1. Military operators
    {{flag|Abkhazia}}  {{AFG}}  {{DZA}}  {{ARM}}  {{AZE}}  {{BGD}}  {{BLR}}  {{BUL}}  {{CAM}}  {{TCD}}  {{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}  {{COG}}  {{CUB}}  {{CZE}}  {{CZS}}  {{DDR}}  {{EGY}}  {{GNQ}}  {{EST}}  {{ETH}}  {{GEO}}  {{GHA}}  {{HUN}}  {{IRQ}}  {{KAZ}}  {{KGZ}}  {{LBY}}  {{LTU}}  {{MOZ}}  {{NIC}}  {{NGA}}  {{PRK}}  {{ROM}}  {{RUS}}  {{SVK}}  {{SSD}}  {{USSR}}  {{SYR}}  {{THA}}  {{TUN}}  {{TKM}}  {{UGA}}  {{UKR}}  {{UZB}}  {{VNM}}  {{YEM}} 

2. Civil operators
    {{AUS}}  {{AUT}}  {{FRA}}  {{USSR}}  {{CAN}}  {{USA}} 

3. See also

4. References

The List of Aero L-39 Albatros operators lists the countries and their air force units that have operated the aircraft:

Military operators

{{flag|Abkhazia}}

//Abkhazian Air Force">Abkhazian Air Force:

• 4 L-39s as of December 2009

{{AFG}}

//Afghan Air Force">Afghan Air Force:

The Afghan Air Force operated as many as 26 L-39Cs from 1977 through 2001, with some reports indicating as many as two may remain serviceable.

{{DZA}}

//Algerian Air Force">Algerian Air Force:

Operates 7 L-39C and 32 L-39ZA aircraft in two squadrons:

• 632e Escadron d'Instruction et d'Appuis "Tigre"
• 18e Escadron d'Entrainement Avancé

{{ARM}}

//Armenian Air Force">Armenian Air Force

• 6 aircraft.

{{AZE}}

//Azerbaijan Air Force">Azerbaijan Air Force:

• L-39C

23 aircraft

{{BGD}}

//Bangladesh Air Force">Bangladesh Air Force:

• Operating 7 L-39ZA out of 8 L-39ZA acquired in late 1990s.

One was lost in a crash in 2012 killing a pilot.

{{BLR}}

//Belarus Air Force">Belarus Air Force

• Operating 10 L-39C aircraft.

{{BUL}}

//Bulgarian Air Force">Bulgarian Air Force:

• 1/12 Training Squadron operating 12 L-39ZA aircraft

{{CAM}}

//Royal Cambodian Air Force">Royal Cambodian Air Force

• Fighter Squadron operating 8 L-39ZA aircraft

{{TCD}}

//Military of Chad">Military of Chad

• Operating 11 L-39ZO aircraft.

{{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}

//Chechen National Guard">Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Air Force:

Chechens operated few L-39Cs taken over from Soviet Air Force inventory. All Chechen aircraft were destroyed during First Chechen War after Russian air strike on airfield in Grozny, though 4 were reported to have been donated to Abkhazia by Dzhokhar Dudayev.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

{{COG}}

//Congolese Air Force">Congolese Air Force

{{CUB}}

//Cuban Air Force">Cuban Air Force:

operating 30 L-39C aircraft in three squadrons:

• UM 3710 Escuadrón de Intercepcion
• UM 1660 Escuela de Ensenanza de Vuelo Avanzada
• UM 4768 Escuadrón de Intercepcion

{{CZE}}

//Czech Air Force">Czech Air Force:

• L-39C
• L-39ZA
• L-39V
• L-39MS

{{CZS}}

//Czechoslovakian Air Force">Czechoslovakian Air Force:

• 33x L-39C
• 6x L-39MS
• 8x L-39V
• 30x L-39ZA

Two Czechoslovakian AF L-39Vs were delivered to the East German Air Force.^[1]

All Czechoslovakian Air Force aircraft passed to successor states – Czech Republic and Slovakia.

{{DDR}}

//Air Forces of the National People's Army">East German Air Force:

• 52x L-39ZO
• 2x L-39V
• Two former Czechoslovak L-39Vs delivered to the East German Air Force.^[1]
• Twenty former East German L-39ZO delivered to Hungary.^[1]

{{EGY}}

//Egyptian Air Force">Egyptian Air Force:

• 40x L-39ZO
• Ten former Libyan L-39ZO delivered to Egypt.^[1]

{{GNQ}}

//Military of Equatorial Guinea">Military of Equatorial Guinea

• 2 aircraft.

{{EST}}

//Estonian Air Force">Estonian Air Force

• 2 aircraft.

{{ETH}}

//Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopian Air Force:

• 17x L-39C

{{GEO}}

//Georgian Air Force">Georgian Air Force

• 4 L-39C in service as of 2016, some armed with Rocket and Bomb pads and used as Light Attack Aircraft.

{{GHA}}

//Ghana Air Force">Ghana Air Force

• 2 L-39ZO

{{HUN}}

//Hungarian Air Force">Hungarian Air Force:

• 20x L-39ZO
• Twenty former East German L-39ZO delivered to Hungary ^[1]

{{IRQ}}

//Iraqi Air Force">Iraqi Air Force:

• 22x L-39C
• 59x L-39ZO

{{KAZ}}

//Military of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan Air Force:

• L-39C

{{KGZ}}

//Military of Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan Air Force:

• L-39C

{{LBY}}

//Libyan Air Force (1951-2011)">Libyan Air Force:

• 181x L-39ZO acquired during Gadaffi's era.
• Ten former Libyan L-39ZO delivered to Egypt.^[1]
• At least 3 operational with the new Libyan Air Force in 2013

{{LTU}}

//Lithuanian Air Force">Lithuanian Air Force:

• 1x L-39ZA

{{MOZ}}

//Mozambique Defence Armed Forces#Air Force">Mozambique Air Force

• 1× L-39ZO acquired from Romania in 2013.^[2]

{{NIC}}

//Military of Nicaragua">Nicaraguan Air Forces:

{{NGA}}

//Nigerian Air Force">Nigerian Air Force:

• 24x L-39ZA

{{PRK}}

//Korean People's Air Force">Korean People's Air Force

• 60 L-39C

{{ROM}}

//Romanian Air Force">Romanian Air Force:

• 32x L-39ZA

{{RUS}}

//Russian Air Force">Russian Air Force:

• ~1010 L-39C

{{SVK}}

//Slovak Air Force">Slovak Air Force

• 4x L-39C
• 4x L-39ZA

{{SSD}}

//South Sudan Air Force">South Sudan Air Force

• Unknown number of L-39 jets with logistical and maintenance support from Uganda^[3]

{{USSR}}

//DOSAAF">DOSAAF

//Soviet Air Force">Soviet Air Force:

• 2080x L-39C

All Soviet Air Force aircraft passed to successor states: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

{{SYR}}

//Syrian Air Force">Syrian Air Force:

• 40x L-39ZA

{{THA}}

//Thai Air Force">Thai Air Force:

• 40x L-39ZA/ART

Following Squadrons use the L-39ZA/ART

• 401 Sqn 4th Wing RTAFB Thakli
• 411 Sqn 41st Wing RTAFB Chiang Mai

Following Squadrons are former users of the L-39ZA/ART

• 101 Sqn 1st Wing RTAFB Khorat
• 102 Sqn 1st Wing RTAFB Khorat

{{TUN}}

//Military of Tunisia">Tunisia Air Force

• 12 aircraft.

{{TKM}}

//Military of Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan Air Force

• 2 aircraft.

{{UGA}}

//Ugandan Air Force">Ugandan Air Force

• 3 L-39ZA

{{UKR}}

//Ukrainian Air Force">Ukrainian Air Force:

• 37 L-39^[4]

{{UZB}}

//Military of Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan Air Force:

• L-39C

{{VNM}}

//Vietnamese Air Force">Vietnamese Air Force:

• 24x L-39C

{{YEM}}

//Yemen Air Force">Yemen Air Force:

• 12x L-39C

Civil operators

{{AUS}}

A small number of L-39s are flown in Australia as jet flight experiences for paying public.

{{AUT}}

{{FRA}}

//Breitling Jet Team">Breitling Jet Team:

A civilian aerobatic display team based in Dijon, France; operating seven L-39 Albatros jets in the colours of their sponsor, Breitling.

{{USSR}}

//DOSAAF">DOSAAF:

DOSAAF paramilitary organization, tasked with the training and preparation of reserves for the Soviet armed forces, operated unknown number of L-39.

{{CAN}}

Northern Lights Aerobatics Team

Northern Lights Aerobatics Team from Montreal used 2 L-39C in 2000, but ceased operating them and performing airshows after 2000.^[6] The aircraft were registered and based in the US with Northern Lights USA of Lafayette, LA with 1 lost in crash in 2001.

{{USA}}

Hundreds of L-39s are finding new homes with private owners all over the world, especially in the United States.

See also

• Aero L-39 Albatros

References

• Hoyle, Craig. "World Air Forces Directory". Flight International, Vol. 182, No. 5370, 11–17 December 2012. pp. 40–64. ISSN 0015-3710.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061012234214/http://www.scramble.nl/wiki/index.php?title=Aero_L-39_Albatros Aero L-39 Albatros page in Scramble magazine]

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