List of military aircraft of Finland

Last updated July 07, 2025

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	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	54	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

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-17s every year (3.2%). The aircraft operate from Pápa Air Base in Hungary.

Army Aviation

Helicopters

All helicopters were transferred to the army aviation in 1997.

Model	Origin	Type	Operational	Quantity	In service	Retired	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

Model	Origin	Type	Operational	Quantity	In service	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

Model	Origin	Type	Operational	Quantity	In service	Retired	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

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

World War II

Fighters

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

Bombers

Model	Origin	Type	Operational	Quantity	In service	Retired	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
Tupolev SB 2M-103U (MV-3) "SB-3"	Soviet Union		0	24	1941	1950
Douglas DC-2	United States		0	1	1940	1940	The Hanssin-Jukka [ fi ] was used as a bomber during the Winter War

Reconnaissance

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

Liaison

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

Transport

Model	Origin	Type	Quantity	In service	Retired
Douglas DC-2	United States	Transport aircraft	3	1940	1946
Fokker F.VIIa	Netherlands		1	1941	1943
Fokker F.VIII	Netherlands		1	1940	1941
Junkers F 13	Germany		3	1939	1947
Junkers W 34 Junkers K 43F	Weimar Republic		12	1930	1952
Junkers Ju 52	Germany	Transport aircraft	2	1942

Amphibious

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

Trainer

Model	Origin	Type	Operational	Quantity	In service	Retired	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
Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann	Germany	Training aircraft	0	2	1937
Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister	Germany	Training aircraft	0	1	1938
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

Model	Origin	Operational	Quantity	In service	Retired	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
Klemm Kl 25 D.VII R	Nazi Germany	0	3	1937	1972
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

1 2 3 "Hawk 40 år i Finland - Flygvapnet". ilmavoimat.fi.
↑ Lee, David (June 17, 2019). "DJI Supplies 150 Drones To Finnish Defense Forces".

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[auto1-1] 1 2 3 "Hawk 40 år i Finland - Flygvapnet". ilmavoimat.fi.

[2] Lee, David (June 17, 2019). "DJI Supplies 150 Drones To Finnish Defense Forces".

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