military transport aircraft

A military transport aircraft, military cargo aircraft or airlifter is a military-owned transport aircraft used to support military operations by airlifting troops and military equipment. Transport aircraft are crucial to maintaining supply lines to forward bases that are difficult to reach by ground or waterborne access, and can be used for both strategic and tactical missions. They are also often used for civilian emergency relief missions by transporting humanitarian aid.

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Airbus A330 MRTT, aircraft functional class, airlift glider, airlifter with 1 engine, airlifter with 4 engines, airlifter-reconnaissance aircraft, airlifter/bomber, An-132, An-2TD, Antonov An-12, Antonov An-28, Antonov An-32, Arava 201, AS.6 Envoy, Beechcraft UC-12B Huron, Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor, Boeing C-135 Stratolifter, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, Breda-Pittoni BP.471, Breguet 941, Britten-Norman BN-2B Defender, bumblecrow, C-12A Huron, C-12D Huron, C-12F Huron, C-130E Hercules, C-130F Hercules, C-130H3 Hercules, C-2/C-7, C-27A Spartan, C-27J Spartan, C-3A, C-76 Caravan, C-8 Buffalo, Caproni Ca.309, carrier onboard delivery aircraft, CASA C-202 Halcón, CASA/IPTN CN-235, CC-130J Hercules, CC-144, Clive, Convair XC-99, CT-43A, Curtiss C-46 Commando, Curtiss R4C-1 Condor, de Havilland Canada DHC-8, de Havilland Flamingo, Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Douglas C-33, Douglas C-39, Douglas C-74 Globemaster, Electra military aircraft, Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante, Embraer KC-390, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Fairchild C-123 Provider, Fairchild C-82 Packet, flying boat airlifter, Fokker F27-300M Troopship, Fokker F27M Troopship, Fokker TA, G-11M, G.222A, Grumman C-2 Greyhound, Handley Page Hastings, Hawker Siddeley Andover CC.Mk 2, Hawker Siddeley HS 780 Andover, Hercules C1, Hercules C1P, Hercules C3, Il-32, IL-34, Il-76MD-90A, Ilyushin Il-112, Ilyushin Il-76, Ju 52, Kawasaki C-1, Kawasaki C-2, Ki-56, KM-2, land-based airlifter, LC-130F Hercules, LC-130H Hercules, LC-130R Hercules, Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, Lockheed US-3A Viking, McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender, military transport aeroplane, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, R 42, RAF Voyager fleet, Savoia-Marchetti SM.95, Shcherbakov Shche-2, Short Belfast, SM.81 Pipistrello, SNCAC NC 211 Cormoran, Sud-Ouest Bretagne, tactical transport aircraft, Transall C-160, Tupolev Tu-107, Tupolev Tu-75, twinjet military transport, Vernon, Victoria, Yu, ZSO 523, 

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  An-132 ⓘ
  military transport aircraft under development by Antonov and Taqnia

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  An-2TD ⓘ
  parachutist transport aircraft by Antonov

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  Arava 201 ⓘ
  airliner model by Israel Aircraft Industries

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  AS.6 Envoy ⓘ
  1934 airliner by Airspeed

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  Beechcraft UC-12B Huron ⓘ
  military utility aircraft

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  Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor ⓘ
  proposed four-rotor derivative of the V-22 Osprey

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  Boeing KC-46 Pegasus ⓘ
  military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft

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  Breda-Pittoni BP.471 ⓘ
  Italian twin-engine airliner/military transport aircraft, 1950

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  Breguet 941 ⓘ
  French STOL transport aircraft with 4 turboprop engines, 1959

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  Britten-Norman BN-2B Defender ⓘ
  military utility aircraft series by Britten-Norman

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  bumblecrow ⓘ
  

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  C-12A Huron ⓘ
  military transport aircraft version of the Super King Air 200

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  C-12D Huron ⓘ
  airlifter model by Beechcraft

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  C-12F Huron ⓘ
  airlifter model by Beechcraft

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  C-130E Hercules ⓘ
  airlifter series by Lockheed

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  C-130F Hercules ⓘ
  airlifter model by Lockheed

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  C-130H3 Hercules ⓘ
  airlifter model by Lockheed

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  C-2/C-7 ⓘ
  airlifter family by Fokker

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  C-27A Spartan ⓘ
  military transport aircraft

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  C-3A ⓘ
  military transport model by Ford

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  C-76 Caravan ⓘ
  1940s military transport aircraft

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  C-8 Buffalo ⓘ
  airlifter series by de Havilland Canada

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  Caproni Ca.309 ⓘ
  reconnaissance and military transport aircraft

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  CASA C-202 Halcón ⓘ
  Spanish military aircraft

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  CC-130J Hercules ⓘ
  airlifter model by Lockheed

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  CC-144 ⓘ
  military transport version of the Canadair CL-600 Challenger business jet

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  Clive ⓘ
  airlifter series by Handley Page

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  CT-43A ⓘ
  executive aircraft model by Boeing

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  Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
  1940 airlifter family by Curtiss-Wright

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  Curtiss R4C-1 Condor ⓘ
  naval airlifter model

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  Douglas C-118 Liftmaster ⓘ
  airlifter series

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  Douglas C-33 ⓘ
  military transport aircraft version of the DC-2

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  Douglas C-39 ⓘ
  military passenger transport aircraft version of the C-33

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  Electra military aircraft ⓘ
  airlifter series by Lockheed

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  Embraer KC-390 ⓘ
  2015 airlifter series

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  Fairchild C-82 Packet ⓘ
  family of military transport aircraft

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  Fokker F27-300M Troopship ⓘ
  airlifter model by Fokker

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  Fokker F27M Troopship ⓘ
  airlifter series

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  Fokker TA ⓘ
  airlifter series

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  G-11M ⓘ
  1942 airlifter prototype by Gribovsky

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  G.222A ⓘ
  military training aircraft

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  Hawker Siddeley Andover CC.Mk 2 ⓘ
  VIP transport aircraft version of the HS 748 Series 2

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  Hawker Siddeley HS 780 Andover ⓘ
  multi-role military aircraft series

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  Hercules C1 ⓘ
  airlifter model by Lockheed

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  Hercules C1P ⓘ
  airlifter model by Lockheed

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  Hercules C3 ⓘ
  airlifter model by Lockheed

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  IL-34 ⓘ
  

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  Kawasaki C-2 ⓘ
  airlifter model by Kawasaki

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  Ki-56 ⓘ
  military transport aircraft

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  KM-2 ⓘ
  flying boat model by Amtorg

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  LC-130F Hercules ⓘ
  airlifter model by Lockheed

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  LC-130H Hercules ⓘ
  airlifter model by Lockheed

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  LC-130R Hercules ⓘ
  airlifter model by Lockheed

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  Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules ⓘ
  airlifter series by Lockheed

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  Lockheed US-3A Viking ⓘ
  carrier onboard delivery aircraft

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  R 42 ⓘ
  1926 military transport aircraft model by Junkers

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  RAF Voyager fleet ⓘ
  Royal Air Force multi-role tanker transport aircraft fleet manufactured by Airbus Military

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  Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 ⓘ
  Italian four-engine passenger and transport aircraft, 1943

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  Short Belfast ⓘ
  airlifter series

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  SNCAC NC 211 Cormoran ⓘ
  French transport aircraft with 4 piston engines, 1948

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  Sud-Ouest Bretagne ⓘ
  French short range airliner with 2 piston engines, 1945

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  Tupolev Tu-107 ⓘ
  Prototype aircraft

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Vernon ⓘ
  1921 airlifter family by Vickers

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  Victoria ⓘ
  1922 airlifter

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  Yu ⓘ
  proposed Russian military transport airplane

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  ZSO 523 ⓘ
  proposed 1940s large military transport

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  Ju 52 ⓘ
  1931 transport aircraft family by Junkers

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  de Havilland Flamingo ⓘ
  British passenger and transport aircraft

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  Shcherbakov Shche-2 ⓘ
  light transport/utility aircraft, USSR, 1942

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  Douglas C-74 Globemaster ⓘ
  military cargo aircraft

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  Il-32 ⓘ
  1948 airlift glider prototype by Ilyushin

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  Handley Page Hastings ⓘ
  British troop-carrier and freight transport aircraft designed and built by the Handley Page Aircraft Company for the Royal Air Force

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  Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar ⓘ
  1947 airlifter family by Fairchild Aircraft

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  Convair XC-99 ⓘ
  airplane

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  Tupolev Tu-75 ⓘ
  military transport version of Tu-4 bomber

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  Fairchild C-123 Provider ⓘ
  1949 airlifter family by Fairchild

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  Boeing C-135 Stratolifter ⓘ
  Military airlifter family

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  Antonov An-12 ⓘ
  1957 airlifter

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  Grumman C-2 Greyhound ⓘ
  carrier on-board delivery aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation

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  Transall C-160 ⓘ
  1963 airlifter family

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  Antonov An-26 ⓘ
  Soviet transport aircraft

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  Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante ⓘ
  light transport aircraft family

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  Ilyushin Il-76 ⓘ
  airlifter family by Ilyushin

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  Kawasaki C-1 ⓘ
  airlifter series by Kawasaki

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  McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender ⓘ
  1980 tanker aircraft series

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  Antonov An-28 ⓘ
  airliner family

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  Antonov An-32 ⓘ
  airliner and military tactical transport aircraft by Antonov

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  de Havilland Canada DHC-8 ⓘ
  1983 airliner family

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  Antonov An-124 Ruslan ⓘ
  airlifter series

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  Boeing C-17 Globemaster III ⓘ
  military transport aircraft series

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  C-27J Spartan ⓘ
  military transport aircraft

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Airbus A330 MRTT ⓘ
  aerial refuelling tanker aircraft

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  Il-76MD-90A ⓘ
  

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  Ilyushin Il-112 ⓘ
  light military transport aircraft under development by Russia

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Lajes field

Packing pallets

Defense.gov News Photo 971121-F-5872L-003

Defense.gov News Photo 090430-F-4883S-046

AN-124 RA-82081 (3939975083)

Kawasaki C-2 in Yokota Air Base During JAP-US Friendship Festival 2023

7T-WHF Lockheed C-130 (7999503044)

2014NancyOchey-8546

50+61 German Air Force Transall C-160D ILA Berlin 2016 09

54+01 German Air Force Airbus A400M ILA Berlin 2016 24

• Bombers 1939-45 Patrol and Transport Aircraft - , English

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		An-132	cargo aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		An-2TD	airlifter, Antonov An-2	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Arava 201	Arava Series 200, airlifter, Arava	Wikidata
class	aircraft		AS.6 Envoy	airlifter, airliner	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Beechcraft UC-12B Huron	airlifter, Beechcraft C-12 Huron, Beechcraft UC-12 Huron	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor	tiltrotor, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Boeing KC-46 Pegasus	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Breda-Pittoni BP.471	airlifter, airliner	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Breguet 941	airplane with 4 engines, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Britten-Norman BN-2B Defender	Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		bumblecrow	fictional aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-12A Huron	airlifter, Beechcraft King Air 200	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-12D Huron	airlifter, Beechcraft C-12 Huron, Beechcraft Super King Air 200CT	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-12F Huron	Beechcraft C-12 Huron, airlifter, Beechcraft King Air B200C	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-130E Hercules	Lockheed C-130 Hercules, land-based aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-130F Hercules	land-based aircraft, airlifter, Lockheed C-130 Hercules	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-130H3 Hercules	C-130H Hercules, land-based aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-2/C-7	airlifter, Fokker F.VII	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-27A Spartan	airlifter, Alenia G.222	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-3A	airlifter, 4-AT Trimotor	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-76 Caravan	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		C-8 Buffalo	airlifter, DHC-5B Buffalo, De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Caproni Ca.309	land-based aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		CASA C-202 Halcón	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		CC-130J Hercules	airlifter, land-based aircraft, C-130J Super Hercules, CC-130 Hercules	Wikidata
class	aircraft		CC-144	airlifter, CL-600 Challenger	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Clive	airlifter, Hinaidi	Wikidata
class	aircraft		CT-43A	Boeing T-43, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Curtiss C-46 Commando	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Curtiss R4C-1 Condor	airlifter, T-32 Condor II	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Douglas C-118 Liftmaster	airlifter, Douglas DC-6A Liftmaster, Douglas DC-6	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Douglas C-33	land-based aircraft, airlifter, Douglas DC-2	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Douglas C-39	Douglas C-33, land-based aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Electra military aircraft	Lockheed Model 10 Electra, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Embraer KC-390	airlifter, twinjet	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Fairchild C-82 Packet	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Fokker F27-300M Troopship	Fokker F27M Troopship, Fokker F27-300 Combiplane, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Fokker F27M Troopship	Fokker F27 Friendship, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Fokker TA	airlifter, Fokker F.VII	Wikidata
class	aircraft		G-11M	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		G.222A	airlifter, Alenia G.222	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Hawker Siddeley Andover CC.Mk 2	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Hawker Siddeley HS 780 Andover	Hawker Siddeley HS 748, twin-turboprop airliner, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Hercules C1	airlifter, land-based aircraft, Hercules, Lockheed C-130 Hercules	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Hercules C1P	Hercules, Hercules C1, land-based aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Hercules C3	Hercules, C-130H-30 Hercules, Hercules C1, land-based aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		IL-34	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Kawasaki C-2	twin-jet cargo transport, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Ki-56	Lockheed L-14 Super Electra, airlifter, military aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		KM-2	airlifter, flying boat	Wikidata
class	aircraft		LC-130F Hercules	Lockheed LC-130 Hercules, airlifter, C-130F Hercules	Wikidata
class	aircraft		LC-130H Hercules	airlifter, Lockheed LC-130 Hercules, land-based aircraft, C-130H Hercules	Wikidata
class	aircraft		LC-130R Hercules	land-based aircraft, airlifter, C-130R Hercules, Lockheed LC-130 Hercules	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules	airlifter, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, land-based aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Lockheed US-3A Viking	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		R 42	airlifter, G 24	Wikidata
class	aircraft		RAF Voyager fleet	airlifter, tanker aircraft, military aircraft, Airbus A330 MRTT	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Savoia-Marchetti SM.95	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Short Belfast	airplane with 4 engines, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		SNCAC NC 211 Cormoran	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Sud-Ouest Bretagne	airliner, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Tupolev Tu-107	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Unknown	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Unknown	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Unknown	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Unknown	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Unknown	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Vernon	land-based aircraft, Vimy, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Victoria	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Yu	proposed entity, airlifter, cargo aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		ZSO 523	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1932	Ju 52	transport aircraft, airlifter, airliner, bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1939	de Havilland Flamingo	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1943	Shcherbakov Shche-2	airlifter, transport aircraft, airliner	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1945	Douglas C-74 Globemaster	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1948	Il-32	airlifter, military glider	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1948	Handley Page Hastings	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1949	Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar	airlifter, land-based airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1949	Convair XC-99	double-deck aircraft, military aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1950	Tupolev Tu-75	airlifter, military aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1955	Fairchild C-123 Provider	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1957	Boeing C-135 Stratolifter	airplane with 4 jet engines, cargo aircraft, Boeing 707, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1959	Antonov An-12	fixed-wing airlifter, airlifter, transport aircraft with 4 turboprop engines	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1966	Grumman C-2 Greyhound	carrier-capable airplane, airlifter, Grumman E-2 Hawkeye	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1967	Transall C-160	airlifter, cargo aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1973	Antonov An-26	An-26/32, airlifter, airliner	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1973	Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante	airlifter, regional airliner, airliner	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1974	Ilyushin Il-76	airplane with 4 jet engines, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1974	Kawasaki C-1	airlifter, twin-jet cargo transport	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1981	McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender	airlifter, tanker aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1984	Antonov An-28	utility aircraft, airliner, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1984	Antonov An-32	transport aircraft, airlifter, An-26/32, cargo aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1984	de Havilland Canada DHC-8	twin-turboprop airliner, airlifter, regional airliner, airliner	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1987	Antonov An-124 Ruslan	transport landplane, airplane with 4 jet engines, airlifter, double-deck aircraft, cargo aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1995	Boeing C-17 Globemaster III	airlifter, land-based aircraft, airplane with 4 jet engines	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2006	C-27J Spartan	airlifter, Alenia G.222	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2010	Unknown	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2011	Airbus A330 MRTT	Airbus A330-200, tanker aircraft, airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2012	Il-76MD-90A	airlifter	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2019	Ilyushin Il-112	airlifter, cargo aircraft	Wikidata
commons	image		Lajes field		Commons
commons	image		Packing pallets		Commons
commons	image		Defense.gov News Photo 971121-F-5872L-003		Commons
commons	image		Defense.gov News Photo 090430-F-4883S-046		Commons
commons	image		AN-124 RA-82081 (3939975083)		Commons
commons	image		Kawasaki C-2 in Yokota Air Base During JAP-US Friendship Festival 2023		Commons
commons	image		7T-WHF Lockheed C-130 (7999503044)		Commons
commons	image		2014NancyOchey-8546		Commons
commons	image		50+61 German Air Force Transall C-160D ILA Berlin 2016 09		Commons
commons	image		54+01 German Air Force Airbus A400M ILA Berlin 2016 24		Commons