Editing Antonov An-26 (section)

===Military operators===
[[File:World operators of the An-26.png|thumb|400px|right|Map with military An-26 operators in blue, and former military An-26 operators in red]]
[[File:Chad Air Force Antonov An-26 Lofting-1.jpg|thumb|Chadian Air Force Antonov An-26 in 2009]]
[[File:Antonov An-26 (Russia) 45158988.jpg|thumb|Russian An-26 intercepted by a British Typhoon over the Baltics in July 2015]]
[[File:Antonov An-26B, Air-Urga JP7560169.jpg|thumb|right|Ukrainian An-26B in Portugal]]
[[File:An-26 (12573882083).jpg|thumb|A Libyan An-26 in 2009]]
[[File:Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 Dvurekov.jpg|thumb|right|[[Russian Air Force]] Antonov An-26]]
[[File:RoAF Antonov An-26 at RAF Fairford 2023 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Romanian Air Force]] Antonov An-26 at [[RAF Fairford]] in July 2023]]

;{{AGO}}
* [[National Air Force of Angola]] – 22 An-26s bought between 1976 and 1987.<ref>{{harvnb|Fontanellaz|Cooper|Matos|2020|p=18}}</ref> One aircraft still operational as of December 2021.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hoyle|first=Craig|title=World Air Forces 2022|work=Flight International|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=83735|year=2021|access-date=29 January 2022|ref={{harvid|Hoyle ''Flight International'' 2021}}}}</ref>
;{{BLR}}
* [[Belarusian Air Force]] – three operated December 2016.<ref name="fi16 p30">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=30}}</ref>
;{{CPV}}
* [[Military of Cape Verde|Cape Verde Army]] – 3
;{{TCD}}
* [[Chad Air Force]] – three in service December 2016.<ref name="fi16 p32">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=32}}</ref>
;{{CHN}}
* 23 Xian Y-7; 4 Xian Y-7-100; includes all types of Y-7 aircraft
** [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]]
** [[People's Liberation Army Navy]]
;{{CUB}}
* [[Cuban Air Force]] – operated 17,<ref name='Ogden 2008'>{{harvnb|Ogden|2008}}{{page needed|date=February 2016}}</ref> two in service December 2016.<ref name="fi16 p33">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=33}}</ref>
;{{COD}}
* [[Democratic Republic of the Congo Air Force]] – three in service as of 2021.<ref name="World Air Forces 2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=75345|title=World Air Forces 2021|publisher=FlightGlobal|date=4 December 2020|access-date= 5 January 2021}}</ref>
;{{ETH}}
* [[Ethiopian Air Force]] – one
;{{CIV}}
* [[Ivory Coast Air Force]] – two in service as of 2021.<ref name="World Air Forces 2021" />
;{{KAZ}}
* [[Military of Kazakhstan|Kazakh Air Force]] – five An-24 or An-26 in service December 2015.;<ref name="fi16 p39">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=39}}</ref> Received one refurbished An-26 from Ukraine on 3 November 2017.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://arp410.kiev.ua/novyny/1-lystopada-2017-roku-na-dp-zavod-410-ca|title=1 листопада 2017 року на ДП "ЗАВОД 410 ЦА" відбулась передача відновленого літака Ан-26 Національної Гвардії Республіки Казахстан|publisher=Plant 410 CA|language=uk|date=1 November 2017|access-date=3 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114144704/http://arp410.kiev.ua/novyny/1-lystopada-2017-roku-na-dp-zavod-410-ca/|archive-date=14 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
;{{KGZ}}
* [[Military of Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz Air Force]] – two donated from Russia in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Russia donates two An-26 aircraft to Kyrgyzstan Armed Forces|url=https://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2017/august/3671-russia-donates-two-an-26-aircraft-to-kyrgyzstan-armed-forces.html|website=Air Recognition|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812021249/https://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2017/august/3671-russia-donates-two-an-26-aircraft-to-kyrgyzstan-armed-forces.html|archive-date=12 August 2017|url-status=live|date=10 August 2017}}</ref>
;{{LAO}}
* [[Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force]] – one in service December 2016.<ref name="fi16 p39"/>
;{{LBY}}
* [[Libyan Air Force]] – two An-24/An-26 as of December 2016.<ref name="fi16 p39"/>
;{{MDA}}
* [[Moldovan Air Force]] – one as of December 2016.<ref name="fi16 p41">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=41}}</ref>
;{{MOZ}}
* [[Military of Mozambique|Mozambique Air Force]] – one as of December 2016.<ref name="fi16 p41"/>
;{{NAM}}
* [[Namibian Air Force]] – one as of December 2016.<ref name="fi16 p41"/>
;{{NIC}}
* [[Nicaraguan Air Force]] – four as of February 2018.<ref name="fi16 p43">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=43}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Sanchez|first1=Alejandro|title=Russia donates two Antonov aircraft to Nicaragua|url=http://www.janes.com/article/78181/russia-donates-two-antonov-aircraft-to-nicaragua|website=IHS Jane's 360|access-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227055018/http://www.janes.com/article/78181/russia-donates-two-antonov-aircraft-to-nicaragua|archive-date=27 February 2018|location=Washington, DC|date=26 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Three were donated by Russia in February 2025.<ref>{{cite web | title=ВВС Никарагуа получили 5 Ми-17, 3 Ан-26 и 18 ЗУ-23АЭ | website=ВПК.name | date=2025-02-12 | url=https://vpk.name/news/974018_vvs_nikaragua_poluchili_5_mi-17_3_an-26_i_18_zu-23ae.html | language=ru | ref={{sfnref|ВПК.name|2025}} | access-date=2025-02-26}}</ref>
;{{flag|Puntland}}
* [[Puntland Maritime Police Force]] – one<ref>Martin, Guy and David C. Isby. "Thrushes Operated by Puntland". ''[[Air International]]'', May 2014. Vol. 86, No. 5. p. 25.</ref>
;{{flag|Romania}}
* [[Romanian Air Force]] – one as of 2023<ref>{{cite news |last = |first = |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=90688|title = World Air Forces 2023|newspaper = Flight Global|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2022 |doi = |access-date= 12 January 2023}}</ref>
;{{RUS}}
* [[Russian Aerospace Forces]] – 104 as of December 2016.<ref name="fi16 p45">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=45}}</ref>
* [[Russian Naval Aviation]]<ref name="fi16 p45"/>
* [[Border Guard Service of Russia]]
;{{SUD}}
* [[Sudanese Air Force]] – six as of December 2016;<ref name="fi16 p47">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=47}}</ref> at least one has been used as an improvised bomber<ref>{{harvnb|Cooper|Weinert|Hinz|Lepko|2011|page=239}}</ref>
;{{SYR}}
* [[Syrian Air Force]] – six as of 2023;<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1372013483 |title=The military balance 2023 |date=2023 |first=James |last=Hackett |publisher= International Institute for Strategic Studies |isbn=978-1-003-40022-6 |location=London |oclc=1372013483}}</ref><ref name="fi16 p48">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=48}}</ref>
;{{UKR}}
* [[Ukrainian Naval Aviation]] – two as of December 2016 in the service of [[10th Naval Aviation Brigade (Ukraine)|10th Naval Aviation Brigade]]<ref name="fi16 p49">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=49}}</ref>
* [[Ukrainian Air Force]] – around 22 as of 2017<ref name=sp/>
* [[Air National Guard (Ukraine)|Ukrainian Air Guard]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The Military Balance 2023 |date=15 February 2023 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1032508955 |page=204 |edition=1st |author1-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies}}</ref>
;{{UZB}}
* [[Military of Uzbekistan|Uzbek Air Force]] – four as of December 2016<ref name="fi16 p53">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2016|p=53}}</ref>
;{{YEM}}
* [[Yemen Air Force]] – six

====Former military operators====
;{{AFG}}
* [[Afghan Air Force]] – Used until 1977,<ref name=":1" /> all remaining aircraft retired June 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-26 |title=AAF retires An-26 aircraft after 30 years of use |url=https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/Article/219822/aaf-retires-an-26-aircraft-after-30-years-of-use/https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/Article/219822/aaf-retires-an-26-aircraft-after-30-years-of-use/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=U.S. Air Forces Central |language=en-US}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marion |first=Forrest L. |date=2010 |title=The Destruction and Rebuilding of the Afghan Air Force, 1989-2009 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26275885 |journal=Air Power History |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=22–31 |jstor=26275885 |issn=1044-016X}}</ref> One of their An-26 which defected to Pakistan, is preserved at PAF Museum, [[Karachi]].
;{{BGD}}
* [[Bangladesh Air Force]]
;{{BEN}}
* [[Benin Air Force]] – two<ref>{{cite journal |last=Wheeler |first=Barry | title=World's Air Forces |journal=Flight |date=4 October 1980 |volume=118 |number=3726 |page=1326}}</ref>
;{{BGR}}
* [[Bulgarian Air Force]] – five used from 1984 until 2011<ref name=sp/>
;{{flag|Cambodia}}
* [[Royal Cambodian Air Force]]
[[File:antonov.an-26.2409.czechaf.arp.jpg|thumb|right|An-26 of the [[Czech Air Force]]]]
;{{COG}}
* [[Congolese Air Force]] – one
;{{CSK}}
* [[Czechoslovak Air Force]]
;{{DDR}}
* [[Air Forces of the National People's Army|East German Air Force]]
;{{DEU}}
* [[German Air Force]]
[[File:Hungarian Air Force Antonov An-26 departs RIAT 14thJuly2014 arp.jpg|thumb|[[Hungarian Air Force]] Antonov An-26 departs [[RIAT]] at [[RAF Fairford]], [[England]]]]
;{{GNB}}
*[[Guinea-Bissau Air Force]]
;{{HUN}}
* [[Hungarian Air Force]] – 11 delivered from 1974, last one retired June 2020.<ref name=sp>{{cite magazine|last=Przeworski|first=Marcin|date=July 2017|title=Transportowa Europa cz.II|language= pl|magazine=Skrzydlata Polska |issue=7(2453)/2017|pages=38–46|issn=0137-866X}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Historical moments: Saying goodbye to the AN-26s|url=https://honvedelem.hu/cikk/tortenelmi-pillanat-bucsuzik-az-ancsa/|website=honvedelem.hu|date=11 June 2020|access-date=2021-01-25|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612102128/https://honvedelem.hu/cikk/tortenelmi-pillanat-bucsuzik-az-ancsa/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
;{{IRQ}}
* [[Iraqi Air Force]]
[[File:Lithuanian Air Force Antonov AN-26 (04).jpg|thumb|right|An-26 of the [[Lithuanian Air Force]] (now retired)]]
;{{LTU}}
* [[Lithuanian Air Force]] – three operated
;{{flag|Madagascar}}
* [[Malagasy Air Force]] - two delivered in 1980<ref>{{harvnb|Cooper|Weinert|Hinz|Lepko|2011|page=34}}</ref>
;{{MLI}}
* [[Malian Air Force]] - one<ref>{{harvnb|Cooper|Weinert|Hinz|Lepko|2011|page=41}}</ref>
;{{MNG}}
* [[Military of Mongolia|Mongolian Air Defense Forces Command]] – four
;{{NER}}
* [[Military of Niger|Niger Air Force]] – one, bought from Libya in 1997<ref>{{cite web |last1=Delalande |first1=Arnaud |title=Niger's desert warriors |date=15 March 2018 |url=https://www.key.aero/article/nigers-desert-warriors |publisher=Key Publishing |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref>
[[File:An-26(Peru).jpg|thumb|A Peruvian An-26]]
;{{flag|North Yemen}}
* [[Yemeni Air Force|Yemen Arab Republic Air Force]] - one<ref name="cooper">{{harvnb|Cooper|2018|p=11}}</ref>
;{{PAK}}
* [[Pakistani Air Force]]
;{{PER}}
* [[Peruvian Air Force]] – 22 operated from 1977 to 1993
[[File:Polish AN-26.jpg|thumb|right|An-26 of the [[Polish Air Force]] (Operated before 2009, now retired)]]
;{{POL}}
* [[Polish Air Force]] – 12 operated from 1972 to January 2009; retired<ref>{{in lang|pl}} D. Sałata, K. Sałata, A. Wrona, ''Pożegnanie Ana-26'' (Goodbye to An-26), "Skrzydlata Polska" Nr. 2/2009, p.28</ref>
[[File:An-26-slovak-3208.jpg|thumb|right|[[Slovak Air Force]] An-26 at Farnborough Airshow, 2008]]
;{{SVK}}
* [[Slovak Air Force]] – Two, retired in 2016, to be replaced by [[Alenia C-27J Spartan]] aircraft beginning in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Air Forces 2017|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/14484|website=Flight Global|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731231249/https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/14484|archive-date=31 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=World Aif Forces 2016|website=Flight Global|access-date=10 August 2017|url=https://d3fod5fkpt74ph.cloudfront.net/f5975bad82fe4e9e8d7f2e21e2e6f39e/3395ff5ac4d54a05bf6baa0c63895356.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171228/https://d3fod5fkpt74ph.cloudfront.net/f5975bad82fe4e9e8d7f2e21e2e6f39e/3395ff5ac4d54a05bf6baa0c63895356.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rossi|first1=Marco|title=First flight for Slovak Spartan|url=http://www.airforcesmonthly.com/2017/08/09/first-flight-for-slovak-spartan/|website=Air Forces Monthly|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170810115110/http://www.airforcesmonthly.com/2017/08/09/first-flight-for-slovak-spartan/|archive-date=10 August 2017|date=9 August 2017}}</ref>
;{{SOM}}
* [[Somali Air Corps]]
;{{flag|South Yemen}}
* [[Yemeni Air Force|People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Air Force]] - three bought in 1979<ref name="cooper" />
;{{SRB}}
* [[Serbian Air Force]] – one retired in 2023
;{{USSR}}
* [[Soviet Air Force]] – Passed on to successor states in 1991
* [[Soviet Naval Aviation]] –
;{{TZA}}
* [[Tanzanian Air Force]] – none; retired
;{{flag|Transnistria}}
*[[Armed Forces of Transnistria]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurodemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=10360|title=Tiraspol Air Base - Transnistria, Moldova|work=eurodemobbed.org.uk|access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref>
;{{TKM}}
* [[Military of Turkmenistan]] – ten
;{{USA}}
* [[United States Air Force]] – Operated 2003–2007 by the [[6th Special Operations Squadron]]<ref>{{cite web|title=6th Special Operations Squadron Fact Sheet|url=http://www2.hurlburt.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3496|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205112536/http://www2.hurlburt.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3496|archive-date=5 December 2008}}</ref>
[[File:251 Antonov An.26 Vietnamese Air Force (7878844912).jpg|thumb|right|[[Vietnam People's Air Force]] Antonov An-26]]
{{VNM}}
* [[Vietnam People's Air Force]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vietnam|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FVietDefenseVN%2Fposts%2F1427491164075728|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Facebook|language=en}}</ref>
;{{YUG}}
* [[SFR Yugoslav Air Force|Yugoslav Air Force]] – 14
;{{ZMB}}
* [[Zambian Air Force|Zambian Air Force and Air Defense Command]] – four