List of C-47 Skytrain operators includes the country, military service, known squadrons, and related data. The Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. The C-47 has served with over 90 countries outside of the United States: Operators Current operators Bolivia Bolivian Air Force Colombia Colombian Air Force El Salvador Salvadoran Air Force Guatemala Guatemalan Air Force Malawi Malawi Air Force Mali Mali Air Force Mauritania Mauritania Islamic Air Force - started operating one C-47 donated by France in 1960. Five additional aircraft were bought from France in the first half of the 1960s. Currently operates one Basler BT-67. South Africa South African Air Force 35 Squadron SAAF: Still in use, flying the Turbo Dakota Thailand Royal Thai Air Force United States United States Air Force Former operators Argentina Argentine Air Force - 55 (DC-3 and C-47) Argentine Naval Aviation - 13 (4 DC-3, 9 C-47) ex US Australia Royal Australian Air Force The RAAF impressed civil DC-3s in September 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. The first C-47s were delivered in 1942 under Lend-Lease and the first built specifically for the RAAF entered service in February 1943. RAAF had received 124 by 1945 which were used during World War II, the Korean War the Malayan Emergency and in Occupied Japan. Most were transferred to civilian government agencies in Australia and New Guinea or sold to airlines in the 1960s. 7 were transferred to Papua New Guinea Defence Force in 1973. A handful survived in RAAF service into the 1990s with the last two (A65-94 and A65-95) being retired from the Aircraft Research and Development Unit in March 1999. These two are now operated by the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society. Royal Australian Navy Four ex-RAAF aircraft were transferred to the RAN post-war. No. 723 Squadron RAN No. 724 Squadron RAN No. 725 Squadron RAN No. 851 Squadron RAN Bangladesh Bangladesh Air Force - all retired. Belgium Belgian Air Force Brazil Brazilian Air Force Real Transportes Aéreos Cambodia Royal Cambodian Air Force Received ex-RAAF C-47s as foreign aid. Canada Buffalo Airways Canadian Coast Guard - operated by Transport Canada Canadian Forces Environment Canada (ex-CAF) Royal Canadian Air Force Last served with 402 Squadron in Winnipeg and was retired in 1988. 103 Search and Rescue Squadron Royal Canadian Navy VU-32 Squadron Chad Chadian Air Force Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Air Force operated C-47s and Soviet-built