米-26是前苏联米里设计局研制的双发多用途重型运输直升机,北约组织的绰号为“光环”。该机是目前世界上运载量最大的直升机。它最大有效载荷(内部或外挂)达到20吨,相当于C-130一类的中型运输机水平,被誉为直升机世界中的“巨无霸”。米-26原型机于1977年首飞。1981年,米-26在第34届法国巴黎航展上首次公开,1983年正式交付使用,1986年开始出口,总计制造了约300架。 Mi-26 is a dual-purpose, multi-purpose heavy-duty transport helicopter developed by the former Soviet Union’s Miri Design Bureau. NATO is nicknamed “Halo”. The aircraft is the world’s largest carrying helicopters. Its maximum payload (internal or external) reaches 20 tons, which is equivalent to the medium-sized transport aircraft class C-130, known as the “giant” in the world of helicopters. M -26 prototype first flight in 1977. In 1981, Mi-26 was first made public at the 34th Paris Air Show in France. It was officially delivered in 1983 and exported in 1986, bringing the total to about 300.