] in 2013 by the [[Royal Canadian Air Force|RCAF]].<ref>accessed 7 Apr 2021https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada-to-lease-russian-made-helicopters-mackay-1.312337</ref>
* Poland – On 4 December 2003, [[2003 Polish Air Force Mi-8 crash|a Polish Mi-8 crashed]] near [[Piaseczno]] while carrying Prime Minister [[Leszek Miller]], ten other passengers and four crewmen. There were no fatalities. The cause of the accident was the icing of the engines. The pilot was accused of causing the crash, but he was found not guilty.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
* Syria – During the [[Yom Kippur War]] of October 1973, Syria landed special forces troops behind Israel Defense Forces lines on the Golan Heights at Mt. Hermon, Tel Fares, Vaset, Nafach and Ein Zivan – A Dalve.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
* Yemen—On 19 November 2023, [[Houthi]] rebels utilized a captured Mi-17 helicopter to conduct an air assault boarding and seizure of the Japanese owned cargo ship [[Galaxy Leader]].<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/militants-believed-houthi-rebels-use-helicopter-seize-japanese-tanker-rcna125883 | title=Militants believed to be Houthi rebels seize Japanese tanker in Red Sea | website=[[NBC News]] | date=20 November 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://twitter.com/aldin_aba/status/1726642439967109521?s=46&t=htTigazZMN-4LF0NR06X6g | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120191025/https://twitter.com/aldin_aba/status/1726642439967109521?s=46&t=htTigazZMN-4LF0NR06X6g | archive-date=2023-11-20}}</ref>
* Vietnam-  On 22 November 1992 a Vietnamese Mi-8 was sent from [[Hanoi]] carrying rescue workers for [[Vietnam Airlines Flight 474|Flight 474]], but it crashed near Ô Kha mountain on the same day. All seven people aboard were killed

==Variants==
{{For|more information on Mi-8M series|Mil Mi-17}}
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===Prototypes/experimental/low production rate===
; V-8 (NATO – Hip-A)
: The original single-engined prototype.
; V-8A
: A twin-engined prototype, featuring TV2-117 turboshaft engines, the prototype underwent further modifications during its life.
; V-8AT
: Prototype of the Mi-8T utility version.
; Mi-8 (NATO – Hip-B)
: Twin-engined prototype.
; Mi-8TG
: Conversion to operate on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
; Mi-18
: Prototype design, a modification of the existing Mil Mi-8. Two Mi-8s were extended by 0.9 meters (3 ft), the landing gear made retractable, and a sliding door added to the starboard side of the fuselage. The Mi-18s were used in the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]], and later used as static training airframes for pilots of the Mi-8/17.

===Basic military transport/airframe===
; Mi-8T (NATO – Hip-C)
: First mass production utility transport version, it can carry four UV-16-57 unguided rocket pods, (with [[S-5 rocket|S-5]] rockets), mounted to four [[hardpoints]] on two outrigger pylons, and is armed with one or two side-mounted [[PK machine gun]]s.
; Mi-8TV
: Armed version of the Mi-8T.
; Mi-8TVK (NATO – Hip-E, a.k.a. Mi-8TB)
: Version used as a gunship or direct air support platform. Airframe modifications add 2x external hard points for a total of 6, and mount a flexible 12.7 mm (0.5-inch) KV-4 machine gun in the nose. Armament of 57 mm S-5 rockets, six UV-32-57 rocket pods, 551-lb (250-kg) bombs, or four [[AT-2 Swatter]] ATGMs.
; Mi-8TBK (NATO – Hip-F)
: Armed export version, fitted with six launch rails to carry and fire [[Malyutka]] missiles.

===Command and electronic warfare===
; Mi-8IV (NATO – Hip-G, a.k.a. Mi-9)
: Airborne command post version fitted with "Ivolga" system, characterized by antennas, and [[Doppler radar]] on tail boom.
; Mi-8PP (NATO – Hip-K)
: Airborne jamming platform with "Polye" (field) system. From 1980, the type was fitted with the new "Akatsiya" system and redesignated the '''Mi-8PPA'''. It is characterized by six X-shaped antennas on each side of the aft fuselage. Built to escort troop-carrying versions of this helicopter, and disrupt potentially nearby SPAAG radars, such as those of the Flakpanzer Gepard.
; Mi-8PD
: Polish airborne command post version.
; Mi-8SMV (NATO – Hip-J)
: Airborne jamming platform with "Smalta-V" system, characterized by two small boxes on each side of the fuselage. Used for protection of ground attack aircraft against enemy air defenses.
; Mi-8VKP (NATO – Hip-D, a.k.a. Mi-8VzPU)
: Airborne communications platform with rectangular communication canisters mounted on weapons racks and with two frame-type aerials above the rear fuselage.

===Other military===
[[File:Mi-8 helicopter cockpit.png|thumb|Mi-8 helicopter cockpit]]
; Mi-8AD
: Minelaying version with four [[VSM-1 mine system|VSM-1]] dispensers.
; Mi-8AV
: Minelaying version with VMR-1 or −2 system for 64 or 200 anti-tank mines.
; Mi-8BT
: Mine-clearing version.
; Mi-8MB "Bissektrisa"
: Military ambulance version.
; Mi-8R (a.k.a. Mi-8GR)
: Tactical reconnaissance version with Elint system "Grebeshok-5".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.16va.be/page_mi-8r.html|title=Mi-8R|website=16va.be|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225012050/http://www.16va.be/page_mi-8r.html|archive-date=25 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
; Mi-8K
: Artillery observation, reconnaissance version.
; Mi-8SMT
: Military staff transport version, fitted with improved radio equipment R-832 and R-111.
; Mi-8SKA
: Photo-reconnaissance version.
; Mi-8SP
: Spacecraft tracking and recovery version.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.airvectors.net/avmil8_1.html#m3 | title=&#91;1.0&#93; Mi-8 Variants }}</ref>
; Mi-8T(K)
: Photo-reconnaissance version.
; Mi-8TZ
: Fuel transport tanker version.
; Mi-8TB
: The Mi-8TB was developed in the [[East Germany|GDR]] and specially adapted to the military needs there. It was equipped with various missile and bomb systems, including [[S-5 rocket|S-5]] missiles and [[FAB-500]] bombs, which could be used to attack ground targets. These adjustments made them a type of "transport bomber," which explained the "TB" designation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raketen- und Waffentechnischer Dienst (RWD) - Hubschrauber Mi-8TB |url=https://www.rwd-mb3.de/ftechnik/pages/mi8tb.htm |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=www.rwd-mb3.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mil Mi-8 – (SK) |url=https://www.steffenkahl.de/luftfahrt/mil-mi-8/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |language=de}}</ref>
; Mi-8MTYu
: Only one was built and used by the [[Ukrainian Air Force]], based at [[Kirovske military airfield|AB "Kirovske"]]. Intended for detection of re-entry vehicles, and small surface targets. In the nose radar antenna.
; Mi-8MSB
: Modernized passenger-transport version for civil aviation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bastion-karpenko.ru/mi-8msb/|title=The modernized Mi-8MSB (Ukraine)|last=Karpenko|first=A.V.|website=Bastion-karpenko.ru|access-date=2016-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003201213/http://bastion-karpenko.ru/mi-8msb/|archive-date=3 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
; Mi-8MSB-V
: Modernized multipurpose helicopter for the [[Ukrainian Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/58899/motor-sich-proposes-ukrainian-mi-8-msb-v-upgrades-new-variants|title=Motor Sich proposes Ukrainian Mi-8 MSB-V upgrades, new variants {{!}} IHS Jane's 360|website=Janes.com|access-date=2016-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003193804/http://www.janes.com/article/58899/motor-sich-proposes-ukrainian-mi-8-msb-v-upgrades-new-variants|archive-date=3 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Civil===
[[File:Ukrainian MChS Mil Mi-8 Belyakov.jpg|thumb|Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency Situations Mi-8MSB picking up water for [[aerial firefighting]] purposes.]]
; Mi-8T (NATO – Hip-C)
: Civilian and military utility transport version, with accommodation for 24 passengers, fitted with [[tip-up seat]]s along the cabin walls, circular cabin windows and large rear clamshell doors with a sloping hinge line. The Mi-8T is powered by two {{convert|1677|shp|kW|abbr=on}} Klimov TV2-117A turboshaft engines, giving the helicopter a maximum speed of {{convert|155|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} at sea level.
; Mi-8P
: Civilian passenger transport version, with accommodation for between 28 and 32 passengers, fitted with square cabin windows, small rear clamshell doors with a vertical hinge line and a horizontally split rear airstair door in between; powered by two {{convert|1700|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Klimov TV2-117A turboshaft engines.
; Mi-8S "Salon"
: Civilian VIP transport version, with accommodation for between 9 and 11 passengers, equipped with a galley and toilet.
; Mi-8MPS
: Search and rescue version ''(operated usually in [[Malaysia]] for Fire and Rescue Department services)''.
; Mi-8MA
: Polar exploration version for use in the Arctic.
; Mi-8MT
: Flying crane version.
; Mi-8AT
: Civilian transport version, fitted with two improved TV2-117AG turboshaft engines.
; Mi-8ATS
: Agricultural version, fitted with a hopper and spray bars.
; Mi-8TL
: Air accident investigation version.
; Mi-8TM
: Upgraded transport version, fitted with a weather radar.
; Mi-8TS
: Hot and high desert version.
; Mi-8VIP
: Deluxe VIP transport version, with accommodation for between 7 and 9 passengers.
; Mi-8PA
: Modified version for Japanese regulations. One only was built, in 1980. It was used by [[Aero Asahi]] for heavy material transport in a mountainous region. It was retired in 1993 and later moved to the [[Tokorozawa Aviation Museum]].

== Accidents and incidents ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|1 November 1974 || Mil Mi-8T || [[1974 Surgut mid-air collision|collided]] with a [[Antonov An-2]] || [[Surgut]], Soviet Union, || killing all 24 people on the helicopter and all 14 people on the Antonov An-2.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 1974 |title=Mid-air collision Accident Mil Mi-8T CCCP-25686, Friday 1 November 1974 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/57019 |access-date=August 31, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
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|18 September 1981 || Mil Mi-8T || [[1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision|collided]] with a [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] || east of [[Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky]], [[Russia]], || killing all seven crew on the helicopter and all thirty-three people on the Yak-40.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 18, 1981 |title=Accident Yakovlev Yak-40 CCCP-87455, Friday September 18 1981 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/328017 |access-date=August 31, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2 October 1986 || Mil Mi-8 || [[Chernobyl Mi-8 helicopter crash|collided with crane cables]]  || due to the pilot being blinded by the sun. used to disperse boron and sand over the [[Chernobyl disaster|Chernobyl]] reactor 4  || killing all 4 crew members.
|-
| 17 September 2001 || Mil Mi-8 || [[2001 Grozny Mi-8 crash|shotdown]] || by a Chechen group in [[Grozny]], [[Chechnya]], Russia, || killing all 13 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 17, 2001 |title=Accident Mil Mi-8, Monday 17 September 2001 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/155760 |access-date=September 1, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|27 January 2002 || Mil Mi-8 || [[2002 Shelkovskaya Mi-8 crash|shotdown]] || [[Shelkovskaya]], [[Nadterechny District]], Russia, || killing all 14 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 27, 2002 |title=Accident Mil Mi-8, Sunday 27 January 2002 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/152781 |access-date=September 1, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
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|4 December 2003 || Mil Mi-8P || [[2003 Polish Air Force Mil Mi-8 crash|crashed]] || near [[Piaseczno]], [[Poland]], || injuring 8 or 14 people on board, including [[Prime Minister of Poland|Polish Prime Minister]] [[Leszek Miller]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2003 |title=Accident Mil Mi-8P 632, Thursday 4 December 2003 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/54807 |access-date=September 1, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
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|11 September 2006 || Mil Mi-8 || [[2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash|shotdown]] || by militant group [[Kataib al-Khoul]] near [[Vladikavkaz]], [[Russia]], || killing 12 of the 16 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2006 |title=12 Dead In Russian Helicopter Crash |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1071255.html |access-date=September 1, 2024 |publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|23 September 2006 || Mil Mi-8 MTV 1 || [[2006 Shree Air Mil Mi-8 crash|crashed]] || [[Ghunsa]], Nepal, || killing all 24 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2006 |title=Accident Mil Mi-8 MTV-1 9N-AHJ, Saturday 23 September 2006 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/153054 |access-date=September 1, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
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|27 April 2007 || Mil Mi-8 || [[2007 Shatoy Mi-8 crash|crashed]] || near [[Shatoy (Selo)|Shatoy]], [[Chechnya]], Russia, || killing all 20 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2007 |title=Accident Mil Mi-8 65-gray, Friday April 27 2007 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/153576 |access-date=August 31, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|3 June 2007 || Mil Mi-8 || [[2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash|crashed]] || [[Lungi, Sierra Leone|Lungi]], Sierra Leone, || killing all 22 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2024 |title=Accident Mil Mi-8T 9L-LBT, Sunday 3 June 2007 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/20173 |access-date=September 1, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|7 April 2013 || Mil Mi-8PS || [[2013 Helicópteros del Pacífico Mil Mi-8 crash|crashed]] || [[Department of Loreto|Loreto]], Peru, || killing all 13 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 7, 2013 |title=Accident Mil Mi-8PS, OB-1916-P, Sunday 7 April 2024 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/154875 |access-date=September 1, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2 July 2013 || Mil Mi-8 || [[Polar Airlines Flight 9949|crashed]] || near [[Deputatsky]], [[Sakha Republic]], Russia, || killing 24 of the 28 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 2014 |title=RA-22657 Final Report |url=https://mak-iac.org/upload/iblock/ce7/report_ra-22657.pdf |publisher=Interstate Aviation Committee}}</ref>
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|21 October 2016 || Mil Mi-8T || [[Skol Airlines Flight 9375|crashed]] || [[Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug]], [[Yamal Peninsula]], [[Siberia]], Russia, || killing 19 of the 22 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2016 |title=Accident Mil Mi-8T RA-22869, Friday 21 October 2016 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/190796 |access-date=September 1, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|12 August 2021 || Mil Mi-8T || {{ill|2021 Vityaz-Aero Mil Mi-8T crash|es|Accidente del Mil Mi-8 de Vityaz-Aero de 2021|lt=crashed}} || into [[Kurile Lake]], [[Kamchatka Krai]], Russia, || killing eight people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2021 |title=Accident Mil M-8T RA-24744, Thursday 12 August 2021 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/266635 |access-date=September 1, 2024 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|31 August 2024 || Mil Mi-8T || [[2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash|crashed]] || [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], Russia, || killing all 22 people onboard.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Incident Mil Mi-8T, Saturday 31 August 2024 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/419142 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=asn.flightsfety.org}}</ref>
|-
|28 September 2024 || Mil Mi-8 MTV-1 || crashed || [[Waziristan]], Pakistan, || killing 6 people out of the 15 onboard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident Mil Mi-8MTV-1 RA-24537, Saturday 28 September 2024 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/435977 |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
|}

==Operators==
{{Main|List of Mil Mi-8/17 operators}}
[[File:Mil Mi-8 Users.png|thumb|upright=1.35|Operators {{legend|#4c91bf|Current}}{{legend|#cc3333|Former}}]]
{{Div col|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flag|Afghanistan}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013">{{cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/reports_pdf/emptys/101015/world-air-forces-2013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216005935/http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/reports_pdf/emptys/101015/world-air-forces-2013.pdf |title = World Air Forces 2013 |publisher=Flightglobal Insight |year= 2013 |access-date= 20 March 2013 |archive-date=16 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/25/taliban-capture-more-than-100-mi17-helicopters-afghan-armed-forces-russia-says | title=Taliban have captured more than 100 military helicopters, Russia says | newspaper=The Guardian | date=25 August 2021 | last1=Roth | first1=Andrew }}</ref>
* {{flag|Albania}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aaf.mil.al/index.php/komanda-e-faj/315-foto?start=24 |title=Albanian Defense Ministry |website=Aaf.mil.al |access-date=10 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403112549/http://www.aaf.mil.al/index.php/komanda-e-faj/315-foto?start=24 |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* {{flag|Algeria}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Angola}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Argentina}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Armenia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Azerbaijan}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Belarus}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Bhutan}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Bulgaria}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Burkina Faso}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Cambodia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Canada}} (leased from SkyLink Aviation)<ref>{{cite web |title=A Critical Link |url=https://verticalmag.com/features/a-critical-link-html/ |website=Vertical Mag |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref>
* {{flag|China}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Colombia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Congo-Brazzaville}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flaglist|Congo-Kinshasa}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Croatia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Cuba}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Czech Republic}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Djibouti}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Egypt}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Eritrea}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Ethiopia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Georgia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Germany}}
* {{flag|Guinea}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202509.html |title=World's Air Forces 1987 |page=59 |website=Flightglobal.com |access-date=20 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217033602/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202509.html |archive-date=17 December 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Hungary}}
* {{Flag|India}} <ref name=IAF2024/>
* {{flag|Indonesia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2019">{{cite web |last = |first = |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-2019-world-air-forces-directory-454126/|title = World Air Forces 2019|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2019 |doi = |accessdate= 3 April 2019}}</ref>
* {{flag|Iran}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013" />
* {{flag|Iraq}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Kazakhstan}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Laos}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Libya}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Lithuania}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Maldives}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Mexico}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Mali}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Moldova}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Mongolia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Mozambique}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Nepal}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|North Korea}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Peru}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Poland}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Russia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Serbia}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Somalia}}
* {{flag|Sudan}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Syria}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Transnistria}}: 5<ref>{{cite web |author=MilAvia Press |url=http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/transnistria/index.php |title=Order of Battle – Transnistria |website=Milaviapress.com |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017213100/http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/transnistria/index.php |archive-date=17 October 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=valerys |url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/5037720?source=wapi&referrer=kh.google.com |title=Tiraspol Flughafen |website=Panoramio.com |date=18 August 2007 |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017212721/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5037720?source=wapi&referrer=kh.google.com |archive-date=17 October 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* {{flag|Turkey}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/1122/ |title=Turk Jandarma Teskilati Mi-8/17 |website=Helis.com |access-date=20 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525231535/http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/1122/ |archive-date=25 May 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* {{flag|Turkmenistan}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Tajikistan}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Ukraine}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|United States of America}}<ref name="thedrive1"/>
* {{flag|Uzbekistan}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Venezuela}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Vietnam}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Houthi movement}}* (captured).<ref name="nbcnews.com"/>

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===Former operators===
* {{flag|Bangladesh}}<ref>{{cite web| title =Trade Registers| url =https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php| website=SIPRI| access-date =27 January 2020}}</ref>
* {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/1755/ |title=Ceskoslovenske VoJenske Letectvo Mi-17 |website=Helis.com |access-date=20 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526044859/http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/1755/ |archive-date=26 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|East Germany}}<ref name="World’s Air Forces 1987 pg.50">{{cite web| title =World's Air Forces 1987| page =50| url =http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202500.html| access-date =20 March 2013| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130517114426/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202500.html| archive-date =17 May 2013| url-status =live| df =dmy-all}}</ref>
* {{flag|Finland}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-5405670|title=Puolustusvoimat pääsee eroon Mi8-helikoptereista|date=12 August 2011|website=Yle Uutiset}}</ref>
* {{flag|Guyana}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/user/fleet/guyana-df-mil-mi-8-hip.htm|title=Mil Mi-8 Hip &#124; Guyana Defence Force|date=20 April 2016|access-date=3 February 2021|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208134142/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/user/fleet/guyana-df-mil-mi-8-hip.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Latvia}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmhelicopters.com/eng/fleet/ |title=GM Helicopters fleet |website=Gmhelicopters.com |access-date=20 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185044/http://www.gmhelicopters.com/eng/fleet/ |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Romania}}<ref name="IISS212">{{cite journal |author=International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies |date=2023 |title=The Military Balance 2023 |journal=The Military Balance |language=en |volume=}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Slovakia}}<ref name="IISS212" />
* {{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2004/2004-09%20-%202377.html |title=World's Air Forces 2004 |page=84 |website=Flightglobal.com |access-date=20 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517014957/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2004/2004-09%20-%202377.html |archive-date=17 May 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Republic of Serbian Krajina}}<ref name="World Air Forces 2013"/>
* {{flag|Soviet Union}}<ref name="World’s Air Forces 1987 pg.86">{{cite web| title =World's Air Forces 1987| page =86| url =http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202536.html| access-date =20 March 2013| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130517015726/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202536.html| archive-date =17 May 2013| url-status =live| df =dmy-all}}</ref>
* {{flag|Yugoslavia}}<ref name="World’s Air Forces 1987 pg.67">{{cite web| title =World's Air Forces 1987| page =67| url =http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202517.html| access-date =20 March 2013| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150715015252/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202517.html| archive-date =15 July 2015| url-status =live| df =dmy-all}}</ref>
* {{flag|Pakistan}}

==Specifications (Mi-8MT)==
[[File:Mil Mi-8 HIP.png|thumb|Mil Mi-8 3-view drawing]]
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=[[Jane's All The World's Aircraft]] 1992–93<ref name="janes">{{cite book |title=Jane's all the world's aircraft 1992–93 |date=1992 |editor1-last=Lambert |editor1-first=Mark |editor2-last=Munson |editor2-first=Kenneth |editor3-last=Taylor |editor3-first=Michael J.H. |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulson, Surrey, UK |isbn=978-0710609878 |edition=83rd}}</ref>
|prime units?=met
<!--
        General characteristics
-->
|crew=3 (pilot, copilot, flight engineer)
|capacity=24 passengers ''or'' 12 stretchers and seat for 1 medical attendant ''or'' 4,000&nbsp;kg (8,800 lb) on internal/external hardpoints
|length m=18.4
|length note=
|height m=5.5
|height note=
|empty weight kg=7100
|empty weight note=
|gross weight kg=11100
|gross weight note=
|max takeoff weight kg=13000
|max takeoff weight note=
|fuel capacity={{cvt|3700|L|USgal impgal}}
|more general=
<!--
        Powerplant
-->
|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=[[Klimov TV3-117MT]]
|eng1 type=[[turboshaft]] engines
|eng1 kw=1454
|eng1 note=

|rot number=1
|rot dia m=21.29
|rot area sqm=356
|rot area note=
<br />
* '''Blade section:''' [[NACA airfoil|NACA 23012]]<ref name="Selig">{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref>

<!--
        Performance
-->
|max speed kmh=250
|max speed note=
|cruise speed kmh=240
|cruise speed note=
|never exceed speed kmh=
|never exceed speed note=
|range km=495
|range note=
|combat range km=
|combat range note=
|ferry range km=960
|ferry range note=
|endurance=<!-- if range unknown -->
|ceiling m=5000
|ceiling note=
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate note=
|time to altitude=
|disk loading kg/m2=
|disk loading note=
|fuel consumption kg/km=
|power/mass=
|more performance=
<!--
        Armament
-->
|armament=* {{cvt|4000|kg|0}} of disposable stores on six [[hardpoint]]s, including 57 mm [[S-5 rocket]]s, bombs, or [[9M17 Phalanga]] [[ATGM]]s and one or two side-mounted [[PK machine gun]]s

|avionics=
}}

==See also==
{{aircontent
| related =
* [[Mil Mi-14]]
* [[Mil Mi-17]]
* [[Mil Mi-24]]
* [[Mil Mi-26]]
| similar aircraft =
* [[Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma]]
* [[Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight]]
| lists =
| see also =
* [[Utility helicopter]]
}}

==References==
<references>

</references>
{{aviation.ru}}

==External links==
{{commons}}
* [http://milhelicopter.com/project/mil-171-e/ Specification and technical description at milhelicopter.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024191734/http://milhelicopter.com/project/mil-171-e/ |date=24 October 2017 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060514065019/http://www.aviation.ru/Mi/#17 Mi-8/Mi-17 section at aviation.ru]
* [http://www.helicopter-database.net/mi8.php Mi-8 DataBase] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010135800/http://www.helicopter-database.net/mi8.php |date=10 October 2017 }} and [http://www.helicopter-database.net/photo.php photo gallery at helicopter-database.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103170633/http://www.helicopter-database.net/photo.php |date=3 January 2019 }}
* [http://scalemodels.ru/modules/photo/viewcat_cid_87.html Mi-8 walkaround from Lutzk] and [http://scalemodels.ru/modules/photo/viewcat_cid_135.html Mi-8PPA walkaround on ScaleModels.ru]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141008091345/http://airforceworld.com/pla/mi8-mi17-helicopter-china.htm Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters in China]

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