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.

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

In service / Out of production

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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