List of Antonov An-2 operators



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

🇦🇫 [[afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
Afghanistan received more than a dozen An-2 aircraft, with service beginning in 1957. A few remain available.
 * Afghan Air Force

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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.
 * Albanian Air Force


 * People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola

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 * Armenian Air Force

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 * Azerbaijan Air Force

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 * Bulgarian Air Force:


 * Cambodian Air Force


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

Croatian air force operated 7 An-2DT aircraft until 2004 when the last 4 were handed over to aeroclubs.
 * Croatian Air Force:
 * 27 Eskadrila Transportnih Zrakoplova

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All An-2 aircraft of the FAR (Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria) are retired. One example is displayed at the Museo del Aire (Cuba)
 * Cuban Air Force:
 * 15. Regimiento de Transporte
 * 25. Regimiento de Transporte
 * 35. Regimiento de Transporte

Phased out from military service before dissolution of state.
 * Czechoslovakian Air Force

East German An-2s were passed on to Germany upon unification.
 * Air Forces of the National People's Army

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 * Egyptian Air Force

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 * Estonian Air Force


 * Georgian Air Force

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Germany adopted its An-2 fleet from East Germany.
 * Luftwaffe

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 * Military of Guinea-Bissau

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 * Hungarian Air Force

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 * Iraqi Air Force

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 * Khmer National Air Force

[[undefined|Laos]]

 * Royal Lao Air Force
 * Pathet Lao
 * Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force


 * Latvian Air Force
 * Latvian National Guard (Zemessardze):
 * 1. Transporta Posms
 * 2. Transporta Posms
 * 3. Transporta Posms

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 * Lithuanian Air Force:
 * Transporto Eskadrile - currently operating 5 An-2 aircraft used for paratroop training only.

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Current there is one An-2 used for paratroop training.
 * Macedonian Air Force:
 * 501 Padobranski Diverzantski Odred

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 * Air Force of Mali

🇲🇩 [[moldova|Moldova]]
Only two are used by Moldovan Air Force all eight are in civilian service
 * Moldovan Air Force

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 * Mongolian People's Air Force

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 * Nicaraguan Air Force:
 * Escuadrón de Transporte

🇰🇵 [[north korea|North Korea]]
North Korea is believed to have grounded its fleet of about 300 planes due to the high price of fuel
 * North Korean Air Force

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Polish An-2s were in service between 1951 and 2012.
 * Polish Air Force
 * Polish Navy

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.


 * Romanian Air Force (retired)

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 * Russian Air Force (retired)
 * Russian Naval Aviation (retired)

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One An-2TD used for paratroop training by the 63rd Paratroop Battalion.
 * Serbian Air Force:

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 * Somali Air Corps

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


 * Sudanese Air Force

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 * Syrian Air Force


 * Vietnam People's Air Force

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


 * Yugoslav Air Force:


 * Civil Aviation Administration of China


 * Slov-Air


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

🇬🇩 [[grenada|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.

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

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 * Golden Rule Airlines

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 * Boni Air

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 * MIAT Mongolian Airlines

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


 * Antonov Club Avianna


 * Aeroflot

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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 Civil Aviation Department - later as Vietnam Civil Aviation (now Vietnam Airlines)


 * JAT Yugoslav Airlines