List of historic Estonian Air Force aircraft

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The Estonian Air Force had more than 130 aircraft in the middle of the 1930s. [1] Estonian engineers had previously designed and constructed several trainer and light fighter aircraft types, of which the most famous is the PTO-4 which entered service in 1938 as a military training aircraft. [2]
Before the Soviet occupation, Estonia had placed an order for 12 Supermarine Spitfire fighters and 2 Westland Lysander aircraft from Britain, and was also seeking to purchase 12 Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters from Germany.[ citation needed ] Deliveries were interrupted by the start of World War II and the Spitfires later served in the Royal Air Force.

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Aircraft

1918-1940: From independence to Soviet occupation of 1940

This is a list of aircraft formerly used by the Estonian Õhukaitse during the period starting from the Estonian independence of 1918 to the Soviet occupation of 1940: [1] [3]

Reconnaissance aircraft
Trainer aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Bomber aircraft
Multi-role aircraft
Flying Boat

1991-present: After the end of Soviet occupation

This is a list of aircraft used and in use by Estonian Air Force after the end of post-WW2 Soviet occupation and resumption of Estonia's de facto independence in 1991 (de jure independence having been continuous during Soviet occupation due to Estonia's government in exile):

Transport aircraft
Helicopters
Jet Trainer aircraft
Trainer aircraft

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Humberstone 41-45
  2. ↑ Gerdessen, Frederik; Kitvel, Toivo and Tilk, Johannes. "Aeg, mehed, lennukid" Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2001
  3. ↑ Eesti kaitseväe väljaõpe [ permanent dead link ], (Training and equipment of the Estonian Defence Forces)
  4. 1 2 3 4 "World Air Forces - Historical Listings Estonia (EST)" . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Estonian Air Force to get two M-28 transport aircraft from US". Baltic Times. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  6. 1 2 3 "Õhuvägi saab kingiks neli USA väikekopterit". www.postimees.ee (in Estonian). 30 October 2001. Archived from the original on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  7. ↑ "Rebtech completes Estonia Air Force's R44 helicopter upgrade".
  8. ↑ "Two Estonian Air Force planes accidentally violated Finnish airspace". Republic of Estonia Defense Forces. 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  9. ↑ Jean-François Auran (13 January 2023). "Everything you need to know about the Estonian Air Force". Key.Aero (Key Publishing Ltd). Retrieved 10 July 2025.
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