page_title: North American T-6 Texan
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: North American T-6 Texan / Operators
caption_attribution_description: Portuguese Air Force North American T-6
context_page_description: The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force, and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s. Designed by North American Aviation, the T-6 is known by a variety of designations depending on the model and operating air force. The United States Army Air Corps and USAAF designated it as the AT-6, the United States Navy the SNJ, and British Commonwealth air forces the Harvard, the name by which it is best known outside the US. Starting in 1948, the new United States Air Force designated it the T-6, with the USN following in 1962. It remains a popular warbird aircraft used for airshow demonstrations and static displays. It has also been used many times to simulate various Japanese aircraft, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, in movies depicting World War II in the Pacific. A total of 15,495 T-6s of all variants were built.
context_section_description:  Argentina
  Argentine Army Aviation (SNJ-4)
  Argentine Naval Aviation (SNJ-4 and 30 SNJ-5Cs for carrier operations)
   Austria
  Austrian Air Force
   Belgium
  Belgian Air Force
   Biafra
  Biafran Air Force
   Bolivia
  Bolivian Air Force
  Naval Aviation
   Brazil
  Brazilian Air Force
   Cambodia
  Royal Khmer Aviation (AVRK)
   Canada
  Royal Canadian Air Force
  Royal Canadian Navy
  National Research Council (still in use)
   Republic of China (Taiwan)
  Republic of China Air Force
   Chile
  Chilean Air Force
   Colombia
  Colombian Air Force
   Republic of the Congo
  Congolese Air Force
   Cuba
  Cuban Air and Air Defense Force
   Denmark
  Royal Danish Air Force
   Dominican Republic
  Dominican Air Force
   El Salvador
  Air Force of El Salvador
   France
  French Air Force
   Gabon
  Gabon Air Force
   Germany
  German Air Force (Bundeswehr Luftwaffe)
   Greece
  Hellenic Air Force
   Haiti
  Haiti Air Corps
   Hong Kong
  Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
   Honduras
  Honduran Air Force
   India
  Royal Indian Air Force
  Indian Air Force
   Indonesia
  Indonesian Air Force – buying 25 from US.
   Iran
  Iranian Air Force
   Israel
  Israeli Air Force
   Italy
  Italian Air Force operated 238 aircraft from 1949 until 1979
   Japan
  Japan Air Self-Defense Force
  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
   Katanga
  Force Aérienne Katangaise
   Lebanon
  Lebanese Air Force
   South Korea
  Republic of Korea Air Force
   Kingdom of Laos
  Royal Lao Air Force
   Mexico
  Mexican Air Force Total of 120 delivered, 47 AT-6 and 73 T-6C
   Morocco
  Royal Moroccan Air Force
   Netherlands
  Royal Netherlands Air Force
  Dutch Naval Aviation Service
  Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force – Post war
   Mozambique
  Mozambique Air and Air Defense Forces
   New Zealand
  Royal New Zealand Air Force (1 maintained for historic flight)
   Norway
  Royal Norwegian Air Force (1 maintained for historic flight)
   Nicaragua
  Fuerza Aérea de Nicaragua (G.N) Escuela Militar de Aviación 1948-1979
   Pakistan
  Pakistan Air Force
   Paraguay
  Paraguayan Air Force
  Paraguayan Naval Aviation
   Philippines
  Philippine Air Force
   Portugal
  Portuguese Air Force
  Portuguese Naval Aviation
   South Africa
  South African Air Force
   Southern Rhodesia
  Southern Rhodesian Air Force
   South Vietnam
  Republic of Vietnam Air Force
   Saudi Arabia
  Royal Saudi Air Force
   Spain
  Spanish Air Force
   Soviet Union
  Soviet Air Forces
   Sweden
  Swedish Air Force 145 Harvard IIb as Sk 16A, 106 T-6A, T-6B, SNJ-3, SNJ-4 as Sk 16B and 6 SNJ-2 as Sk 16C.
    Switzerland
  Swiss Air Force
   Syria
  Syrian Air Force
   Thailand
  Royal Thai Air Force
   Tunisia
  Tunisian Air Force
   Turkey
  Turkish Air Force: 196 planes of various types
   United Kingdom
  Royal Air Force
  Royal Navy
  Qinetiq (retired in 2016)
   United States
  United States Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces
  United States Air Force
  United States Navy
  United States Marine Corps
  United States Coast Guard
   Uruguay
  Uruguayan Air Force
  Aviacion Naval Uruguaya
   Venezuela
  Venezuelan Air Force
   Yugoslavia
  SFR Yugoslav Air Force
   Zaire
caption: T-6G in Portuguese Air Force museum
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