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===Military operators=== [[File:Aviocar CASA C-212 Operators.png|thumb|left|CASA C-212 military operators]] {{col-begin}}{{col-break}} ;{{flag|Abu Dhabi}} * [[United Arab Emirates Air Force|Abu Dhabi Air Force]] β four delivered 1982<ref name="eastwood">Eastwood 1990, pp. 85β94.</ref> ;{{ANG}} * [[Angolan Air Force]] - twelve aircraft ordered in 1985; eight delivered that same year, and the remaining four in 1986.<ref>{{harvnb|Fontanellaz|Cooper|Matos|2021|pp=10β11}}</ref> Two aircraft operational as of December 2021.<ref name="auto1">{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=12}}</ref> ;{{ARG}} * [[Argentine Naval Prefecture|Argentine Coast Guard]] β five delivered 1988β1990<ref name="eastwood" /> * [[Argentine Army Aviation]] β Three C-212<ref name="auto1"/> ;{{AUS}} * [[Australian Army]] - Two [[Skytraders]] leased C-212-400 for [[Australian Defence Force Parachuting School|ADF Parachuting School]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Defence |url = https://skytraders.com.au/defence/# |website = Skytraders |access-date = 18 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.adf-serials.com/casa212.htm |title = Army Constructiones Aeronauticas S A CASA 212 Aviocar |website = ADF Serials |date = 26 January 2014 |access-date = 18 February 2020}}</ref> ;{{BOL}} * [[Bolivian Air Force]] β one delivered 1989<ref name="eastwood" /> * [[Bolivian Army]]<ref name="fiwaf12 p46">Hoyle 2012, p. 46.</ref> ;{{flag|Bophuthatswana}} * [[Bophuthatswana Air Force]] β one delivered 1985,<ref name="eastwood" /> to South African Air Force. ;{{BOT}} * [[Botswana Defence Force Air Wing]] - three in service as of December 2021<ref>{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=14}}</ref> ;{{CHA}} * [[Chadian Air Force]] β two delivered in 1988<ref name="eastwood" /> ;{{CHI}} * [[Chilean Air Force]] β six delivered 1978,<ref name="eastwood" /> three in service as of 2015.<ref name="fiwaf15 p35">Hoyle 2015, p. 35.</ref> * [[Chilean Army]] β former Spanish Air Force aircraft.<ref name="fiwaf12 p48">Hoyle 2012, p. 48.</ref> C-212-100s being phased out and put up for sale.<ref>[http://diario.latercera.com/2012/11/11/01/contenido/pais/31-122738-9-ejercito-da-de-baja-tres-casa-212-por-altos-costos-de-mantencion.shtml EjΓ©rcito da de baja tres Casa 212 por altos costos de mantenciΓ³n] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114013231/http://diario.latercera.com/2012/11/11/01/contenido/pais/31-122738-9-ejercito-da-de-baja-tres-casa-212-por-altos-costos-de-mantencion.shtml |date=14 November 2012 }} β La Tercera, 11 November 2012</ref> Two in service as of December 2015.<ref>Hoyle 2015, p. 34.</ref> * [[Chilean Navy]] β four delivered 1978<ref name="eastwood" /> ;{{COL}} * [[Colombian Aerospace Force]] - four in service as of December 2021<ref name="auto">{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=16}}</ref> * [[National Army of Colombia]] - three in service as of December 2021<ref name="auto"/> * [[Colombian Navy]]<ref name="fiwaf15 p36">Hoyle 2015, p. 36.</ref> * [[SATENA]] β nine delivered 1984β1989<ref name="eastwood" /> ;{{DJI}} * [[Djibouti Air Force]]<ref name="fiwaf94 p39">Barrie and Pite 1994, p. 39.</ref> ;{{DOM}} * [[Dominican Republic Air Force]] - Received three CASA 212-400s between 2000β2001.<ref>{{harvnb|Lohuis|2005|p=18}}</ref> All three remain in service as of December 2023<ref name="auto2">{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=17}}</ref> ;{{ECU}} * [[Ecuadorian Army]] - one in service as of December 2021<ref name="auto2"/> ;{{GNQ}} * [[Equatorial Guinea Air Force]]<ref name="fiwaf94 p39"/> ;{{FRA}} * [[French Air and Space Force]] β five delivered 1988<ref name="eastwood" /> ;{{IDN}} * [[Indonesian Army]] - six in service as of December 2021<ref name="WAF22 p20">{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=20}}</ref> * [[Indonesian Navy]] - fourteen in service as of December 2021, with six in a [[maritime patrol aircraft]] configuration<ref name="WAF22 p20" /> * [[Indonesian Air Force]] - ten aircraft in service as of December 2021, with eight currently on order.<ref name="WAF22 p20" /> ;{{JOR}} * [[Royal Jordanian Air Force]] β four delivered 1975β1976,<ref name="eastwood" /> with two attrition replacement aircraft delivered 1983β84 and a further, surveillance-configured example purchased in 1985.<ref>Jackson 1987, p. 220.</ref> One operational 2015.<ref name="fiwaf15 p41">Hoyle 2015, p. 41.</ref> ;{{LES}} * [[Lesotho Defence Force]] β 2 aircraft operational as of December 2021<ref>{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=23}}</ref> {{col-break}} ;{{MLT}} * [[Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta]] β The Air Wing operated a single example in 2009.<ref name="fiwaf10 p42">Hoyle 2010, p. 42.</ref> ;{{MEX}} * [[Mexican Navy]] β 7 active as of December 2021<ref>{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=24}}</ref> ;{{NIC}} * [[Nicaraguan Air Force]] β four delivered 1977β1978<ref name="eastwood" /> ;{{PAN}} * [[National Aeronaval Service]] β six delivered 1982β1988.<ref name="eastwood" /> 3 aircraft operational as of December 2021<ref name="WAF22 p26">{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=26}}</ref> ;{{PAR}} * [[Paraguayan Air Force]] β four C.212-200 delivered 1984 and one C.212β400 delivered in 2003.<ref name="eastwood" /><ref name="fiwaf12 p57">Hoyle 2012, p. 57.</ref> 3 aircraft operational as of December 2021<ref name="WAF22 p26" /> ;{{PHI}} * [[Philippine Air Force]] - 2 units NC212i ordered in 2014 <ref>https://www.defensemirror.com/news/20073/Philippine_Air_Force_To_Receive_Indonesia_s_NC_212i_Aircraft_By_September_End</ref>delivered in 2018.<ref name="NC212i_PAF">{{cite web |url = https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1039459 |title = PAF to accept 2 brand-new NC212i light-lift aircraft |website = Philippine News Agency |date = 26 June 2018}}</ref> Both of them are operational as of December 2021. <ref>{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=27}}</ref> Six more NC-212is were ordered by the PAF on 13 April 2023, totalling eight aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.pitzdefanalysis.net/2023/04/nc-212i-light-transport-aircraft-of-paf.html |title = NC-212i Light Transport Aircraft of the Philippine Air Force |website = Pitz Defense Analysis |date = 28 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://kemlu.go.id/portal/id/read/4620/berita/pt-di-tandatangani-kontrak-pengadaan-6-unit-nc212i-di-filipina |title = PT. DI Signs Procurement Contract for 6 NC212i Units in the Philippines |website = Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Indonesia |date = 14 April 2023}}</ref> ;{{POR}} * [[Portuguese Air Force]] β 24 delivered between 1974 and 1976.<ref name="eastwood" /> Retired in 2011, replaced by [[EADS CASA C-295]].<ref>{{cite news |last = Mata |first = Paulo |title = C295M: 10.000 horas sobre as asas Γnclitas da fama |newspaper = Take/Off |date = 1 January 2013 |access-date = 21 July 2013 |url = http://www.emfa.pt/www/conteudos/galeria/recortes/2013/janeiro-2013/takeoff-jan-10000hvc295_1437.pdf |language = pt |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150621105839/http://www.emfa.pt/www/conteudos/galeria/recortes/2013/janeiro-2013/takeoff-jan-10000hvc295_1437.pdf |archive-date = 21 June 2015 |url-status = dead}}</ref> ;{{flag|Senegal}} * [[Senegalese Air Force]] - two C212 [[maritime patrol aircraft]] on order<ref>{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=28}}</ref> ;{{RSA}} * [[South African Air Force]] - two C212 operational as of December 2021<ref>{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=29}}</ref> ;{{ESP}} * [[Spanish Air and Space Force]] β 80 delivered between 1974 and 1984,<ref name="eastwood" /> with eleven still operational as of December 2021<ref>{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=30}}</ref> ;{{SUR}} * [[Military of Suriname|Surinam Air Force]] β two delivered in 1999, one is a C.212-400MPA.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/8953 |title = Venezolaanse deskundigen inspecteren vliegtuigen Luchtmacht |publisher = Starnieuws |date = 20 January 2012 |access-date = 25 July 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120123104041/http://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/8953 |archive-date = 23 January 2012 |url-status = live}}</ref> Both sold to Botswana Defence Force via Fayard Enterprise iin 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/botswana-acquires-another-c212/ |title = botswana-acquires-another-c212 |publisher = Defenceweb |date = 18 April 2019 |access-date = 22 April 2019}}</ref> ;{{SWE}} * [[Swedish Navy]] β one delivered in 1986<ref name="eastwood" /> ;{{THA}} * [[Royal Thai Army]] - two operational as of December 2021<ref>{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=31}}</ref> ;{{flag|Transkei}} * [[Transkei Defence Force]] β two delivered in 1986;<ref name="eastwood" /> passed on to the South African Air Force. ;{{USA}} * [[United States Air Force]] β as C-41A.<ref name="fiwaf15 p51">Hoyle 2015, p. 51.</ref><ref>[http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/412015-L(addendum).html "DOD 4120.15-L β Addendum."] {{Webarchive|url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120326135853/http://designation-systems.net/usmilav/412015-L(addendum).html |date = 26 March 2012 }} ''designation-systems.net'', 26 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.</ref> * [[United States Army]]<ref name="fiwaf15 p52">Hoyle 2015, p. 52.</ref> ;{{URY}} * [[Uruguayan Air Force]] β five delivered 1981β1982;<ref name="eastwood" /> all of them are still operational as of December 2021.<ref name="WAF22 p34">{{harvnb|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021| p=34}}</ref> ;{{flag|Venda}} * [[Venda Defence Force]]<ref name="fiwaf93 p76">''Flight International'' 24β30 November 1993, p. 76.</ref> to South African Air Force. ;{{VEN}} * [[Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela|Venezuelan Navy]] - five aircraft operational as of December 2021<ref name="WAF22 p34" /> ;{{VIE}} * [[Vietnam People's Air Force]] - three NC-212i has been commissioned by December 2021<ref name="WAF22 p34" /> * [[Vietnam Coast Guard]] β two C-212β400<ref>{{cite web |last1=Waldron |first1=Greg |title=Vietnam Coast Guard receives first of three C-212-400 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/picture-vietnam-coast-guard-receives-c212-400/101385.article |website=[[FlightGlobal]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vietnamese Coastguard plane crashes while searching for lost co-pilot of Su-30MK2 |url=https://vietnamnet.vn/en/coastguard-plane-crashes-while-searching-for-lost-co-pilot-of-su-30mk2-E159112.html |website=[[VietNamNet]]}}</ref> ;{{ZIM}} * [[Air Force of Zimbabwe]] β nine operational as of December 2021<ref name="WAF22 p34" /> {{col-end}}
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