page_title: De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
section_title: Military operators
hierarchical_section_title: De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver / Operators / Military operators
context_page_description: The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined high-wing propeller-driven short takeoff and landing aircraft developed and manufactured by de Havilland Canada. It has been primarily operated as a bush plane and has been used for a wide variety of utility roles, such as cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application, and civil aviation duties.
  Shortly after the end of the Second World War, de Havilland Canada decided to orient itself towards civilian operators. Based on feedback from pilots, the company decided that the envisioned aircraft should have excellent STOL performance, all-metal construction, and accommodate many features sought by the operators of bush planes. On 16 August 1947, the maiden flight of the aircraft, which had received the designation DHC-2 Beaver, took place. In April 1948, the first production aircraft was delivered to the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. A Royal New Zealand Air Force Beaver played a supporting role in Sir Edmund Hillary's famous 1958 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole.
  In addition to its use in civilian operations, the Beaver has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft.
context_section_description:  Argentina
  Argentine Air Force
   Australia
  Royal Australian Air Force – Five in service 1955–1964.
  Antarctic Flight RAAF
  No. 1 Air Trials Unit
   Austria
  Austrian Air Force
   Burma
  Burma Air Force
   Cambodia
  Royal Cambodian Air Force – received three L-20s from the United States in the late 1950s.
   Chile
  Chilean Air Force
   Taiwan
  Republic of China Air Force
   Colombia
  Colombian Air Force
   Cuba
  Cuban Air Force
   Dominican Republic
  Dominican Air Force
   Finland
  Finnish Air Force
  Finnish Border Guard
   France
  French Air Force
   Ghana
  Ghana Air Force
   Greece
  Greek Air Force
  Greek Army
   Haiti
  Haiti Air Corps
   Indonesia
   Iran
  Imperial Iranian Air Force
   Kenya
  Kenya Air Force (in operation 1964–1983)
   Laos
  Royal Lao Air Force
   Netherlands
  Royal Netherlands Air Force
   New Zealand
  Royal New Zealand Air Force
   Oman
  Royal Air Force of Oman
   Panama
  Panamanian Public Forces
   Paraguay
  Paraguayan Air Force 4 U-6A donated by MAP in 1975
   Peru
  Peruvian Air Force
   Philippines
  Philippine Air Force
  Philippine Navy
   Federation of South Arabia
  Federation of South Arabian Air Force
   South Korea
  Republic of Korea Air Force
   South Vietnam
  Republic of Vietnam Air Force
   South Yemen
  South Yemen Air Force
   Thailand
  Royal Thai Army
   Turkey
  Turkish Army
   Uganda
   United Kingdom
  Army Air Corps acquired 46 Beavers.
  Aden Protectorate, 15 Flight A.A.C (7 Beavers operating from Falaise airfield Little Aden)
   United States
  Civil Air Patrol
  United States Army
  United States Air Force
  United States Navy
   Yugoslavia
  SFR Yugoslav Air Force
   Zambia
  Zambian Air Force
caption: U.S. Army example
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