List of Antonov An-2 operators

Australia. VH-CCE AN2 TP Built 1989, Australia's first An2 flown to Australia in 1991, currently the only An2 approved for 9 passengers carrying approval. www.an2.com.au VH-YNT is the 2nd An2 in Australia and it will be flying soon based in MKT south of Darwin NT.

The following nations currently operate (or formerly owned) Antonov An-2 aircraft in civil or military roles:

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Military operators

 Afghanistan

Afghan Air Force

Afghanistan received more than a dozen An-2 aircraft, with service beginning in 1957. A few remain available.

 Albania

Albanian Air Force

Albania received 13 aircraft including some of Chinese manufacture (Y-5). Albanian An-2s were operated from 1963. Up to four may remain active, with the remainder in storage.

 Angola

People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola

 Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Air Force

 Belarus

 Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

 Cambodia

Cambodian Air Force

 People's Republic of China

People's Liberation Army Air Force
People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force

 Croatia

Croatian Air Force

Croatian air force operated 7 An-2DT aircraft until 2004 when the last 4 were handed over to aeroclubs.

 Cuba

Cuban Air Force

All An-2 aircraft of the FAR (Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria) are retired.
One example is displayed at the Museo del Aire (Cuba)[1]

 Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakian Air Force

Phased out from military service before dissolution of state.

 East Germany

East German Air Force

East German An-2s were passed on to Germany upon unification.

 Egypt

Egyptian Air Force

 Estonia

Estonian Air Force

 Georgia

Georgian Air Force

 Germany

Luftwaffe

Germany adopted its An-2 fleet from East Germany.

 Guinea-Bissau

Military of Guinea-Bissau

 Hungary

Hungarian Air Force

 Iraq

Iraqi Air Force

 Kyrgyzstan

 Laos

Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force

 Latvia

Latvian Air Force
Latvian National Guard (Zemessardze)

 Lithuania

Lithuanian Air Force

 Macedonia

Macedonian Air Force

Current there is one An-2 used for paratroop training.

 Mali

 Moldova

Moldovan Air Force

Only two are used by Moldovan Air Force all eight are in civilian service

 Mongolia

Mongolian People's Air Force

 Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Air Force

 North Yemen

 North Korea

BBC reports state North Korea is believed to have grounded its fleet of about 300 planes due to the high price of fuel [2]

North Korean Air Force

 Poland

 Republic of Korea

South Korea flies with approximately 10 An-2s from Seongmu AB, presumably for use by the special forces. They are marked with civilian markings (HL1082 to HL1091), though these are not in the official civilian register.

 Romania

Romanian Air Force(none active)

 Russia

Russian Air Force (none active)
Russian Naval Aviation (none active)

 Serbia

Serbian Air Force

One An-2TD used for paratroop training of the 63rd Paratroop Battalion.

 Somalia

Somali Air Corps

 Soviet Union

The Soviet military's An-2 fleet was dispersed amongst the successor states upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

DOSAAF
Soviet Air Force
Soviet Naval Aviation

 Sudan

Sudanese Air Force

 Syria

Syrian Air Force

 Tajikistan

 Tanzania

 Tunisia

 Turkmenistan

 Ukraine

 Uzbekistan

 Vietnam

Vietnam People's Air Force

 Yemen

Yemen Air Force

Yemen's An-2 fleet was inherited from North Yemen upon unification.

 Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Air Force

Civil operators

 People's Republic of China

Civil Aviation Administration of China

 Czechoslovakia

 East Germany

Deutsche Lufthansa (East Germany)
Interflug
Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik (paramilitary sports organization)

 Grenada

One An-2R was delivered by the Soviet Union in February 1983 for agricultural purposes and was abandoned at Pearl's Airport after the US-led invasion of Grenada in October 1983.

 Kyrgyzstan

Golden Rule Airlines

 Macedonia

 Mongolia

MIAT Mongolian Airlines

 Russia

Aeroflot
2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation Division
2nd Sverdlovsk Air Enterprise
Orenair
Polar Airlines
Polet Airlines
UTair Aviation

 Soviet Union

Aeroflot

 Turkey

Approximately 10 An-2s were acquired by the Turkish Aeronautical Association (Türk Hava Kurumu - THK) in the early 1980s. These planes are still operational and being used for air sports purposes, mainly parachuting.

 Vietnam

 Yugoslavia

JAT

See also

Notes

References

  • Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World. UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 9780851303949