The Mil Mi-24 (Russian: Миль Ми-24) is a large helicopter gunship and attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and has been operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, along with more than 30 other nations.
Soviet pilots called the Mi-24 the "flying tank" (Russian: летающий танк, letayushchiy tank). Other common unofficial nicknames are "Crocodile" (Russian: Крокодил, Krokodil) due to the helicopter's camouflage scheme and "Drinking Glass" (Russian: Стакан, Stakan) because of the flat glass plates which surround the cockpit of the Mi-24.
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- Afghanistan
- Afghan Air Force - 7 x Mi-35
- Algeria
- Algerian Air Force - 35
- Angola
- National Air Force of Angola - 15 x Mi-35
- Arabia
- Arabian Army - 48 x Mi-35
- Belarus
- Belarusian Air Force - 20 x Mi-35
- Brazil
- Brazilian Air Force - 12 x Mi-35
- Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso Air Force - 2 x Mi-35
- Canada
- Canadian Army - 100 x Mi-35M3, 45 x Mi-35P
- Congo
- Congolese Air Force - 3 x Mi-35
- Cuba
- Cuban Air Force - 4 x Mi-24V
- Cyprus
- Cyprus Air Forces - 12 x Mi-35P
- Czechia
- Czech Air Force - 15 x Mi-35
- Djibouti
- Djibouti Air Force - 2 x Mi-35
- Equatorial Guinea
- Equatoguinean Air Force - 6 x Mi-24V
- Eritria
- Eritrian Air Force - 4 x Mi-24P
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Air Force - 27 x Mi-24, 3 x Mi-35
- Guinea-Conakry
- Guinea-Conakry Air Force - 3 x Mi-25
- Indonesia
- Indonesian Army - 8 x Mi-35
- Iraq
- Iraqi Air Force - 6 x Mi-35M
- Iraqi Army - 24 x Mi-35
- Ivory Coast
- Ivory Coast Air Force - 1 x Mi-35
- Korea
- Korean People's Air Force - 20 x Mi-24D
- Libya
- Libyan Air Force - 4 x Mi-25
- Macedonia
- Macedonian Air Force - 10 x Mi-24V, 2 x Mi-24K
- Mali
- Mali Air Force - 2 x Mi-24D
- Manchuria
- Manchurian Air Force - 6 x Mi-24P
- Mongolia
- Mongolian Air Force - 20 x Mi-24P
- Mozambique
- Mozambique Air Force - 2 x Mi-35
- Namibia
- Namibian Air Force - 2 x Mi-25
- Niger
- Niger Air Force - 2 x Mi-35
- Peru
- Peruvian Air Force - 16 x Mi-25, 2 x Mi-35P
- Poland
- Polish Land Forces - 16 x Mi-24W, 13 x Mi-24D
- Ruanda
- Ruandan Air Force - 2 x Mi-35
- Senegal
- Senegalese Air Force - 2 x Mi-35
- Shinjang
- Shinjang People's Air Force - 14 x Mi-24P
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Air Force - 170 x Mi-24, 340 x Mi-24V/P
- Soviet Naval Aviation - 2 x Mi-24
- Syria
- Syrian Arab Air Force - 33 x Mi-24D
- Tchad
- Tchadian Air Force - 5 x Mi-35
- Ukraine
- Ukrainian Ground Forces - 140 x Mi-24
- Urundi
- Urundi Army Aviation - 2 x Mi-35
- Venezuela
- Venezuelan Army - 10 x Mi-35M2
- Vietnam
- Vietnamese Air Force - 38 x Mi-35
- Yemen
- Yemen Air Force - 14 x Mi-24D, 8 x Mi-35
- Zaire
- Zairean Air Force - 8 x Mi-35