One Ukrainian Mil helicopter burns. Another lies abandoned. Sometime on or before Wednesday, a trio of Mil Mi-8 or Mil Mi-17 assault helicopters from the Ukrainian army’s 12th Army Aviation Brigade ...

On this day in aviation history, 64 years ago-July 7, 1961-the Mil Mi-8 made its first flight. Designated "Hip" by NATO, the Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine helicopter developed in the Soviet Union ...

A helicopter which is part of a fleet that transports top Russian officials including President Vladimir Putin has reportedly crashed into the ground while landing in Moscow. The Mil Mi-8 helicopter ...

Russia just unwillingly donated to Ukraine an up-armored Mil Mi-8 transport helicopter. According to Ukrainian Pravda and other media in Ukraine, Ukrainian intelligence agents spent six months ...

The pilot of a Russian military helicopter has defected to Ukraine, delivering his fully-intact aircraft and crew to Kyiv’s forces. Ukrainian military intelligence on 23 August said it had engineered ...

Russian state lessor GTLK has reached an agreement with Russian Helicopters to acquire 86 domestically-built Mil Mi-8 rotorcraft. GTLK says its fleet will be replenished over the course of 2023-25.

A Russian Mil Mi-8 military helicopter flies over a joint Russian and Turkish convoy (not pictured) as it patrolls in oil fields near the town of al-Qahtaniyah, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh ...