List of military aircraft of Denmark
The following list contains the aircraft used by the Royal Danish Air Force or its predecessors, the and . During the Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1945, Danish military aviation was prohibited. The aircraft currently in use are highlighted in blue.
Key[]
- Esk means eskadrille (squadron).
- FLSK means Flyveskolen (flying school).
- HFT means Hærens Flyvetjeneste (Army Air Corps).
- SHT means Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste (Danish Naval Air Squadron).
- Bold are present users.
Before the Second World War[]
Code | Aircraft | # Used | TOS | WFU | Notes |
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n/a | Farman MF.7 Longhorn | 6 | 1913 | 1922 | |
n/a | Farman HF.20 | 3 | 1913 | 1919 | |
n/a | Caudron G.3 | 1 | 1914 | 1922 | |
n/a | Blériot XI | 1 | 1915 | 1915 | |
n/a | Morane-Saulnier H | 2 | 1915 | 1919 | |
n/a | & II | 2 | 1916 | 1924 | |
n/a | Vickers F.B.5 | 12 | 1917 | 1924 | |
n/a | Orlogsværftet H-Maskinen | 9 | 1917 | 1924 | [1] |
n/a | Nielsen & Winther Type Aa, Ab & Ac | 8 | 1917 | 1919 | |
n/a | Orlogsvaerftet H.B.I, & | 9 | 1918 | 1924 | |
n/a | 2 | 1918 | 1924 | ||
n/a | LVG B.III | 5 | 1920 | 1929 | |
n/a | Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 | 14 | 1921 | 1931 | |
n/a | Breguet XIV | 4 | 1921 | 1927 | |
n/a | Avro 504K & N | 17 | 1921 | 1936 | |
n/a | Rumpler B.I | 1 | 1921 | 1921 | |
n/a | Fokker D.VII | 1 | 1922 | 1927 | |
n/a | Fokker C.I | 5 | 1923 | 1933 | |
n/a | Potez 15 | 8 | 1923 | 1928 | |
n/a | Fokker S.III | 2 | 1924 | 1927 | |
n/a | Fokker C.V-B & -E | 42 | 1926 | 1940 | |
n/a | Hawker Danecock | 15 | 1926 | 1937 | |
n/a | Heinkel HE 8 | 22 | 1928 | 1940 | |
n/a | Hawker Dantorp | 2 | 1933 | 1940 | |
n/a | Orlogsværftet O-Maskinen | 23 | 1926 | 1940 | [2][3] |
n/a | de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth | 6 | 1928 | 1934 | |
n/a | de Havilland DH.60M Moth | 2 | 1929 | 1934 | |
n/a | Bristol Bulldog | 4 | 1931 | 1940 | [4] |
n/a | Avro 621 Tutor | 6 | 1932 | 1940 | |
n/a | de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth | 15 | 1933 | 1940 | |
n/a | de Havilland DH.84M Dragon I | 2 | 1934 | 1939 | |
n/a | Nimrødderne / Danish Hawker Nimrod | 12 | 1934 | 1940 | used by naval air arm () |
n/a | Cierva C30 Autogyro | 2 | 1936 | 1940 | |
n/a | Gloster Gauntlet | 18 | 1936 | 1940 | [5] |
n/a | De Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly | 2 | 1937 | 1939 | |
n/a | Fokker D.XXI | 22 | 1938 | 1940 | or 12[6] |
Before the war Danish efforts to acquire new aircraft had been increased. Denmark ordered 12 Fokker G.I together with a production license, and allegedly production of the Fairey Battle for the Danish Air Force was under way when the Germans invaded the country in 1940.[7] Production of 12 Fairey P.4/34 for the air arm of the Danish Navy had started, but could not be completed before the invasion either.[8] The Italian Macchi MC.200 was chosen as a replacement for the ageing Nimrødderne fighters of the naval air arm, the acquisition contract being ready to be signed at the time of German invasion, but never concluded.[9] The indigenous Danish fighter design did not reach beyond project stage.[10]
Second World War (Danish Brigade in Sweden)[]
Code | Aircraft | # Used | TOS | WFU | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n/a | SAAB B17C | 15 | 1945 | 1945 | Not flown in Denmark |
Post-Second World War[]
Code | Aircraft | # Used | TOS | WFU | Notes |
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n/a | Percival Proctor P.44 Mk.III | 6 | 1945 | 1951 | |
n/a | North American Harvard Mk.II | 39 | 1946 | 1956 | |
n/a | Supermarine Sea Otter | 7 | 1946 | 1952 | |
n/a | Airspeed Oxford | 48 | 1946 | 1955 | |
n/a | SAI KZ II | 15 | 1946 | 1955 | FLSK |
n/a | Supermarine Spitfire H.F.Mk.IXE | 36 | 1947 | 1956 | |
n/a | Supermarine Spitfire P.R.Mk.XI | 3 | 1947 | 1956 | |
O | SAI KZ VII | 10 | 1948 | 1977 | FLSK & Esk 722 |
n/a | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress | 1 | 1948 | 1955 | Esk 721 |
n/a | Gloster Meteor F.4/F.8 | 40 | 1949 | 1962 | Esk 723 [11][12] |
n/a | Gloster Meteor T.7 | 9 | 1950 | 1963 | [12] |
P | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk | 27 | 1950 | 1976 | FLSK |
n/a | Fairey Firefly TT.1 | 6 | 1951 | 1959 | Esk 722 |
n/a | Republic F-84E Thunderjet | 6 | 1951 | 1955 | Esk 725 |
n/a | Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.11 | 20 | 1952 | 1959 | Esk 723 [13] ,6 converted to TT.20[12] |
n/a | Bell 47D | 3 | 1952 | 1958 | Esk 722, with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. |
n/a | SAI KZ X | 12 | 1952 | 1959 | FLSK |
A | Republic F-84G Thunderjet | 238 | 1952 | 1961 | Esk 725, 726, 727, 728, 729 & 730 |
DT | Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star | 26 | 1953 | 1977 | |
K | Douglas C-47 Skytrain | 8 | 1953 | 1982 | Esk 721 |
E | Hawker Hunter F.51 | 30 | 1956 | 1974 | [14] Esk 724 |
n/a | Percival Pembroke C-52 | 7 | 1956 | 1960 | |
S | Sikorsky S-55C | 7 | 1957 | 1966 | Esk 722 |
C | Republic RF-84F Thunderflash | 23 | 1957 | 1971 | |
L | Consolidated Catalina | 8 | 1957 | 1970 | Esk 721 & Esk 722 |
F | North American F-86D Sabre | 59 | 1958 | 1966 | Esk 723, 726 & 728 |
T | Agusta-Bell AB-47G | 3 | 1958 | 1966 | Esk 722 |
ET | Hawker Hunter T.53 | 2 | 1958 | 1974 | [14] Esk 724 |
G | North American F-100D Super Sabre | 48 | 1959 | 1982 | Esk 725, 727 & 730 |
GT | North American F-100F Super Sabre | 24 | 1959 | 1982 | Esk 725, 727 & 730 |
N | Douglas C-54D Skymaster | 6 | 1959 | 1977 | Esk 721 |
M | Alouette III | 8 | 1962 | 1977 | Esk 722 |
R | Lockheed F-104G Starfighter | 25 | 1964 | 1986 | MAP, Esk 723 & 726, |
RT | Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter | 4 | 1964 | 1986 | MAP, Esk 723 & 726 |
U | Sikorsky S-61A | 9 | 1965 | 2010 | Esk 722 |
ET | Hawker Hunter T.7 | 4 | 1967 | 1974 | Ex-Dutch AF[14] Esk 724 |
A | Saab F-35 Draken (A 35XD) | 20 | 1970 | 1992 | Esk 725 |
AR | Saab RF-35 Draken (S 35XD) | 20 | 1970 | 1993 | Esk 729 |
AT | Saab TF-35 Draken (Sk 35XD) | 11 | 1971 | 1993 | Esk 725 & 729 |
R | Canadair CF-104G Starfighter | 15 | 1971 | 1984 | ex-Canadian, Esk 723 & 726 |
RT | Canadair CF-104D Starfighter | 7 | 1971 | 1986 | ex-Canadian, Esk 723 & 726 |
B | Lockheed C-130H Hercules | 3 | 1975 | 2004 | Esk 721, to Egypt |
T | Saab-MFI 17 Supporter | 32 | 1975 | current | FLSK & HFT |
E/ET | General Dynamics F-16 | 72 | 1980 | current | Esk 723, 726, 727 & 730 |
F | Gulfstream III/C-20 | 4 | 1982 | 2004 | Esk 721 |
C | Bombardier Challenger 604 | 4 | 1998 | current | Esk 721 |
H | Hughes OH-6 Cayuse | 15 | 2003 | 2005 | Esk 724 (HFT) |
P | Eurocopter Fennec | 12 | 2003 | current | Esk 724 (HFT) |
B | Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules | 4 | 2004 | current | Esk 721 |
M | AgustaWestland AW101 | 14 | 2006 | current | Esk 722 |
S | Westland Super Lynx | 8 | 2011 | current | Esk 723 (SHT) |
[F-35 Lightning ii]
[]
Danish Naval Air Squadron (Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste) disbanded 2010 and equipment transferred to air force (Esk 723).
Code | Aircraft | # Used | TOS | WFU | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | Sud Aviation Alouette III | 8 | 1977 | 1982 | ex-Esk 722 (1962-77) |
S | Westland Lynx | 11 | 1980 | 2006 | One for ground training. |
S | Westland Super Lynx | 8 | 2000 | 2010 |
Army[]
Army Air Corps (Hærens Flyvetjeneste) ended in 2003 and equipment transferred to air force (Esk 724).
Code | Aircraft | # Used | TOS | WFU | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y | Piper L-4 | 16 | 1957 | 1977 | |
H | Hughes OH-6 Cayuse | 15 | 1971 | 2003 | |
P | Eurocopter Fennec | 12 | 1980 | 2003 | |
D | Sagem Sperwer | 11 | 2002 | 2005 | Danish Artillery Regiment |
See also[]
- Royal Danish Air Force
References[]
- ^ http://www.natureandtech.com/?cat=118 accessdate:27 January 2014
- ^ http://flymuseum.dk/fly-1911-1940?id=257:o-maskinen-io&catid=38 accessdate:27 January 2014
- ^ http://flymuseum.dk/fly-1911-1940?id=258:o-maskinen-iio&catid=38 accessdate:27 January 2014
- ^ Crawford, 2005, pp.35-37
- ^ Crawford, 2005, pp.75-79
- ^ De Jong, 2005, pp.101-107
- ^ "Danish Air Force Photo Page". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Balsved, Johnny E. "Danish Naval History, Naval Aviation". Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ^ "Naval Aviation". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Orlogsværftet J.1 Jager Naval Fighter". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "F-16 Units - RDAF Eskadrille 723".
- ^ a b c Butler, 2006, pp.73-75
- ^ "F-16 Units - RDAF Eskadrille 723".
- ^ a b c Hall, 1997, pp.46-47
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