US Army 53450 CAMP TAJI, Iraq-An MI-17 Hip helicopter (left) from the Iraqi Air Force and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, dr — Sgt. Travis Zielinski, 1st ACB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., MND-B · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Transport & utility helicopter

Air

The workhorses of every military: they move troops and cargo, rescue people, evacuate the wounded and fight fires. Heavy-lift helicopters such as the Chinook can carry vehicles or artillery guns underneath.
The Mi-17 family is the most widely exported military helicopter in the world and is used by the Sri Lanka Air Force for transport and disaster relief.

Well-known examples

**UH-60 Black Hawk**147th Aviation Regiment · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

**Mi-17**Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**CH-47 Chinook**Sgt. Steven Galimore · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

**Bell 412**Sardaka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**NH90**Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**Z-20**China News Service · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Well-known examples — All

UH-60 Black Hawk (USA) Mi-17/Mi-8 (Russia) CH-47 Chinook (USA) Bell 412 NH90 (Europe) Z-20 (China)

Countries with the most — Helicopters

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1United States5,913
2Russian Federation1,643
3China1,007
4Korea, Rep.827
5India594
6Japan583
7Turkiye509
8France452
9Pakistan379
10Italy352