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List of military aircraft of Finland

Summary

The following is a list of military aircraft of Finland, both historical and currently in use by the Finnish Defence Forces.

Current inventory edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II   United States Multi-role fighter 0 64 2026   Block 4-version
Boeing F/A-18C Hornet   United States Multi-role fighter 55 57 1995  
Boeing F/A-18D Hornet   United States Two-seat trainer 7 8 1995  
BAE Hawk Mk.66   United Kingdom Two-seat trainer 16[1] 18 2009  
BAE Hawk Mk.51A   United Kingdom Two-seat trainer 7[1] 7 1993  
BAE Hawk Mk.51   United Kingdom Two-seat trainer 7[1] 50 1980  
Learjet 35A/S   United States Maritime surveillance, aerial photography, air sampling, target towing, personnel transport 3 3 1982  
Pilatus PC-12 NG   Switzerland Passenger and cargo aircraft 6 6 2010  
C-295M   Spain Transport aircraft 2 2 2007  
C-295 SIGINT   Spain Signals intelligence aircraft 1 1 2018  
Grob G 115E   Germany Primary trainer 28 28 2016  

Heavy Airlift Wing edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III   United States Heavy transport 3 3 2009   Finland is a partner in NATO's Strategic Airlift Capability and has access to 100 flight hours from the C-17's every year (3.2%). The aircraft operate from Pápa Air Base in Hungary.

Army Aviation edit

Helicopters edit

All helicopters were transferred to the army aviation in 1997.

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
NHI NH90   European Union Medium helicopter 20 20 2008  
MD 500D   United States Light helicopter 2 3  
MD 500E   United States Light helicopter 5 6 1982, 1998  
Mil Mi-8PS   Soviet Union Medium helicopter 0 2 1978 2007  
MD 500M   United States Light helicopter 0 1 1975 1982  
MD 500C   United States Light helicopter 0 2 1975 1986  
Mil Mi-8T   Soviet Union Medium helicopter 0 8 1973 2010  
Bell 206A   United States Utility helicopter 0 1 1968 1979  
Sud-Aviation S.E.3130 Alouette II   France Light helicopter 0 2 1965 1975  
Mil Mi-4   Soviet Union Medium helicopter 0 3 1962 1979  
Mil Mi-1   Poland Light helicopter 0 4 1961 1967  
Bell 47 D-1   United States Light helicopter 0 1 1953 1957   Bought jointly with Imatran Voima, who was the sole operator after 1957.

UAVs edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
RUAG Ranger   Switzerland Tactical UAV 10 12 2001  
Aeronautics Orbiter-2B   Israel Lightweight UAV 250 250 2012   55 systems, with a total of 250 mini air vehicles delivered
DJI Mavic Pro Platinum[2]   China Lightweight quadcopter drone 150 150 2019  

Post-WWII aircraft, propeller-driven edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander   United Kingdom Liaison aircraft 0 1 1974 1975  
Cessna 402B Businessliner   United States Liaison aircraft 0 2 1976 1984  
Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II
Piper PA-28RT-201 Arrow IV 		  United States Liaison aircraft 0
0 		6
4 		1974
1980 		2004
2004 		 
Piper PA-31 Navajo
PA-31-350 Chieftain 		  United States Liaison aircraft 0
0 		1
6 		1974
1983 		1975
2010 		 
Douglas C-47   United States Transport aircraft 0 9 1960 1984  
Fokker F-27   Netherlands Transport aircraft 0 2 1980, 1984 2013   One F-27 Mk 100 Friendship and one Mk 400M Troopship
Fokker F-27   Netherlands Signals intelligence aircraft 0 1 1980 2015   Mk 100 Friendship
Valmet L-90 TP Redigo   Finland Training and liaison aircraft 0 10 1992 2013  
Valmet L-70 Vinka   Finland Basic trainer 0 30 1980 2022  
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver   Canada Liaison aircraft 0 3 1958 1971  
Hunting Percival Pembroke   United Kingdom Aerial photography 0 2 1956 1968  
Valmet Vihuri   Finland Training aircraft 0 51 1951 1959  
Saab 17A   Sweden Target tow 0 2 1959 1961  
Saab 91D Safir   Sweden Target tow 0 36 1958 1982  
Valmet Tuuli III   Finland Training aircraft 0 1 1957 1959  
Beechcraft D17S   United States Liaison aircraft 0 2 1940 1958  

Cold War jet aircraft edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Saab 35BS Draken   Sweden Fighter aircraft 0 6 1972 1995  
Saab 35CS Draken   Sweden Two-seat trainer 0 6 1972 1995  
Saab 35FS Draken   Sweden Fighter aircraft 0 12 1976, 1984 2000  
Saab 35XS Draken   Sweden Fighter aircraft 0 12 1975 2000  
MiG-21bis   Soviet Union Fighter aircraft 0 20 1978 1998  
MiG-21bis   Soviet Union Reconnaissance aircraft 0 6 1984 1998  
MiG-21F-13   Soviet Union Fighter aircraft 0 13 1973 1986  
MiG-21F-13   Soviet Union Reconnaissance aircraft 0 9 1984 1986  
MiG-21U   Soviet Union Two-seat trainer 0 2 1965 1981  
MiG-21UM   Soviet Union Two-seat trainer 0 4 1974, 1984 1998  
MiG-15UTI   Soviet Union Two-seat trainer 0 4 1962 1977  
de Havilland Vampire Mk.52   United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 6 1954 1965  
de Havilland Vampire Mk.55   United Kingdom Two-seat trainer 0 9 1955 1965  
Folland Gnat Mk.1   United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 13 1958 1974  
Fouga CM.170 Magister   France Two-seat trainer 0 80 1958 1988  
Ilyushin Il-28   Soviet Union Maritime surveillance, target-tug, aerial photography 0 4 1960 1981  

World War II edit

Fighters edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Brewster B-239   United States Fighter aircraft 0 44 1940 1948  
Bristol Bulldog IIA   United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 2 1940 1944  
Bristol Bulldog IVA   United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 17 1935 1944  
Caudron-Renault C.R. 714   France 0 6 1940 1944  
Curtiss Hawk 75A-1
Curtiss Hawk 75A-2
Curtiss Hawk 75A-3
Curtiss Hawk 75A-4
Curtiss Hawk 75A-6		   United States 0 6
9
9
7
13		 1941 1948  
Curtiss P-40M Warhawk   United States 0 1 1943 1945  
Fiat G.50  "Freccia"   Italy Fighter aircraft 0 35 1939 1946  
Fokker D.XXI   Netherlands Fighter aircraft 0 97 1937 1948  
Gloster Gamecock II   United Kingdom 0 17 1927 1944  
Gloster Gladiator I   United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 12 1940 1940  
Gloster Gladiator II   United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 30 1940 1945  
Hawker Hart   United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 5 1940 1940  
Hawker Hurricane I
Hawker Hurricane IIA		   United Kingdom 0 12
1		 1940 1944  
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-8		   Germany 0 48
109
2		 1943 1954  
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406   France Fighter aircraft 0 87 1940 1948  
Polikarpov I-152 (I-15bis)   Soviet Union 0 5 1940 1945  
Polikarpov I-153   Soviet Union 0 11 1940 1945  
Polikarpov I-16   Soviet Union 0 2 1940 1943  
VL Humu   Finland 0 1 1944 1945  
VL Myrsky   Finland 0 51 1944 1947  
VL Pyörremyrsky   Finland 0 1 1945 1945  

Bombers edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Bristol Blenheim Mk.I   United Kingdom Bomber aircraft 0 75 1937 1958  
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV   United Kingdom Bomber aircraft 0 22 1940 1958  
Dornier Do 17 Z-1
Dornier Do 17 Z-2
Dornier Do 17 Z-3		   Germany 0 4
2
9		 1942 1948  
Ilyushin DB-3M   Soviet Union 0 11 1940 1945  
Ilyushin DB-3F   Soviet Union 0 4 1943 1945  
Junkers Ju 88 A-4   Germany 0 24 1943 1948  
Petlyakov Pe-2
Petlyakov Pe-3		   Soviet Union 0
0		 7
1		 1941
1943		 1946
1944		  
Douglas DC-2   United States 0 1 1940 1940   The Hanssin-Jukka [fi] was used as a bomber during the Winter War

Reconnaissance edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Blackburn Ripon IIF   United Kingdom 0 26 1929 1944  
Fokker C.VD
Fokker C.VE		   Netherlands 0 2
17		 1927 1945  
Fokker C.X   Netherlands Reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft 0 39 1936 1958  
Koolhoven F.K.52   Netherlands 0 2 1940 1943  
VL Tuisku I and II   Finland 0 31 1935 1950  

Liaison edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Desoutter Mk.II   United Kingdom 0 1 1941 1944  
Fairchild 24J 60 De Luxe   United States Liaison aircraft 0 1 1939 1940  
Fieseler Fi 156K-1 Storch   Germany Liaison aircraft 0 2 1939 1960  
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe   Germany 0 1 1943 1944  
Junkers A50 Junior   Germany 0 2 1936 1940  
Polikarpov U-2   Soviet Union 0 4 1942 1945  
Westland Lysander I   United Kingdom 0 12 1940 1946  

Transport edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Douglas DC-2   United States Transport aircraft 0 3 1940 1946  
Fokker F.VIIa   Netherlands 0 1 1941 1943  
Fokker F.VIII   Netherlands 0 1 1940 1941  
Junkers F 13   Germany 0 3 1939 1947  
Junkers W 34
Junkers K 43F		   Weimar Republic 0 12 1930 1952  

Amphibious edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Arado Ar 196   Germany A-2, A-3, A-5 0 12 1943 1945  
Beriev MBR-2
Beriev MBR-2bis		   Soviet Union 0 2
3		 1941 1942  
Dornier Do 22Kl   Germany 0 4 1941 1945  
Heinkel He 59   Germany 0 4 1943 1943  
Heinkel He 115   Germany 0 3 1940 1944  
M.F. 11   Norway 0 3 1940 1944  
Shavrov Sh-2   Soviet Union 0 2 1942 1944  
VL E.30 Kotka I and II   Finland 0 6 1931 1944  

Trainer edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Aero A-32 GR   Czechoslovakia Reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft 0 16 1929 1944  
Airspeed A.S.6E Envoy   United Kingdom 0 1 1942 1943  
Avro 652A Anson I   United Kingdom Training aircraft 0 3 1936 1947  
Cessna C-37   United States Training aircraft 0 1 1939 1944  
De Havilland D.H.60X Moth   United Kingdom Training aircraft 0 23 1929 1944  
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 J Stieglitz   Germany 0 35 1940 1960  
Gloster Gauntlet II   United Kingdom 1 24 1940 1945   Supplied by the South African government
Hanriot H.232.2   France 0 3 1941 1945  
Jaktfalken II   Sweden 0 3 1940 1945  
Letov S 218 A Smolik   Czechoslovakia 0 39 1930 1945  
Polikarpov I-16 UTI   Soviet Union 0 1 1941 1943  
Raab-Katzenstein RK-26 Tigerschwalbe   Weimar Republic 0 1 1940 1940   Civilian donation
VL Pyry   Finland 0 41 1939 1962  
VL Sääski I and II   Finland 0 33 1928 1943  
VL Viima I and II   Finland 0 24 1936 1962  

Inter-war years edit

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Adaridi   Finland 0 1 1924 1931  
Aero A-11   Czech Republic 0 8 1927 1939  
Albatros C.III   German Empire 0 2 1919 1921  
Avro 504K   United Kingdom 0 1 1926 1930  
Breguet 14A.2   France 0 30 1919 1927  
Caudron C.59   France 0 3 1923 1931  
Caudron C.60   France 0 64 1923 1936  
Caudron G.3   France 0 19 1920 1924  
Caudron G.4   France 0 1 1922 1922  
D.F.W. C.V   German Empire 0 2 1918 1921  
Fokker D.X   German Empire 0 1 1923 1926  
Fokker D.VII   German Empire 0 3 1919 1924  
Friedrichshafen FF.33E   German Empire 0 3 1918 1923  
Friedrichshafen FF.41A   German Empire 0 1 1918 1923  
Friedrichshafen FF.49B
Friedrichshafen FF.49C		   German Empire 0 5 1918 1922  
Georges Levy G.L.40 HB2   France 0 12 1919 1922  
Gourdou-Leseurre GL-21 B2
Gourdou-Leseurre GL-21 B3		   France 0 20 1923 1931  
I.V.L. A.22 Hansa   Finland 0 120 1922 1936  
I.V.L. C.24   Finland 0 1 1924 1924  
I.V.L. C.VI.25   Finland 0 1 1925 1925  
I.V.L. D.26 Haukka I
IVL D.26 Haukka II		   Finland 0
0		 1
2		 1927
1928		 1927
1930		  
IVL K.1 Kurki   Finland 0 1 1927 1927  
Junkers A 35   Weimar Republic 0 1 1928 1928  
Koolhoven F.K.31   Netherlands 0 12 1926 1932  
L.V.G. C.VI   German Empire 0 2 1922 1923   Ex Swedish airline
Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard   United Kingdom 0 15 1923 1939  
Morane-Saulnier MS 50C   France 0 6 1925 1932  
N.A.B. Typ 12 Albatros
N.A.B. Typ 17 Albatros Jagare
N.A.B. Typ 9 Albatros
SW 20 Albatros		   Sweden 0 1
1
2
1		 1918
1918
1918
1918		 1918
1919
1923
13 Apr 1918		  
Nieuport 10   Russian Empire 0 3 1918 1919  
Nieuport 11   Russian Empire 0 1 1918 1923  
Nieuport 23   Russian Empire 0 2 1918 1920  
Potez 25 A2   France 0 1 1927 1936  
Rumpler 6B1
Rumpler 6B2		   German Empire 0
0		 1
1		 1918
1918		 25 Oct 1919
1926		  
Rumpler C.VIII   German Empire 0 1 1918 1925  
S.I.A.I. (Savoia) S.9   Italy 0 2 1919 1920  
Spad S.34   France 0 2 1921 1925  
Spad S.VII   France 0 1 1919 1923  
Shchetinin M-5   Russian Empire 0 1 1918 1920  
Shchetinin M-9   Russian Empire 0 9 1918 1922  
Shchetinin M-15   Russian Empire 0 2 1918 1919  
Shchetinin M-16   Russian Empire 0 6 1918 1923  
Thulin LA   Sweden 0 1 1918 1919  
Thulin typ D   Sweden 0 2 1918 1919  
VL Paarma   Finland 0 1 1931 1933  

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Hawk 40 år i Finland - Flygvapnet". ilmavoimat.fi.
  2. ^ Lee, David (June 17, 2019). "DJI Supplies 150 Drones To Finnish Defense Forces".

External links edit

  •   Media related to Military aircraft of Finland at Wikimedia Commons

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