34001212081 "80" yellow has manufacturer date 16 Oct'85. The c/n was to be 34001212059 initially, but it was changed to 34001212081. It served the Soviet and Russian air force was modified to Mi-26PK in 1999 for 'flying crane' duties, featuring a gondola for the cargo hook operator on the side of the fuselage, next to the cabin door. It was reconverted back to Mi-26 and last seen operational in 2013. Preserved in the Patriot park at Kubinka from possible mid-2016 onwards.

Line number 35-05.

Line number 34-10.

Crashed and w/o 02 December 2006 in Afghanistan near Tarin Kowt. All 8 crew and pax members killed.

Operated by UT Air.

Operated by UT Air.

Photo: Palle Nørby Christensen

Mil Mi-26TZ Halo (92 YELLOW) of the Sil Vozdushnoy Oborony Respubliki Kazakhstan based at 612th AB Taraz departing the KADEZ 2012.

Del 25 Aug 1992 Test Registration as RA-06089 Former Rostvertol as RA-06089 Preserved at Museo Militar de Aviación MUMA

This TyumenAviaTrans Mil Mi-26T was seen near Zagreb's Pleso Airport while on contract to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) which was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in former Yugoslavia, formed in Feb. 1992. Skylink of Canada hired civil contract aircrews to support UN units in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia and serve Sarajevo. The Mi-26 was use to airlift supplies to remote bases and large metal shipping containers installed by the UN as observation posts along the new borders. The high time crew previously flew in Siberian oil fields. Later to UTAir.