List of military aircraft of Finland explained

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

Current inventory

Model	Origin	Type	Operational	Quantity	In service	Retired	Image	Details
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II		Multi-role fighter	0	64	2026			Block 4-version
Boeing F/A-18C Hornet		Multi-role fighter	54	57	1995
Boeing F/A-18D Hornet		Two-seat trainer	7	8	1995
BAE Hawk Mk.66		Two-seat trainer	16^[1]	18	2009
BAE Hawk Mk.51A		Two-seat trainer	7	7	1993
BAE Hawk Mk.51		Two-seat trainer	7	50	1980
Learjet 35A/S		Maritime surveillance, aerial photography, air sampling, target towing, personnel transport	3	3	1982
Pilatus PC-12 NG		Passenger and cargo aircraft	6	6	2010
C-295M		Transport aircraft	2	2	2007
C-295 SIGINT		Signals intelligence aircraft	1	1	2018
Grob G 115E		Primary trainer	28	28	2016

Army Aviation

Helicopters

All helicopters were transferred to the army aviation in 1997.

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

UAVs

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

Post-WWII aircraft, propeller-driven

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

Cold War jet aircraft

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

World War II

Fighters

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

Bombers

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

Reconnaissance

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

Liaison

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

Transport

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

Amphibious

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

Trainer

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

Inter-war years

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hawk 40 år i Finland - Flygvapnet. ilmavoimat.fi.
2. Web site: DJI Supplies 150 Drones To Finnish Defense Forces. David. Lee. June 17, 2019.