page_title: Antonov An-26
section_title: Former military operators
hierarchical_section_title: Antonov An-26 / Operators / Military operators / Former military operators
caption_attribution_description: English: Antonov An-26 of the Czech Air Force (identifier 2409) taxis for takeoff at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.
context_page_description: The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.
context_section_description:  Afghanistan
  Afghan Air Force – All remaining aircraft retired June 2011. One of their An-26 which defected to Pakistan, is preserved at PAF Museum, Karachi
   Bangladesh
  Bangladesh Air Force
   Benin
  Benin Air Force – two
   Bulgaria
  Bulgarian Air Force – five used from 1984 until 2011
   Cambodia
  Royal Cambodian Air Force
   Republic of the Congo
  Congolese Air Force – one
   Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakian Air Force
   East Germany
  East German Air Force
   Germany
  German Air Force
   Guinea-Bissau
  Guinea-Bissau Air Force
   Hungary
  Hungarian Air Force – 11 delivered from 1974, last one retired June 2020.
   Iraq
  Iraqi Air Force
   Mongolia
  Mongolian Air Defense Forces Command – four
   Lithuania
  Lithuanian Air Force – three operated
   Mali
  Air Force of Mali
   Niger
  Niger Air Force – one
   North Yemen
  North Yemen Air Force
   Pakistan
  Pakistani Air Force
   Peru
  Peruvian Air Force – 22 operated from 1977 to 1993
   Poland
  Polish Air Force – 12 operated from 1972 to January 2009; retired
   Romania
  Romanian Air Force – Replaced by Alenia C-27J Spartan before 2017
   Slovakia
  Slovak Air Force – Two, retired in 2016, to be replaced by Alenia C-27J Spartan aircraft beginning in 2017.
   Somalia
  Somali Air Corps
   Soviet Union
  Soviet Air Force – Passed on to successor states in 1991
  Soviet Naval Aviation –
   Tanzania
  Tanzanian Air Force – none; retired
   Turkmenistan
  Military of Turkmenistan – ten
   United States
  United States Air Force – Operated 2003–2007 by the 6th Special Operations Squadron
   Yugoslavia
  Yugoslav Air Force – 14
   Zambia
  Zambian Air Force and Air Defense Command – four
caption: An-26 of the Czech Air Force
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