Developing the heavy-lift Mi-26 is among Russia's greatest aviation industry achievements. It is in a class of its own: a unique, rotary-wing flying machine and the largest ever produced in significant numbers. A dozen military and parapublic operators in Russia, and others across the globe, turn to the Mi-26 when big loads need lifting. Its primary domestic commercial service is to serve remote oil and gas fields in otherwise inaccessible far northern territories Civilian-operated Russian examples have supported UN-sponsored peace-making and humanitarian operations.
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