| Type |
# in use |
Period |
Notes
|
| Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
|
| Rumpler Taube |
1 |
1912-1922 |
Start, with first flights 1 and 7 June 1912, the first aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service that was established in 1916.
|
| Maurice Farman S.3 Longhorn |
1 |
1914 |
Roald Amundsen was originally a gift from Roald Amundsen to the Norwegian Army Air Service, but was lent to the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.1 |
6 |
1915- |
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.2 |
3 |
1916-1924 |
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.3 |
4 |
1917-1924 |
|
| Sopwith Baby |
18 |
1917-1931 |
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.4 |
7 |
1918- |
Some MF.1s were rebuilt to MF.4 to bring the number to seven
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.5 |
8 |
1918-1926 |
|
| Nielsen & Winther |
1 |
1918 |
|
| Supermarine Channel I |
5 |
1920-1923 |
|
| Lübeck-Travemünde F.4 |
2 |
1920-1924 |
Last flight 1924, scrapped 1927 and 1930
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.6 |
2 |
1921-1927 |
|
| Savoia S.13 |
1 |
1921-1928 |
Gift
|
| Hansa Brandenburg W.33 |
30 |
1922-1935 |
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.7 |
2 |
1923-1931 |
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.8 |
2
8B: 2 |
1924-1934
1930-1939* |
|
| Douglas DT-2B/C |
8 |
1925-1940 |
Single example delivered by Douglas, the rest built under licence by Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk.
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.9 |
15 |
1926-1932 |
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.10 |
4 |
1929-1940 |
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.11 |
29 |
1932-1940 |
Three aircraft interned in Finland were used by the Finns until 1944
|
| Breda Ba 28 |
4 |
1936-1940 |
Five were ordered to save an Italian-Norwegian cod fish trading deal, one crashed in Italy almost killing Finn Lützow-Holm
|
| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk MF.12 |
1 |
1939 |
|
| Heinkel He 115A-2 |
6+2 |
1939-1943 |
Six delivered in 1939, plus two captured from the Luftwaffe after the invasion. An order for a further six were placed, but the aircraft were not delivered by 9 April 1940.
The last of the delivered aircraft were scrapped in Woodhaven in 1943. Four aircraft served with RAF, one served in Finland
|
| Junkers Ju 52 |
1 |
1940 |
Hauken was rented from DNL from January 1940 until the invasion 9 April
|
| Arado Ar 196A |
1 |
1940 |
Interned near Kristiansund 8 April 1940, taken into Norwegian service the following day. Destroyed in landing accident in Glasgow later in April 1940
|
| Norwegian Army Air Service
|
| Maurice Farman S.3 Longhorn |
3 |
1912-1925 |
Ganger Rolf and Njaal were bought with funds from Norsk Luftseiladsforening. Olav Trygvassøn was a gift with a clause; it was to be stationed in Trøndelag. Specified in 3 rows below.
|
| Maurice Farman MF.7 |
(1) |
1912-1925 |
Ganger Rolf, built at Heradsbygd south of Elverum in 1912 with Norways first military flight 1 September 1912, one of the first two aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
|
| Maurice Farman MF.7 |
(1) |
1912-1925 |
Njaal, built at Kjeller airport with first flight at Kjeller 21 September 1912, one of the first two aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
|
| Maurice Farman MF.7 |
(1) |
1914-1925 |
S.3, trainer donated by Roald Amundsen in 1914 and transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service.
|
| Bleriot XI |
1 |
1914-1915 |
Tryggve Gran's Nordsjøen
|
| Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.1 |
|
|
Einar Sem-Jacobsen visited Maurice Farman in France, but could not get the drawings for the aircraft he saw there, so he drew FF.1 from memory
|
| Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.2 |
|
|
Based on FF.1
|
| Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.3 Hydro |
4 |
1917- |
Based on a Farman Sem-Jacobsen had obtained drawings of.
|
| Farman F.40 |
XL II: 2
LX: 10 |
1916-1917
1917-1922 |
|
| Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2e |
15 |
1917-1925 |
|
| Avro 504 |
5 |
1918-1930 |
The last, delivered in 1922, was a gift from Roald Amundsen.
|
| Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.4 |
2 |
|
Five planned, but prototype was a failure. An improved version did not fare much better, and both were soon withdrawn from service and sold at an auction
|
| Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.5 (T.1) |
T.1: 1
T.1B: 6
T.1C: 11 |
1918
1919-
1921-1924 |
T.1, based on BE.2e, was a failure. T.1B, based on Avro 504 got into use, but was no success.
|
| Farman F.46 |
2 |
1920-1922 |
|
| Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.6 (T.2) |
1 |
1921 |
Five planned, but the prototype turned out to be a failure; the test pilot refused to go up again after the first test flight. Scrapped 1922
|
| Bristol F.2 Fighter |
5 |
1921-1930 |
|
| Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.7 Hauk |
14 |
1923-1929 |
Hannoversche Waggonfabrik's CL.V built under licence
|
| Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.8 Måke |
Måke I: 2
Måke II: 7
Måke III: 4 |
-1928
1921-
1928- |
Hansa Brandenburg W.29 built under licence, Måke I and II by Norsk Aerofabrik, Måke III by HF
|
| Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk FF.9 Kaje |
|
|
|
| Fokker C.V.D |
27 |
1931-1940 |
All built under licence by Hærens Flyvemaskinfabrikk
|
| Fokker C.V.E |
20 |
1930-1940 |
Five delivered by Fokker, the rest built under licence by HF
|
| de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
13 |
1930-1940 |
Three second-hand aircraft bought from de Havilland, 10 built under licence by HF
|
| de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
38 |
1933-1940 |
All built under licence by HF
|
| Cierva C.30A |
1 |
1935-1936 |
Gift, sold after a year, hardly used
|
| Svenska Aero J6B Jaktfalk |
1 |
1932-1936 |
One Jaktfalk and One Fury bought for a fly-off for the next Norw. fighter
|
| Hawker Fury I |
1 |
1933-1936 |
|
| Armstrong Whitworth AW35 Scimitar |
4 |
1936-1940 |
40 projected built under licence by HFF, project abandoned when Scimitar was not selected by RAF
|
| Gloster Gladiator |
Mk.I: 6
Mk.II: 6 |
1937-1940
1940 |
|
| Caproni Ca.310 |
4 |
1938-1940 |
Bought in a dried and salted cod deal. In addition, two Ca.312 were ordered in the spring of 1940.
|
| Curtiss 75A-6 |
19 |
1940 |
19 from an order of 24 delivered prior to the German invasion, most still in crates. Shipment with last five diverted to UK
|
| War years: Little Norway, squadrons in RAF and the Stockholm Element
|
| Hawker Hurricane |
|
|
331 Sqdn
|
| Supermarine Spitfire |
|
|
331 & 332 Sqdn
|
| Auster AOP.1 |
9 |
1944-1945 |
132 (N.) Wing (331 & 332 Sqdn.) hack
|
| Bristol Beaufighter I |
3 |
1943 |
On loan to 333 Sqdn from 235 Sqdn
|
| Airspeed Oxford I |
2 |
|
|
| Northrop N-3PB |
24 |
|
330 Sqdn
|
| Fairchild M-62 |
|
|
Little Norway
|
| Curtiss 75A-8 |
36 |
|
Little Norway
|
| Douglas 8A-5 |
36 |
|
Little Norway
|
| Interstate Cadet |
2 |
|
Little Norway
|
| Waco SRE |
|
|
Little Norway
|
| Stinson Reliant |
7 |
|
Little Norway
|
| Noorduyn Norseman IV |
1 |
|
Little Norway, rented a short period
|
| Consolidated Catalina IIIA |
|
|
|
| Short Sunderland |
Mk. III:
Mk.V: |
|
|
| de Havilland Mosquito |
|
|
|
| Lockheed Lodestar |
|
|
Stockholm Element
|
| Royal Norwegian Air Force 1945-
|
Agusta-Bell 47J/J-2
Bell 47D-1
G-3 |
5
6
3 |
1958-1967
1953-1971
1954-1970 |
|
| Airspeed Oxford I/II |
22 |
1947-1953 |
|
| Avro Anson I |
10 |
1947-1951 |
|
| Bell UH-1B |
37 |
1963-1990 |
|
| Bell 412SP |
18 |
1987- |
|
| Cessna L-19A (O-1A) |
27 |
1960-1992 |
|
| Consolidated Catalina |
IV A: (3)
IV B: 12
PBY-5A: 6 |
1945-1946
1945-1954
1954-1961 |
|
| Dassault Falcon 20 |
3 |
1972- |
|
| de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
10 |
1953-1968 |
|
| de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
5 |
1967-2001 |
|
| de Havilland Mosquito |
T.III: 3
FB VI: 19 |
1947-1952
1945-1952 |
|
| de Havilland Vampire |
T.55: 6
F.III: 20
FB 52: 36 |
1952-1955
1948-1957
1949-1957 |
|
| Douglas C-47A |
7
10 |
1945-1946
1950-1974 |
|
| Douglas C-53D |
3 |
1945-1946 |
|
| Fairchild M-62 |
74 |
1945-1957 |
|
| Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
8 |
1956-1969 |
|
| Fiesler Fi 156 Storch |
30 |
1945-1954 |
|
| General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon |
A: 60
B: 14 |
1980-2022
1980-2022 |
Original order of 72 aircraft built under licence by Fokker, two attrition aircraft from GD. On 6 January 2022, Norway announced that all F-16s had been retired.[1]
|
| Grumman HU-16B (ASW) Albatross |
18 |
1961-1969 |
|
| Junkers Ju 52/3m |
18 |
1945-1951 |
|
| Lockheed C-56B/C-60A Lodestar |
7 |
1945-1950 |
|
| Lockheed C-130E/H Hercules |
6 |
1969-2008 |
|
| Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules |
5 |
2008- |
|
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
(Canadair CF-104) |
F-104G: 19
TF-104G: 4
CF-104: 19
CF-104D: 3 |
1963-1981
1963-1983
1973-1983
1973-1983 |
|
| Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIA |
25 |
2016- |
52 F-35As planned in total.
|
| Lockheed P-3 Orion |
B: 5
C: 4
N: 2 |
1969-1989
1989-
1980- |
|
| Lockheed T-33A |
22 |
1953-1968 |
|
| MFI 15 Safari |
18 |
1981- |
|
| Noorduyn Norseman IV/VI |
24 |
1945-1959 |
|
| North American Harvard II/IIB/SNJ3/4 |
39 |
1945-1956 |
|
| North American F-86 Sabre |
F-86F: 115
F-86K: 64 |
1957-1967
1955-1967 |
|
| Northrop N-3PB |
2 |
1945-1956 |
|
| Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter |
A: 78
B: 14
RF-5A: 16 |
1966-2000
1966-2000
1969-2000 |
|
| Piper L-18C |
16 |
1955-1992 |
|
| Republic F-84 Thunderjet |
F-84E: 6
F:84G: 200
RF-84F: 35 |
1951-1956
1952-1960
1956-1970 |
|
| SAAB 91B/B-2 Safir |
30 |
1956-1988 |
|
| Short Sunderland Mk V |
(11) |
1945 |
|
| Sikorsky H-19D-4 |
4 |
1958-1967 |
|
| Supermarine Spitfire |
LF.IXe: 73
PR XI: 3 |
1945-1952
1946-1954 |
|
| Westland Lynx Mk.86 |
6 |
1981-2014 |
|
| Westland Sea King Mk.43/43B |
12 |
1971- |
To be replaced by AW101
|
| Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2 |
1 |
1945-1946 |
|
| Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun |
2 |
1945 |
|
| Junkers W 34 |
1 |
1945-1946 |
|
| AW101 SAR Queen |
10 |
2020- |
16 in total ordered.[2]
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