page_title: Curtiss C-46 Commando
section_title: Military operators
hierarchical_section_title: Curtiss C-46 Commando / Operators / Military operators
caption_attribution_description: English: In-flight cockpit view of a Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft.
context_page_description: The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a twin-engine transport aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurised high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports used the name 'Condor III' but the Commando name was in use by early 1942 in company publicity. It was used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces and also the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps, which used the designation R5C. The C-46 served in a similar role to its Douglas-built counterpart, the C-47 Skytrain, but it was not as extensively produced as the latter.
  After World War II, a few surplus C-46 aircraft were briefly used in their originally designated role as passenger airliners, but the glut of surplus C-47s dominated the marketplace and the C-46 was soon relegated to primarily cargo duty. The type continued in U.S. Air Force service in a secondary role until 1968. The C-46 continues in operation as a rugged cargo transport for Arctic and remote locations with its service life extended into the 21st century.
context_section_description:  Argentina
  Argentine Air Force – two aircraft
   Bolivia
  Bolivian Air Force
  Transporte Aéreo Militar
   Brazil
  Brazilian Air Force
   Cambodia
  Royal Khmer Aviation (AVRK) – six aircraft
   Republic of China
  Republic of China Air Force
   People's Republic of China
  People's Liberation Army Air Force
   Colombia
  Colombian Air Force – one aircraft
   Cuba
  Cuban Air Force
   Dominican Republic
  Dominican Air Force
   Ecuador
  Ecuadorian Air Force
   Egypt
  Egyptian Air Force
   Haiti
  Haitian Air Corps
   Honduras
  Honduran Air Force
   Israel
  Israeli Air Force
   Japan
  Japan Air Self-Defense Force
   South Korea
  South Korean Air Force
   Laos
  Royal Lao Air Force
   Mexico
  Mexican Air Force
   Peru
  Peruvian Air Force
   Soviet Union
  Soviet Air Force – one aircraft
   United States
  United States Army Air Forces
  United States Air Force
  United States Marine Corps
  United States Navy
  Air America
caption: "Working office" of a C-46, c. 2006, over northern Manitoba
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