Canada's Mi-17V-5 (CH-178)

I was aware of various NATO forces leasing civilians Mi-17s for transport in Afghanistan but was surprised to find out that Canada actually operated Mi-17s in official Canadian markings as the CH-178 and flown by Canadian Forces crews in combat operations.

These have been assigned serials 178404 to 178407.

http://www.casr.ca/101-af-ch178-mil.htm

http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/post_int.html

It’d be the first Russian aircraft in Canadian service.