List of Antonov An-2 operators

Operators of the An-2 in red (former operators in dark red)

This is a list of current and former operators of the Antonov An-2:

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

 Armenia

Armenian Air Force

 Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Air Force

 Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

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 Cambodia

Khmer National Air Force
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

Air Forces of the National People's Army

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

 Khmer Republic

Khmer National Air Force

 Laos

Royal Lao Air Force
Pathet Lao
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

Air Force of 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 Yemen Air Force

 North Korea

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

Polish An-2s were in service between 1951 and 2012.[3]

 Republic of Korea

Republic of Korean Air Force operates 20 L-2 variants purchased from China and Poland for drill purpose against North Korean invasion, paratrooper operation, and flight trainers. Their presence was considered classified but released into public after a few accidents. Although it is not common to assign HL code to military crafts, these L-2 are one of a few exceptions. However, the HL codes assigned to L-2 shows different plane, such as Cessna 172, from database search.[4]

 Romania

Romanian Air Force (retired)

 Russia

Russian Air Force (retired)
Russian Naval Aviation (retired)
Russian Airborne Troops - Used for low altitude parachute training.

 Serbia

Serbian Air Force

One An-2TD used for paratroop training by 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

 Ukraine

Ukrainian Air Force
Ukrainian Naval Aviation

 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

 Australia

VH-CCE - Melbourne, Victoria www.an2.com.au
VH-YNT - MKT Airfield, Northern Territory

 Canada

Air Canada operated 29 between 1970-1978

 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.

 Germany

Hanseflug [5] from spring to fall twice daily offers scheduled flights between the North-Sea islands of Sylt and Föhr.

 Kyrgyzstan

Golden Rule Airlines

 Luxembourg

Antonov AN2 Lëtzebuerg

 Macedonia

 Mongolia

MIAT Mongolian Airlines

 Russia

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

  Switzerland

Antonov Club Avianna

 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 Yugoslav Airlines

References

  1. Ogden (2008)
  2. "Oil price 'grounds' N Korea fleet". BBC News.
  3. "Polish air force retires last An-2 transport". Flightglobal. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  4. Interview with ROKAF personnel.
  5. http://www.hanseflug.de/NewFiles/Hanse%202013/us2.html Hanseflug schedule in English and German
  6. Our Background

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