Strategic / Heavy Airlifters

  • Lockheed C-5M Galaxy

  • Boeing C-17A Globemaster III

  • Ilyushin Il-76MD/MD-90A

  • Antonov An-124 Ruslan (limited/Ukraine & Russia)

  • Xian Y-20 / Y-20U

  • Kawasaki C-2

  • Airbus A400M Atlas (straddles strategic/tactical)

  • Antonov An-22 (legacy/limited)

Medium / Tactical Airlifters

  • Lockheed C-130H/J Super Hercules (incl. many national mods)

  • Embraer C/KC-390 Millennium

  • Airbus C-295 (incl. C-295M, C-295W)

  • Airbus CN-235

  • Leonardo C-27J Spartan

  • Xian Y-9 (and older Y-8 series)

  • Antonov An-12 (legacy/widely used)

  • Antonov An-26 / An-32

  • Shaanxi Y-5 (An-2 derivative; light utility)

Light / Utility (Fixed-Wing)

  • Beechcraft C-12 Huron / King Air 200/350

  • Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (C-208)

  • Dornier Do-228

  • Pilatus PC-6 Porter / PC-12

  • De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

  • Let L-410 Turbolet

  • BAe 146/Avro RJ “QT/STA” (military conversions, limited users)

STOL / Short / Unprepared Field Specialists

  • De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (legacy)

  • De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo (legacy)

  • Antonov An-72 / An-74 (STOL jet)

  • Viking Twin Otter (DHC-6-400) (new-build STOL)

Amphibious / Maritime Transports (SAR/utility capable)

  • ShinMaywa US-2

  • Beriev Be-200 (primarily firefighting/SAR)

  • Harbin SH-5 (legacy/limited)

Carrier Onboard Delivery / Tiltrotor

  • Grumman C-2A Greyhound (USN legacy)

  • Bell-Boeing CMV-22B Osprey (current COD/transport)