American Aircraft

Army Liaison - The Army used various Air Force L-type liaison
Aircraft as listed below in the Air Force entry.
The L-5 and L-19 were the most commonly used.

Stinson L-5 Sentinel
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
Bell H-13 helicopter
Sikorsky H-19C helicopter
Hiller H-23 Raven helicopter

Air Force

North American F-51, RF-51 Mustang
Lockheed F-80, RF-80 Shooting Star
North American F-82 Twin Mustang (all Japan-based)
Republic F-84 Thunderjet
North American F-86, RF-86 Sabre
Lockheed F-94B Starfire
Douglas B-26, RB-26, WB-26 Invader
Boeing B-29, RB-29, WB-29, SB-29 Superfortress
Boeing RB-50B Superfortress
Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Douglas C-124A Globemaster
Boeing SB-17 Flying Fortress (Japan-based)
Grumman SA-16 Albatross
Consolidated OA-10 Catalina
Piper L-4 Grasshopper
Stinson L-5 Sentinel
Aeronca L-16 Grasshopper
North American L-17 Navion
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
de Havilland L-20 Beaver
North American T-6, AT-6, LT-6G Texan or Mosquito
Sikorsky H-5 helicopter
Sikorsky YH-19, H-19 helicopter
Beechcraft C-45
Lockheed T-33
North American RB-45C
Hiller H-23 Raven

Navy

McDonnell F2H Banshee
Douglas F3D Skyknight
Chance Vought F4U Corsair
Grumman F7F Tigercat
Grumman F9F Pantherjet
Douglas AD Skyraider
Martin PBM Mariner
Consolidated P4Y Privateer
Lockheed P2V Neptune
Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter
Grumman AF-2 Guardian
Grumman TBM-3
Douglas R4D (C-47) Skytrain
Douglas R5D (C-54) Skymaster

Marine

McDonnell F2H Banshee
Douglas F3D Skyknight
Chance Vought F4U, AU Corsair
Grumman F7F Tigercat
Grumman F9F Pantherjet
Grumman/General Motors TBM Avenger (used as ambulances)
Douglas AD Skyraider
Douglas R4D (C-47) Skytrain
Douglas R5D (C-54) Skymaster
Stinson OY-1, OY-2 (L-5) Sentinel
Cessna OE-1 (L-19) Bird Dog
Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter
Sikorsky HRS-1 helicopter
Bell HTL-4 helicopter

CIA

Air Force special operations units flying for the CIA used C-46, C-47, C-54, C-119, B-26 and B-29 aircraft, plus H-19 helicopters. The Agency also used China Air Transport C-46 & C-47 aircraft for its missions.

South Korean

Air Force

North American F-51 Mustang
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Piper L-4 Grasshopper
Stinson L-5 Sentinel
Aeronca L-16 Grasshopper
North American L-17 Navion
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
North American T-6 Texan

Army Liaison

Piper L-4 Grasshopper
Stinson L-5 Sentinel

UN Aircraft

British (and Australian Navy)

Supermarine Seafire 47 (carrier-based)
Hawker Sea Fury (carrier-based)
Fairey Firefly (carrier-based)
Auster AOP 6 (Air Observation Post)
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
Short Sunderland flying boats (Japan-based)

Commonwealth

Royal Australian AirForce

North American F-51 Mustang
Gloster Meteor
Douglas Dakota (C-47) transports (Japan-based)

Royal Canadian Air Force

Douglas (C-54) transports (US-based)

South African Air Force

North American F-51D Mustang
North American F-86F Sabre

Other

Royal Hellenic Air Force - Douglas C-47 Dakota/Skytrain (Japan-based)

Royal Thai Air Force - Douglas C-47 Dakota/Skytrain (Japan-based)

Turkish Army - Piper L-18 (Liaison AC)

Communist Aircraft

Soviet

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis
Yakovlev Yak-17UTI

Chinese

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis
Yakovlev Yak-9P
Lavochkin La-9
Ilyushin Il-10
Tupolev Tu-2
Yakovlev Yak-17UTI
Yakovlev Yak-18 trainer

North Korean

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis
Yakovlev Yak-9P
Lavochkin La-9
Ilyushin Il-10
Polikarpov Po-2 trainer and harassment
Yakovlev Yak-18 trainer and harassment

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