List of military aircraft of Norway

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Template:Norwegian defence List of military aircraft of Norway consists of the aircraft of Royal Norwegian Air Force, established in 1944 with the amalgamation of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service and the Norwegian Army Air Service, both of which were established in 1912.

Below is a list of aircraft used by the Norwegian Air Forces throughout their history. The majority of aircraft before 1940 were built in Norway while the majority of aircraft used after 1940 were built either in the United Kingdom or the United States.

## Aircraft used by the Air Force and its predecessors

Gloster Gladiator 423 in 1938-1940 Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar One of the four Norwegian Caproni Ca.310s c. 1939 Norwegian Army Air Service Fokker CV-D photographed in 1990 Tiger Moth in Norwegian markings, 24 June 2001 Royal Norwegian Air Force F-5A Freedom Fighter aircraft flying in close formation with a New Jersey Air National Guard F-4 Phantom II aircraft during an exercise in 1982. Type | # in use | Period | Notes

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Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
Rumpler Taube | 1 | 1912-1922 | Start, with first flights 1 and 7 June 1912, the first aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service that was established in 1916.
Maurice Farman S.3 Longhorn | 1 | 1914 | Roald Amundsen was originally a gift from Roald Amundsen to the Norwegian Army Air Service, but was lent to the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.1 | 6 | 1915- |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.2 | 3 | 1916-1924 |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.3 | 4 | 1917-1924 |
Sopwith Baby | 18 | 1917-1931 |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.4 | 7 | 1918- | Some MF.1s were rebuilt to MF.4 to bring the number to seven
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.5 | 8 | 1918-1926 |
Nielsen & Winther | 1 | 1918 |
Supermarine Channel I | 5 | 1920-1923 |
Lübeck-Travemünde F.4 | 2 | 1920-1924 | Last flight 1924, scrapped 1927 and 1930
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.6 | 2 | 1921-1927 |
Savoia S.13 | 1 | 1921-1928 | Gift
Hansa Brandenburg W.33 | 30 | 1922-1935 |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.7 | 2 | 1923-1931 |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.8 | 2
8B: 2 | 1924-1934
1930-1939* |
Douglas DT-2B/C | 8 | 1925-1940 | Single example delivered by Douglas, the rest built under licence by Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk.
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.9 | 15 | 1926-1932 |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.10 | 4 | 1929-1940 |
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.11 | 29 | 1932-1940 | Three aircraft interned in Finland were used by the Finns until 1944
Breda Ba 28 | 4 | 1936-1940 | Five were ordered to save an Italian-Norwegian cod fish trading deal, one crashed in Italy almost killing Finn Lützow-Holm
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.12 | 1 | 1939 |
Heinkel He 115A-2 | 6+2 | 1939-1943 | Six delivered in 1939, plus two captured from the Luftwaffe after the invasion. An order for a further six were placed, but the aircraft were not delivered by 9 April 1940.
The last of the delivered aircraft were scrapped in Woodhaven in 1943. Four aircraft served with RAF, one served in Finland
Junkers Ju 52 | 1 | 1940 | Hauken was rented from DNL from January 1940 until the invasion 9 April
Arado Ar 196A | 1 | 1940 | Interned near Kristiansund 8 April 1940, taken into Norwegian service the following day. Destroyed in landing accident in Glasgow later in April 1940
Norwegian Army Air Service
Maurice Farman S.3 Longhorn | 3 | 1912-1925 | Ganger Rolf and Njaal were bought with funds from Norsk Luftseiladsforening. Olav Trygvassøn was a gift with a clause; it was to be stationed in Trøndelag. Specified in 3 rows below.
Maurice Farman MF.7 | (1) | 1912-1925 | Ganger Rolf, built at Heradsbygd south of Elverum in 1912 with Norways first military flight 1 September 1912, one of the first two aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
Maurice Farman MF.7 | (1) | 1912-1925 | Njaal, built at Kjeller airport with first flight at Kjeller 21 September 1912, one of the first two aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
Maurice Farman MF.7 | (1) | 1914-1925 | S.3, trainer donated by Roald Amundsen in 1914 and transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service.
Bleriot XI | 1 | 1914-1915 | Tryggve Gran's Nordsjøen
Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.1 |  |  | Einar Sem-Jacobsen visited Maurice Farman in France, but could not get the drawings for the aircraft he saw there, so he drew FF.1 from memory
Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.2 |  |  | Based on FF.1
Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.3 Hydro | 4 | 1917- | Based on a Farman Sem-Jacobsen had obtained drawings of.
Farman F.40 | XL II: 2
LX: 10 | 1916-1917
1917-1922 |
Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2e | 15 | 1917-1925 |
Avro 504 | 5 | 1918-1930 | The last, delivered in 1922, was a gift from Roald Amundsen.
Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.4 | 2 |  | Five planned, but prototype was a failure. An improved version did not fare much better, and both were soon withdrawn from service and sold at an auction
Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.5 (T.1) | T.1: 1
T.1B: 6
T.1C: 11 | 1918
1919-
1921-1924 | T.1, based on BE.2e, was a failure. T.1B, based on Avro 504 got into use, but was no success.
Farman F.46 | 2 | 1920-1922 |
Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.6 (T.2) | 1 | 1921 | Five planned, but the prototype turned out to be a failure; the test pilot refused to go up again after the first test flight. Scrapped 1922
Bristol F.2 Fighter | 5 | 1921-1930 |
Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.7 Hauk | 14 | 1923-1929 | Hannoversche Waggonfabrik's CL.V built under licence
Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.8 Måke | Måke I: 2
Måke II: 7
Måke III: 4 | -1928
1921-
1928- | Hansa Brandenburg W.29 built under licence, Måke I and II by Norsk Aerofabrik, Måke III by HF
Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.9 Kaje |  |  |
Fokker C.V.D | 27 | 1931-1940 | All built under licence by Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk
Fokker C.V.E | 20 | 1930-1940 | Five delivered by Fokker, the rest built under licence by HF
de Havilland DH.60 Moth | 13 | 1930-1940 | Three second-hand aircraft bought from de Havilland, 10 built under licence by HF
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth | 38 | 1933-1940 | All built under licence by HF
Cierva C.30A | 1 | 1935-1936 | Gift, sold after a year, hardly used
Svenska Aero J6B Jaktfalk | 1 | 1932-1936 | One Jaktfalk and One Fury bought for a fly-off for the next Norw. fighter
Hawker Fury I | 1 | 1933-1936 |
Armstrong Whitworth AW35 Scimitar | 4 | 1936-1940 | 40 projected built under licence by HFF, project abandoned when Scimitar was not selected by RAF
Gloster Gladiator | Mk.I: 6
Mk.II: 6 | 1937-1940
1940 |
Caproni Ca.310 | 4 | 1938-1940 | Bought in a dried and salted cod deal. In addition, two Ca.312 were ordered in the spring of 1940.
Curtiss 75A-6 | 19 | 1940 | 19 from an order of 24 delivered prior to the German invasion, most still in crates. Shipment with last five diverted to UK
War years: Little Norway, squadrons in RAF and the Stockholm Element
Hawker Hurricane |  |  | 331 Sqdn
Supermarine Spitfire |  |  | 331 & 332 Sqdn
Auster AOP.1 | 9 | 1944-1945 | 132 (N.) Wing (331 & 332 Sqdn.) hack
Bristol Beaufighter I | 3 | 1943 | On loan to 333 Sqdn from 235 Sqdn
Airspeed Oxford I | 2 |  |
Northrop N-3PB | 24 |  | 330 Sqdn
Fairchild M-62 |  |  | Little Norway
Curtiss 75A-8 | 36 |  | Little Norway
Douglas 8A-5 | 36 |  | Little Norway
Interstate Cadet | 2 |  | Little Norway
Waco SRE |  |  | Little Norway
Stinson Reliant | 7 |  | Little Norway
Noorduyn Norseman IV | 1 |  | Little Norway, rented a short period
Consolidated Catalina IIIA |  |  |
Short Sunderland | Mk. III:
Mk.V: |

de Havilland Mosquito |  |  |
Lockheed Lodestar |  |  | Stockholm Element
Royal Norwegian Air Force 1945-
Agusta-Bell 47J/J-2
Bell 47D-1
G-3 | 5

3 | 1958-1967
1953-1971
1954-1970 |
Airspeed Oxford I/II | 22 | 1947-1953 |
Avro Anson I | 10 | 1947-1951 |
Bell UH-1B | 37 | 1963-1990 |
Bell 412SP | 18 | 1987- |
Cessna L-19A (O-1A) | 27 | 1960-1992 |
Consolidated Catalina | IV A: (3)
IV B: 12
PBY-5A: 6 | 1945-1946
1945-1954
1954-1961 |
Dassault Falcon 20 | 3 | 1972- |
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | 10 | 1953-1968 |
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | 5 | 1967-2001 |
de Havilland Mosquito | T.III: 3
FB VI: 19 | 1947-1952
1945-1952 |
de Havilland Vampire | T.55: 6
F.III: 20
FB 52: 36 | 1952-1955
1948-1957
1949-1957 |
Douglas C-47A | 7
10 | 1945-1946
1950-1974 |
Douglas C-53D | 3 | 1945-1946 |
Fairchild M-62 | 74 | 1945-1957 |
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar | 8 | 1956-1969 |
Fiesler Fi 156 Storch | 30 | 1945-1954 |
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon | A: 60
B: 14 | 1980-2022
1980-2022 | Original order of 74 aircraft built under licence by Fokker mainly being (block 15 and 20 but, earlier on block 1, 5 and 10), two attrition aircraft from GD. most jets were upgraded to the OCU and later on MLU upgrades. On 6 January 2022, Norway announced that all F-16s had been retired.[1]
Grumman HU-16B (ASW) Albatross | 18 | 1961-1969 |
Junkers Ju 52/3m | 18 | 1945-1951 |
Lockheed C-56B/C-60A Lodestar | 7 | 1945-1950 |
Lockheed C-130E/H Hercules | 6 | 1969-2008 |
Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules | 5 | 2008- |
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
(Canadair CF-104) | F-104G: 24
TF-104G: 4
CF-104: 21
CF-104D: 3 | 1963-1981
1963-1983
1973-1983
1973-1983 |
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIA | 49 | 2016- | 52 F-35As planned in total.
Lockheed P-3 Orion | B: 5
C: 4
N: 2 | 1969-1989
1989-
1980- |
Lockheed T-33A | 22 | 1953-1968 |
MFI 15 Safari | 18 | 1981- |
Noorduyn Norseman IV/VI | 24 | 1945-1959 |
North American Harvard II/IIB/SNJ3/4 | 39 | 1945-1956 |
North American F-86 Sabre | F-86F: 115
F-86K: 64 | 1957-1967
1955-1967 |
Northrop N-3PB | 2 | 1945-1956 |
Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter | A: 98
B: 14
RF-5A: 16 | 1966-2000
1966-2000
1969-2000 |
Piper L-18C | 16 | 1955-1992 |
Republic F-84 Thunderjet | F-84E: 6
F:84G: 200
RF-84F: 35 | 1951-1956
1952-1960
1956-1970 |
SAAB 91B/B-2 Safir | 30 | 1956-1988 |
Short Sunderland Mk V | (11) | 1945 |
Sikorsky H-19D-4 | 4 | 1958-1967 |
Supermarine Spitfire | LF.IXe: 73
PR XI: 3 | 1945-1952
1946-1954 |
Westland Lynx Mk.86 | 6 | 1981-2014 |
Westland Sea King Mk.43/43B | 12 | 1971- | To be replaced by AW101
Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2 | 1 | 1945-1946 |
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun | 2 | 1945 |
Junkers W 34 | 1 | 1945-1946 |
AW101 SAR Queen | 16 | 2020- | [2] All 16 delivered to Norway by June 2025 [3]

## References

1. ↑ "Norway retires F-16 as F-35 takes on national air defence". https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/norway-retires-f-16-as-f-35-takes-on-national-air-defence#:~:text=Norway has retired the Lockheed,from the beginning of 2022.&text=Although the F-16 performed,will do so from Evenes..
2. ↑ "Kostnadssmell for nye redningshelikoptre: Peker på forsinkelser og ombygging på sykehus". 11 May 2021. https://www.tu.no/artikler/kostnadssmell-for-nye-redningshelikoptre-peker-pa-forsinkelser-og-ombygging-pa-sykehus/510065.
3. ↑ https://www.hovedredningssentralen.no/siste-sar-queen-redningshelikopter-har-landet-i-norge/

* Norske militærfly 1912-1940. (Arnesen, Odd. 2003)
* Hærens og marinens flyvåpen 1912-1945. (Meyer, Fredrik. 1973)
* Fra Spitfire til F-16 - Luftforsvaret 50 år 1944-1994 (Arheim, Hafsten, Olsen, Thuve. 1994)
* Oppdrag utført - Norges luftmilitære kulturarv (Glenne, Roar. 2012)

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