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MIL Mi-26

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Twin turboshaft heavy lift helicopter.

Lift type

Rotary wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboshaft

Application

Cargo, Military transport, Tanker, Utility

Fleet facts business use worldwide · as at August 2026

In business use

3 aircraft

Production years

1990-1991

Average age

35.7 years

Figures cover the worldwide fleet in business use — airline and military examples are not included. Fleet data: Business Air News research.

Design & construction

Primary structure

Aluminium

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Standalone glass

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Rotor configuration

Single main + tail

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
MIL Mi-26	1970 / 1977	Basic military transport variant.
MIL Mi-i-26T2	2015 / 2015	Upgraded variant with newer avionics and engines.
MIL Mi-26T2V	2018 / 2018	Further enhanced variant for Russian military, with modernised avionics suite and upgraded cockpit.

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National Centre for Helicopter Engineering, MIL

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