Mi8/Mi-17

Latest Mi8/Mi-17 Stories

Russian Helicopter Pilot Details His Defection Flight To Ukraine

By Howard Altman / Updated Sep 5, 2023

Two Ukrainian Mi-8 Helicopters Crash, Killing Six: Reports

By Howard Altman / Updated Aug 30, 2023

Defecting Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Was Lured To Ukraine: Reports

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 23, 2023

Four Russian Aircraft Shot Down Within Their Own Borders

By Stetson Payne / Updated May 13, 2023

Iraq Wants To Ditch Russian Mi-17s For U.S. Helicopters Over Ukraine War-Induced Parts Shortage

By Emma Helfrich / Updated Feb 10, 2023

Black Helicopter Prompts False U.S. Embassy Evacuation Claims In Iraq

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 29, 2022

NATO Member Estonia Says Russian Helicopter Intruded Into Its Airspace

By Howard Altman / Updated Jun 21, 2022

Low, Fast And Dangerous: A Firsthand Account Of Ukraine’s Secret Helicopter Rescue Missions

By Howard Altman / Updated Jun 7, 2022

Ex-Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Helicopters Are Now Flying For Ukraine

By Dan Parsons / Updated Jun 2, 2022

Inside Ukraine’s Daring Helicopter Missions Into Russian-Occupied Mariupol

By Howard Altman / Updated May 25, 2022

Ukraine’s Delegation Arrives By Mi-8 Helicopter To Summit With Russia On Belarus Border

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 28, 2022

U.S. Clears The Way For Transferring Ex-Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters To Ukraine: Report

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 20, 2022

Trio Of Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters Quietly Arrive At The U.S. Air Force’s Boneyard

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 20, 2021

Russian-Made Mi-17 Helicopter Flown By Secretive U.S. Unit Lands In Farmer’s Field

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 17, 2021

Mysterious Russian Mi-171Sh Hip Assault Helicopters Are Bound For China

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 18, 2020

Special Operators Fly Across Moscow Skyline On Tactical Platform Slung Below Mi-8 Helo

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 17, 2019