List of military transport aircraft
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Military transport aircraft include load-carrying non-combat types such as freight and troop carriers, as well as some other specialised types, used by military forces around the world.
In production[]
| Type | Country | Class | Role | Date | Payload (t) | Range (km) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeritalia G.222 | Italy | Propeller | Tactical | 1978 | 9 | 1,371 | |
| Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon | France | Rotorcraft | 1966 | 5 | 1,020 | ||
| Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | France | Rotorcraft | 1968 | 3 (Internal)/4.5(External) | 580 | ||
| AGO Ao 192 | Germany | Propeller | 1935 | 1,360 | |||
| AgustaWestland AW109 | Italy | Rotorcraft | 1976 | 0.680 | 920 | ||
| AgustaWestland AW101/EH-101 | Italy United Kingdom |
Rotorcraft | 1999 | 5.5 | 833 | ||
| AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | Rotorcraft | 2003 | 1.575 | 1,250 | ||
| AgustaWestland AW149 | Italy | Rotorcraft | 2003 | 800 | |||
| AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat | Italy | Rotorcraft | 2014 | 1.5 | 777 | ||
| AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant | Italy | Rotorcraft | 2000 | 8.5 | 833 | ||
| Airbus A310 MRTT | Spain | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 2003 | 36 | 6,500 | |
| Airbus A330 MRTT | Spain | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 2007 | 45 | 14,800 | |
| Airbus A400M | Spain | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 2009 | 37 | 9,300 | |
| Airspeed Horsa | UK | Glider | Tactical | 1941 | |||
| Alenia C-27J Spartan | Italy | Propeller | Tactical | 2008 | 11.5 | 5,926 | |
| Antonov A-7 | USSR | Glider | Tactical | 1941 | 0.9 | ||
| Antonov An-8 Camp | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1958 | 11 | 2,780 | |
| Antonov An-12 Cub | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1959 | 20 | 5,700 | |
| Antonov An-14 Clod | USSR | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1966 | 7 | 650 | |
| Antonov An-22 Antei | USSR | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1965 | 80 | 5,000 | |
| Antonov An-26 Curl | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1969 | 5.5 | 2,550 | |
| Antonov An-28 Cash | USSR | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1986 | 2.5 | 1,500 | |
| Antonov An-32 Cline | USSR | Propeller | Tactical | 1976 | 6.7 | 2,500 | |
| Antonov An-72 Coaler | Ukraine | Jet | Tactical | 1977 | 10 | 4,325 | |
| Antonov An-124 Ruslan | Ukraine | Jet | Strategic | 1982 | 150 | 5,410 | |
| Antonov An-70 | Ukraine | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1994 | 47 | 6,600 | |
| Antonov An-178 | Ukraine | Jet | Tactical | 2015 | 18 | 5,500 | |
| Antonov/Taqnia An-132 | Ukraine /Saudi Arabia |
Propeller | Tactical | 2016 | 9.2 | 4,400 | |
| Arado Ar 232 | Germany | Propeller | 1943 | 4.5 | 1,062 | ||
| Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1960 | 13 | 5,552 | |
| Atlas Oryx | South Africa | Rotorcraft | 1987 | 303 | |||
| Avro York | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1944 | 9.1 | 4,800 | |
| BAe 146 | UK | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1981 | |||
| Beechcraft C-12 Huron | US | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1974 | 2 | 3,185 | |
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois | US | Rotorcraft | 1959 | 1.7 | 507 | ||
| Bell UH-1N Twin Huey | US | Rotorcraft | 1970 | 460 | |||
| Bell UH-1Y Venom | US | Rotorcraft | 2008 | 3 | |||
| Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey | US | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1989 | 6.8 | 1,627 | |
| Blackburn Beverley | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1955 | 20 | 2,000 | |
| Blohm & Voss BV 144 | Germany | Propeller | 1944 | 1,550 | |||
| Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking | Germany | Propeller | 1940 | 6,100 | Flying boat | ||
| Blohm & Voss Ha 139 | Germany | Propeller | 1936 | 4,600 | Prototype | ||
| Boeing 247/C-73 | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 | 1,200 | ||
| Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1943 | 5 | 3,219 | Prototype |
| Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter | US | Propeller | Strategic / tanker | 1951 | 9.1 | 6,920 | |
| Boeing YC-14 | US | Jet | Tactical | 1976 | 31.4 | 5,136 | Prototype |
| Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | US | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1991 | 77.5 | 10,390 | |
| Boeing C-40 Clipper | US | Jet | Strategic | 2001 | 18 | 5,600 | |
| Boeing KC-767 | US | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 2005 | 29.5 | 11,830 | |
| Boeing KC-46 Pegasus | US | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 2013 | 29.5 | 11,830 | |
| Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight | US | Rotorcraft | 1964 | 2.2 | 1,020 | ||
| Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook | US | Rotorcraft | 1962 | 11 | 370 | ||
| Bristol Bombay | UK | Propeller | Tactical | 1935 | 7 | 1,416 | Dual purpose bomber/transport |
| Bristol Freighter | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1945 | 7.3 (Mk31) | 1,320 | |
| Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander | UK | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1965 | 2 | 1,400 | |
| Canadair North Star | Canada | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1946 | 5 | 6,212 | |
| Canadair CL-44/CC-106 Yukon | Canada | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1960 | 8,990 | ||
| Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan | Canada | Propeller | Tactical | 1960 | 6.4 | 3,660 | |
| CASA C-212 Aviocar | Indonesia Spain |
Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1971 | 2.8 | 1,433 | |
| CASA CN-235 | Spain | Propeller | Tactical | 1983 | 5 | 5,003 | |
| Changhe Z-8 | China | Rotorcraft | 1994 | 5 | 1,020 | ||
| Changhe Z-18 | China | Rotorcraft | 2014 | 5 | 1,020 | ||
| Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 | 4.5 | 5,311 | |
| Consolidated R2Y | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1944 | 5.5 | 6,400 | Prototype |
| Convair XC-99 | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1949 | 45 | 13,041 | Prototype |
| Convair C-131 Samaritan | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1950 | 750 | ||
| Curtiss C-46 Commando | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1941 | 6.8 | 5,069 | |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou | Canada | Propeller | Tactical | 1958 | 3.6 | 2,103 | |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo | Canada | Propeller | Tactical | 1965 | 8.2 | 1,112 | |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | Canada | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1966 | 1,434 | ||
| DFS 230 | Germany | Glider | Tactical | 1937 | |||
| DFS 331 | Germany | Glider | Tactical | 1940 | 2.3 | Prototype | |
| Dornier Do 19 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic | 1936 | 1,600 | ||
| Douglas DC-2/C-32 | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1937 | 1,750 | ||
| Douglas C-47 Skytrain | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1941 | 3 | 2,600 | |
| Douglas C-54 Skymaster | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 | 6,400 | ||
| Douglas C-74 Globemaster | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1945 | 22 | 5,470 | |
| Douglas C-47 Skytrain/C-117 Skytrain | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1951 | 3 | 2,600 | |
| Douglas C-118 Liftmaster | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1947 | 12.7 | 6,700 | |
| Douglas C-124 Globemaster II | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1950 | 34 | 10,975 | |
| Douglas C-133 Cargomaster | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1956 | 53.5 | 6,590 | |
| EADS CASA C-295 | Spain | Propeller | Tactical | 1998 | 9.3 | 5,400 | |
| Embraer KC-390 | Brazil | Jet | Tactical | 2014 | 23 | 6,200 | |
| Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin | France | Rotorcraft | 1978 | 1.5 | 572 | ||
| Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | France | Rotorcraft | 1978 | 1.5 | 572 | ||
| Eurocopter AS565 Panther | France | Rotorcraft | 1986 | 2 | 572 | ||
| Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma/Airbus Helicopters H225 | France | Rotorcraft | 2004 | 5.5 | 857 | ||
| Eurocopter EC725/Airbus Helicopters H225M | France | Rotorcraft | 2005 | 5.5 | 857 | ||
| Fairchild C-82 Packet | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1944 | 12.5 | 6,239 | |
| Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1949 | 12.5 | 2,849 | |
| Fairchild C-123 Provider | US | Propeller | Tactical | 1949 | 11 | 1,666 | |
| Fairey Gannet COD.4 | UK | Propeller | Carrier Onboard Delivery | 1949 | |||
| Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache | Germany | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1940 | 700 | ||
| Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 | Germany | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1943 | Prototype | ||
| Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1937 | 3,560 | ||
| Fokker F27 Friendship | Netherlands | Propeller | Tactical | 1958 | 2,055 | ||
| Fokker 50 | Netherlands | Propeller | Tactical | 1985 | 1,666 | ||
| General Aircraft Hamilcar | UK | Glider | Tactical | 1942 | 7 | ||
| General Aircraft Hotspur | UK | Glider | Tactical | 1940 | |||
| Gotha Go 146 | Germany | Propeller | 1936 | 1,000 | |||
| Gotha Go 242 | Germany | Glider | 1941 | 4 | |||
| Gotha Go 244 | Germany | Propeller | 1941 | 600 | |||
| Gotha Go 345 | Germany | Glider | 1944 | 4.5 | Prototype | ||
| Gotha Ka 430 | Germany | Glider | 1943 | 1.7 | Prototype | ||
| Grumman C-1 Trader | US | Propeller | Carrier Onboard Delivery | 1952 | 1.6 | 2,092 | |
| Grumman C-2 Greyhound | US | Propeller | Carrier Onboard Delivery | 1964 | 4.5 | 2,400 | |
| Handley Page Hastings | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1948 | 9 | 2,720 | |
| Harbin Y-12 | China | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1983 | 1,340 | ||
| Harbin Z-9 | China | Rotorcraft | 1994 | 1.5 | 572 | ||
| Hawker Siddeley Andover | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1963 | 6.5 | 2,295 | |
| Heinkel He 70 | Germany | Propeller | 1932 | 1,820 | |||
| IAR 330 | Romania | Rotorcraft | 1975 | 572 | |||
| Ilyushin Il-12 Coach | Russia | Propeller | Tactical | 1946 | 1,500 | ||
| Ilyushin Il-14 Crate | Russia | Propeller | Tactical | 1954 | 1,300 | ||
| Ilyushin Il-18 Coot | USSR | Propeller | 1957 | 6,500 | |||
| Ilyushin Il-76 Candid | Russia | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1971 | 47 | 4,400 | |
| Ilyushin Il-112 | Russia | Propeller | Tactical | 2011 | 5.9 | 5,000 | |
| Ilyushin Il-276 | Russia | Jet | Tactical | 2025 (planned) | 20 | 2,000 | |
| Junkers Ju 52 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1930 | 2 | 800 | |
| Junkers Ju 89 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1938 | 1.5 | 2,980 | Prototype |
| Junkers Ju 90 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1937 | 1,247 | ||
| Junkers Ju 252 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 | 3,981 | ||
| Junkers Ju 290 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 | 3 | 6,150 | |
| Junkers Ju 322 | Germany | Glider | 1941 | 20 | Prototype | ||
| Junkers Ju 352 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1943 | 1,800 | ||
| Junkers Ju 390 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic | 1943 | 9,700 | Prototype | |
| Kawasaki Ki-56 | Japan | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1940 | 3,300 | ||
| Kawasaki C-1 | Japan | Jet | Tactical | 1970 | 11.9 | 1,300 | |
| Kawasaki C-2 | Japan | Jet | Tactical | 2010 | 37.6 | 6,500 | |
| Lisunov Li-2 | USSR | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1939 | 3 | 2,600 | |
| Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1940 | 4,025 | ||
| Lockheed C-69 Constellation | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1943 | 3,900 | ||
| Lockheed C-121 Constellation | US | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1948 | 4,445 | ||
| Lockheed R6V Constitution | US | Propeller | Strategic | 1946 (prototype only) | 8,670 | ||
| Lockheed C-130 Hercules | US | Propeller | Tactical / tanker | 1954 | 20.4 | 3,800 | |
| Lockheed C-141 Starlifter | US | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 1963 | 28.4 | 9,880 | |
| Lockheed C-5 Galaxy | US | Jet | Strategic | 1968 | 122 | 4,445 | |
| Lockheed TriStar (RAF) | US | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 1984 | 7,785 | ||
| Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules | US | Propeller | Tactical / tanker | 1996 | 19-20 | 3,334 | |
| McDonnell Douglas C-9 | US | Jet | Strategic | 1968 | 4,700 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas YC-15 | US | Jet | Tactical | 1975 | 35 | 4,810 | Prototype |
| McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender | US | Jet | Strategic / tanker | 1980 | 77 | 18,507 | |
| Messerschmitt Me 321 | Germany | Glider | Strategic / Tactical | 1941 | 20 | ||
| Messerschmitt Me 323 | Germany | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1943 | 10 | 800 | |
| Mil Mi-4 Hound | USSR | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1952 | 1.6 | 500 | |
| Mil Mi-6 Hook | USSR | Rotorcraft | 1957 | 12 (internal), 8 (external) | 970 | ||
| Mil Mi-8 | Russia | Rotorcraft | 1967 | 4 | 610 | ||
| Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Rotorcraft | 1977 | 4 | 610 | ||
| Mil Mi-26 | Russia | Rotorcraft | 1977 | 20 | 800 | ||
| Mitsubishi Ki-57 | Japan | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1942 | 3,000 | ||
| Myasishchev VM-T | USSR | Jet | Strategic | 1981 | 45 | 3,565 | |
| Nakajima Ki-34 | Japan | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1937 | 1,200 | ||
| Nanchang Y-5 | China | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1957 | 1,500 | 300 | |
| NHIndustries NH90 | EU | Rotorcraft | 2007 | 2.5 | 800 | ||
| Percival Pembroke | UK | Propeller | Communications / Utility | 1952 | 1,660 | ||
| Piasecki H-16 Transporter | US | Rotorcraft | 1953 | 348 | Prototype | ||
| Piasecki H-21 | US | Rotorcraft | 1952 | 427 | |||
| PZL M-28 Skytruck | Poland | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1993 | 2.5 | 1,500 | |
| Nord Noratlas | France | Propeller | Tactical | 1953 | 12.5 | 2,500 | |
| Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 | Italy | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1935 | 2 | 1,500 | |
| Scottish Aviation Pioneer | UK | Propeller | Tactical | 1947 | 680 | ||
| Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer | UK | Propeller | Tactical | 1955 | 2 | 1,287 | |
| Shaanxi Y-8 | China | Propeller | Tactical | 1974 | 20 | 5,616 | |
| Shaanxi Y-9 | China | Propeller | Tactical | 2008 | 25 | 7,800 | |
| Short Belfast | UK | Propeller | Strategic | 1964 | 55 | 8,528 | |
| Short Skyvan | UK | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1963 | 5 | 1,117 | |
| Short C-23 Sherpa | UK | Propeller | Tactical / Utility | 1982 | 3.2 | 1,239 | |
| Showa/Nakajima L2D | Japan | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1939 | 3 | 2,600 | |
| Siebel Fh 104 | Germany | Propeller | 1937 | 1,000 | |||
| Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion | US | Rotorcraft | 1966 | 3.6 | 1,000 | ||
| Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe | US | Rotorcraft | 1962 | 9.1 | 370 | ||
| Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | US | Rotorcraft | 1979 | 4 | 590 | ||
| Slingsby Hengist | UK | Glider | Tactical | 1942 | |||
| Transall C-160 | France /Germany |
Propeller | Tactical | 1963 | 16 | 8,230 | |
| Vickers Valetta | UK | Propeller | Strategic / Tactical | 1948 | 3 | 2,350 | |
| Vickers VC-10 | UK | Jet | Strategic / Tanker | 1962 | |||
| Waco CG-4A | US | Glider | Tactical | 1942 | 1.9 | ||
| Westland Lynx | UK | Rotorcraft | 1978 | 1.5 | 528 | ||
| Westland Sea King / Commando | UK | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1969 | 1,230 | ||
| Xian Y-20 | China | Jet | Strategic / Tactical | 2013 | 66 | 7,800 | |
| Yakovlev Yak-24 | USSR | Rotorcraft | 1952 | 3.5 | 165 | ||
| Yakovlev Yak-100 | USSR | Rotorcraft | Tactical | 1948 | 325 |
Out of production[]
Retired[]
See also[]
- Cargo aircraft
- Military transport aircraft
- List of Aircraft
References[]
Categories:
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