The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968.
It is now produced by Russia.
In addition to its most common role as a transport helicopter, the Mi-8 is also used as an airborne command post, armed gunship, and reconnaissance platform.
Mil Mi-8
Passenger cabin of a Shree Airlines aircraft
Cockpit view
Finnish Mi-8 in Hernesaari, Helsinki, in 2005
Military transport aircraft
A military transport aircraft, military cargo aircraft or airlifter is a military-owned transport aircraft used to support military operations by airlifting troops and military equipment. Transport aircraft are crucial to maintaining supply lines to forward bases that are difficult to reach by ground or waterborne access, and can be used for both strategic and tactical missions. They are also often used for civilian emergency relief missions by transporting humanitarian aid.
Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force.
A Douglas C-47 Skytrain, derived from the Douglas DC-3
The Sikorsky CH-53K
A 1970s Ilyushin-Il-76 airlifter designed for both strategic and tactical military operations