and a retractable Type 12-M search radar, armed with either a single AT-1 or APR-2 torpedo, one Skat nuclear depth bomb or eight depth charges. A single Mi-14PL was used to carry out trials with the Kh-23 (NATO designation AS-7 Kerry) air-to-surface missile but this modification does not seem to have entered service. Mi-14PLM Improved anti-submarine warfare version with Os'minog ASW suite, with new search radar, dipping sonar and digital computer. Limited use. Mi-14PŁ/R Polish conversion of two Mi-14PŁ (Polish designation for Mi-14PL) to search and rescue version, with ASW equipment removed, developed in 2010. Mi-14BT (NATO Haze-B) Mine sweeping helicopter with ASW systems removed and equipped for towing Mine Countermeasures sleds. 25–30 built, with six exported to East Germany and two to Bulgaria. Mi-14PS (NATO Haze-C) Search and rescue version with search lights and sliding doors with hoist. Mi-14PX Search and rescue training helicopter for the Polish Navy (unofficial designation). One Polish Mi-14PŁ helicopter was temporarily converted into the Mi-14PX, then converted back in 1996. Mi-14PZh Amphibious firebuster version of Mi-14BT. Conversion price about USD1M. Mi-14GP Conversion of Mi-14PL to 24–26 seat civil passenger transport. Operational history As part of the Syrian civil war, starting from 2013, Syrian Navy Mi-14 helicopters were used as improvised bombers to drop naval mines and barrel bombs on large area targets from high altitude, mostly cities held by opposing forces. On 22 March 2015, one crashed with its pilot killed on the spot after capture and the rest of the crew captured. On 7 May 2022, Ukraine confirmed that Colonel Ihor Bedzay, the deputy head of the Ukrainian Navy, was killed when his Mi-14PS was shot down by a Russian Su-35. A video emerged, claimed shot on 7 May 2022, showing a Su-27 family fighter engaging a Mi-14 with its 30 mm gun. Operators By 1991, about 230 had been delivered, with exports to many Soviet allies including Bulgaria, Cuba, East Germany, Libya, Poland, and Syria. Current operators Georgian Air Force Libyan Air Force Korean People's Army Air Force Polish Navy Congolese Navy Syrian Air Force Ukrainian Naval Aviation Yemen Air Force Former operators Bulgarian Navy Cuban Air Force East German Navy Ethiopian Air Force German Navy Russian Naval Aviation People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Air Force Soviet Naval Aviation Yugoslav Air Force Specifications (Mi-14PL) See also References Notes Citations Bibliography Gunston, Bill. The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey, 1995.