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

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TypeCountryClassRoleDatePayload (t)Range (km)Notes
AgustaWestland AW109ItalyRotorcraft19760.680920
AgustaWestland AW101/EH-101Italy
United Kingdom		Rotorcraft19995.5833
AgustaWestland AW139ItalyRotorcraft20031.5751,250
AgustaWestland AW149ItalyRotorcraft2003800
AgustaWestland AW159 WildcatUnited KingdomRotorcraft20141.5777
AgustaWestland CH-149 CormorantItaly
United Kingdom		Rotorcraft20008.5833
Airbus A330 MRTTEuropeJetStrategic / tanker20074514,800
Airbus A400MEuropePropellerStrategic / Tactical2009376,400
Alenia C-27J SpartanItalyPropellerTactical200811.55,926
Antonov An-72 CoalerUkraineJetTactical1977104,325[1]
Antonov An-178UkraineJetTactical2015185,500
Antonov An-132UkrainePropellerTactical20169.24,400Project suspended [2]
Bell UH-1Y VenomUSRotorcraft20083
Bell Boeing V-22 OspreyUSRotorcraftTactical19896.81,627
Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIUSJetStrategic / Tactical199177.510,390
Boeing C-40 ClipperUSJetVIP2001185,600
Boeing KC-767USJetStrategic / tanker200529.511,830
Boeing KC-46 PegasusUSJetStrategic / tanker201329.511,830
CASA CN-235Spain
Indonesia		PropellerTactical198355,003
EADS CASA C-295Spain
Indonesia
India		PropellerTactical19989.35,400
Changhe Z-18ChinaRotorcraft201451,020
Embraer KC-390BrazilJetTactical2014235,820
Eurocopter AS532 CougarFranceRotorcraft19781.5572
Eurocopter AS565 PantherFranceRotorcraft19862572
Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma/Airbus Helicopters H225FranceRotorcraft20045.5857
Eurocopter EC725/Airbus Helicopters H225MFranceRotorcraft20055.5857
Harbin Y-12ChinaPropellerTactical / Utility19831,340
Harbin Z-9ChinaRotorcraft19941.5572
HESA SimourghIranPropeller20236900
Ilyushin Il-76 CandidRussiaJetStrategic / Tactical1971474,400
Ilyushin Il-112RussiaPropellerTactical20115.95,000
Kawasaki C-2JapanJetTactical201037.66,500
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super HerculesUSPropellerTactical / tanker199619-203,334
Mil Mi-8RussiaRotorcraft19674610
Mil Mi-17RussiaRotorcraft19774610
Mil Mi-26RussiaRotorcraft197720800
NHIndustries NH90EURotorcraft20072.5800
Shaanxi Y-8ChinaPropellerTactical1974205,616[3]
Shaanxi Y-9ChinaPropellerTactical2008252,200
Sikorsky UH-60 Black HawkUSRotorcraft19794590
Xian Y-20ChinaJetStrategic / Tactical2013667,800
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In service / Out of production

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TypeCountryClassRoleDatePayload (t)Range (km)Notes
Aérospatiale SA 330 PumaFranceRotorcraft19683 (Internal)/4.5(External)580[4]
Airbus A310 MRTTEUJetStrategic / tanker2003366,500[5]
Antonov An-2 ColtUSSRPropellerTactical19472845[6]
Antonov An-12 CubUSSRPropellerTactical1959205,700[7]
Antonov An-22 AnteiUSSRPropellerStrategic / Tactical1965805,000[8]
Antonov An-26 CurlUSSRPropellerTactical19695.52,550[9]
Antonov An-28 CashUSSRPropellerTactical / Utility19862.51,500[10]
Antonov An-32 ClineUSSRPropellerTactical19766.72,500[11]
Antonov An-70UkraineJetStrategic / Tactical1994476,600[12]
Antonov An-124 RuslanUSSRJetStrategic19821505,410[13]
BAe 146UKJetStrategic / Tactical1981
Beechcraft C-12 HuronUSPropellerTactical / Utility19742.12,900[14]
Bell UH-1 IroquoisUSRotorcraft19591.7507
Bell UH-1N Twin HueyUSRotorcraft1970460
Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea KnightUSRotorcraft19642.21,020
Boeing Vertol CH-47 ChinookUSRotorcraft196211370
Britten-Norman BN-2 IslanderUKPropellerTactical / Utility196521,400
CASA C-212 AviocarIndonesia
Spain		PropellerTactical / Utility19712.81,433[15]
Changhe Z-8ChinaRotorcraft199451,020
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin OtterCanadaPropellerTactical / Utility19661,434
Eurocopter AS365 DauphinFranceRotorcraft19781.5572
Fokker F27 FriendshipNetherlandsPropellerTactical19582,055
Fokker 50NetherlandsPropellerTactical19851,666
IAR 330RomaniaRotorcraft1975572
Kawasaki C-1JapanJetTactical197011.91,300[16]
Lockheed C-130 HerculesUSPropellerTactical / tanker195420.43,800
Lockheed C-5M GalaxyUSJetStrategic1968127.49,000 [Note 1][17]
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 ExtenderUSJetStrategic / tanker198076.518,000 [Note 2][18]
Short C-23 SherpaUKPropellerTactical / Utility19823.21,239
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea StallionUSRotorcraft19663.61,000
Westland LynxUKRotorcraft19781.5528
Westland Sea King / CommandoUKRotorcraftTactical19691,230
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Notes

  1. [1]
    this range can be extended with aerial refuelling
  2. [2]
    total fuel capacity 160,200kg could permit range well in excess of 18,000km (with reduced payload)

Retired

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TypeCountryClassRoleDatePayload (t)Range (km)Notes
Aeritalia G.222ItalyPropellerTactical197891,371[19]
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super FrelonFranceRotorcraft196651,020[20]
AGO Ao 192GermanyPropellerVIP/Comms1935(6 pax)1,360Six built
Airspeed AS.6 EnvoyUKPropellerVIP/Comms1934(6 pax)1,050approx 15-25 saw military service [21]
Airspeed AS.10 OxfordUKPropellerLight transport/Comms1937(6 pax)1,4008,851 built (mostly as trainers) [22]
Airspeed HorsaUKGliderTactical1941[23]
Antonov A-7USSRGliderTactical19410.9[24]
Antonov An-8 CampUSSRPropellerTactical1958112,780[25]
Antonov An-10 CatUSSRPropellerTactical19598.44,075[26]
Antonov An-14 ClodUSSRPropellerTactical / Utility19667650[27]
Arado Ar 232GermanyPropellerTactical19434.51,062[28]
Armstrong Whitworth ArgosyUKPropellerStrategic / Tactical1960135,552[29]
Armstrong Whitworth AlbemarleUKPropellerTactical194322,100[30]
Armstrong Whitworth AwanaUKPropellerStrategic1923580Prototype[31]
Atlas OryxSouth AfricaRotorcraft1987303
Avro AndoverUKPropellerStrategic1924740[32]
Avro YorkUKPropellerStrategic / Tactical19449.14,800
Bloch MB.220FrancePropellerTactical19391,400
Blackburn BeverleyUKPropellerStrategic / Tactical1955202,000
Blohm & Voss BV 144GermanyPropeller19441,550
Blohm & Voss BV 222 WikingGermanyPropeller19406,100Flying boat
Blohm & Voss Ha 139GermanyPropeller19364,600Prototype
Boeing C-73USPropellerStrategic / Tactical19421,200
Boeing C-75 StratolinerUSPropellerStrategic / VIP19423.62,820[33]
Boeing C-108 Flying FortressUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical194353,219Prototype
Boeing C-97 StratofreighterUSPropellerStrategic / tanker19519.16,920
Boeing YC-14USJetTactical197631.45,136Prototype
Bristol BombayUKPropellerTactical193571,416Dual purpose bomber/transport
Bristol BritanniaUKPropellerStrategic195718.57,130[34]
Bristol FreighterUKPropellerStrategic19457.3 (Mk31)1,320
Canadair North StarCanadaPropellerStrategic / Tactical194656,212
Canadair CL-44/CC-106 YukonCanadaPropellerStrategic / Tactical19608,990
Canadair CC-109 CosmopolitanCanadaPropellerTactical19606.43,660
Caproni Ca.122ItalyPropellerTactical19341,500[35]
Caproni Ca.133ItalyPropellerTactical19351,350[36]
Consolidated C-87 Liberator ExpressUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical19424.55,311
Consolidated R2YUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical19445.56,400Prototype
Convair XC-99USPropellerStrategic19494513,041Prototype
Convair C-131 SamaritanUSPropellerTactical1950750
Curtiss C-46 CommandoUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical19416.85,069[37]
Curtiss C-76 CaravanUSPropellerTactical19433.61,210[38]
de Havilland DH.104 DoveUKPropellerVIP193611,420[39]
de Havilland DH.114 HeronUKPropellerVIP19501,473[40]
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 CaribouCanadaPropellerTactical19583.62,103
de Havilland Canada DHC-5 BuffaloCanadaPropellerTactical19658.21,112
DFS 230GermanyGliderTactical1937
DFS 331GermanyGliderTactical19402.3Prototype
Dornier Do 19GermanyPropellerStrategic19361,600
Douglas C-1USPropellerTactical19261620[41]
Douglas DC-2/C-32USPropellerStrategic / Tactical19371,750
Douglas C-47 SkytrainUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical194132,600
Douglas C-54 SkymasterUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical19426,400
Douglas C-74 GlobemasterUSPropellerStrategic1945225,470
Douglas C-47 Skytrain/C-117 SkytrainUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical195132,600
Douglas C-118 LiftmasterUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical194712.76,700
Douglas C-124 Globemaster IIUSPropellerStrategic19503410,975
Douglas C-133 CargomasterUSPropellerStrategic195653.56,590
Fairchild C-82 PacketUSPropellerTactical194412.56,239
Fairchild C-119 Flying BoxcarUSPropellerTactical194912.52,849
Fairchild C-123 ProviderUSPropellerTactical1949111,666
Fairey Gannet COD.4UKPropellerCarrier Onboard Delivery1949
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 DracheGermanyRotorcraftTactical1940700
Focke-Achgelis Fa 225GermanyRotorcraftTactical1943Prototype
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 CondorGermanyPropellerStrategic / Tactical19373,560
Fokker Y1CUSPropellerTactical19311,100[42]
General Aircraft HamilcarUKGliderTactical19427
General Aircraft HotspurUKGliderTactical1940
Gotha Go 146GermanyPropeller19361,000
Gotha Go 242GermanyGlider19414
Gotha Go 244GermanyPropeller1941600
Gotha Go 345GermanyGlider19444.5Prototype
Gotha Ka 430GermanyGlider19431.7Prototype
Grumman C-1 TraderUSPropellerCarrier Onboard Delivery19521.62,092
Grumman C-2 GreyhoundUSPropellerCarrier Onboard Delivery19644.52,400
Handley Page CliveUKPropellerStrategic19311,240[43]
Handley Page HalifaxUKPropellerStrategic/Tactical19403.62,990[44]
Handley Page HastingsUKPropellerStrategic / Tactical194892,720
Handley Page H.P.51UKPropellerStrategic19351,530[45]
Hawker Siddeley AndoverUKPropellerStrategic / Tactical19636.52,295
Heinkel He 70GermanyPropeller19321,820[46]
Ilyushin Il-12 CoachRussiaPropellerTactical19461,500
Ilyushin Il-14 CrateRussiaPropellerTactical19541,300
Ilyushin Il-18 CootUSSRPropeller19576,500
Junkers Ju 52GermanyPropellerStrategic / Tactical19302800
Junkers Ju 89GermanyPropellerStrategic / Tactical19381.52,980Prototype
Junkers Ju 90GermanyPropellerStrategic / Tactical19371,247
Junkers Ju 252GermanyPropellerStrategic / Tactical19423,981
Junkers Ju 290GermanyPropellerStrategic / Tactical194236,150
Junkers Ju 322GermanyGlider194120Prototype
Junkers Ju 352GermanyPropellerStrategic / Tactical19431,800
Junkers Ju 390GermanyPropellerStrategic19439,700Prototype
Junkers W 34GermanyPropellerTactical1926900[47]
Kawasaki Ki-56JapanPropellerStrategic / Tactical19403,300[48]
Lisunov Li-2USSRPropellerStrategic / Tactical193932,600
Lockheed Model 18 LodestarUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical19404,025
Lockheed C-69 ConstellationUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical19433,900
Lockheed C-121 ConstellationUSPropellerStrategic / Tactical19484,445
Lockheed R6V ConstitutionUSPropellerStrategic19468,670Prototype
Lockheed C-141 StarlifterUSJetStrategic / Tactical196328.49,880
Lockheed TriStar (RAF)USJetStrategic / tanker19847,785
McDonnell Douglas C-9USJetStrategic19684,700
McDonnell Douglas YC-15USJetTactical1975354,810Prototype
Messerschmitt Me 321GermanyGliderStrategic / Tactical194120
Messerschmitt Me 323GermanyPropellerStrategic / Tactical194310800
Mil Mi-4 HoundUSSRRotorcraftTactical19521.6500
Mil Mi-6 HookUSSRRotorcraft195712 (internal), 8 (external)970
Mitsubishi Ki-57JapanPropellerStrategic / Tactical19423,000
Mitsubish MC-20JapanPropellerStrategic19442,700[49]
Myasishchev VM-TUSSRJetStrategic1981453,565[50]
Nakajima Ki-34JapanPropellerStrategic / Tactical19371,200[51]
Nanchang Y-5ChinaPropellerTactical / Utility19571,500300
Percival PembrokeUKPropellerCommunications / Utility19521,660
Piasecki H-16 TransporterUSRotorcraft1953348Prototype
Piasecki H-21USRotorcraft1952427[52]
PZL M-28 SkytruckPolandPropellerTactical / Utility19932.51,500
Nord NoratlasFrancePropellerTactical195312.52,500[53]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81ItalyPropellerStrategic / Tactical193521,500
Scottish Aviation PioneerUKPropellerTactical1947680
Scottish Aviation Twin PioneerUKPropellerTactical195521,287
Short BelfastUKPropellerStrategic1964558,528
Short SkyvanUKPropellerTactical / Utility196351,117
Short StirlingUKPropellerTactical19406.43750[54]
Showa/Nakajima L2DJapanPropellerStrategic / Tactical193932,600
Siebel Fh 104GermanyPropeller19371,000
Sikorsky CH-37 MojaveUSRotorcraft19563233[55]
Sikorsky CH-54 TarheUSRotorcraft19629.1370
Slingsby HengistUKGliderTactical1942
Sud-Ouest BretagneFrancePropellerStrategic19462,175[56]
Vickers ValentiaUKPropellerStrategic19341,300[57]
Vickers ValettaUKPropellerStrategic / Tactical194832,350
Vickers VC-10UKJetStrategic / Tanker1962
Vickers VernonUKPropellerStrategic1921510[58]
Vickers VictoriaUKPropellerStrategic19261,240[59]
Vickers Warwick C Mk IIIUKPropellerStrategic19444.33,700[60]
Waco CG-4AUSGliderTactical19421.9
Yakovlev Yak-24USSRRotorcraft19523.5165
Yakovlev Yak-100USSRRotorcraftTactical1948325
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