Mi-8 Hip Losses, Crashes & Deliveries
Overview
Every recorded loss, crash, shoot-down, retirement and delivery involving the Mi-8 Hip, each with a date and source. See the Mi-8 Hip overview or all military aircraft events.
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Mi-8 Hip losses, crashes & deliveries
Jun 10
🇵🇰 Pakistan
Mi-8/17/171
· Crash
Mi-17 of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad shortly after takeoff due to a technical fault; all personnel on board killed.
Apr 29
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8/17/171
· Damaged
Mi-17 transport helicopter struck alongside an Mi-28 by Ukrainian long-range drones near Babky, Voronezh Oblast; at least one Russian maintenance specialist killed, airframe damage still under assessment.
Apr 25
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8/17/171
· Shot down
Mi-8AMTSh of Russia's Africa Corps shot down by MANPADS near Wabaria, Gao Region, Mali; entire crew and onboard mobile fire team killed.
Mar 6
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Mi-8
· Shot down
Mi-8 destroyed on ground by Geran-2 kamikaze drone at Mykhailivka helipad; no camouflage or air defense present.
Mar 4
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8/17/171
· Shot down
Shot down by Russian air defense near Dudki during a Ukrainian drone raid; all three crew members killed.
Feb 20
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8/17/171
· Destroyed
Destroyed by Ukrainian kamikaze drones at Pugachevka airfield, Oryol Region; board #53 of 319th Independent Helicopter Regiment.
Feb 9
🇱🇾 Libya
Mi-8
· Crash
Medical evacuation helicopter crashed on approach to Maaten al-Sarra AB; all five aboard killed.
Sep 29
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Crash
Mi-8MTV-5 on a CSAR mission hit by a Ukrainian FPV drone and crash-landed near Nadaeyvka, Pokrovsk. Several crew members died.
Sep 24
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Mi-8 destroyed at Kamyanka Aerodrome, north of Dnipro, during a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile strike.
Sep 21
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Mi-8 destroyed by a Ukrainian drone strike at an unidentified air base in Crimea.
Aug 30
🇷🇺 Russia
2× Mi-8
· Destroyed
Two Mi-8 destroyed by a Ukrainian drone strike at Gvardeyskoye Air Base, Crimea.
Jun 28
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Mi-8 destroyed by a Ukrainian drone strike at Kirovske Air Base, Crimea.
May 23
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Crash
Crashed in Uritsky District, Oryol Oblast, resulting in the death of three crew members.
Mar 23
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Mi-8MTV-5 sustained severe damage from HIMARS barrage at a forward operating base.
Feb 14
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Mi-8
· Crash
Mi-8MT recorded crashed in Ukraine.
Jan 15
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Mi-8
· Crash
Mi-17V-5 crashed under unknown circumstances in Ukraine and was heavily damaged.
Dec 31
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Shot down
Shot down by an R-73 missile fired from Ukrainian MAGURA V5 USV in the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea.
Sep 21
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Mi-8AMTSh suffered fire damage destroying the cockpit after arson at Omsk-Severnyy air base.
Aug 25
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Crash
Damaged by Ukrainian fire and crash-landed in Kursk Oblast.
Jul 31
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Mi-8MTV-2 destroyed on the ground by Ukrainian MGM-140 ATACMS fire; 20 fatalities.
Jul 29
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Mi-8
· Other
Recorded dumped next to a field in Russian controlled Ukraine.
Jul 19
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Mi-8
· Crash
Mi-8MSB-V crashed in Kirovograd Oblast.
Jul 9
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Mi-8
· Shot down
Shot down by Russian forces in the Northern region; four crewmen were killed.
Mar 17
🇲🇩 Moldova
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Destroyed on the ground by a suicide drone.
Mar 17
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Mi-8
· Shot down
Was shot down in Kherson Region.