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Do not fill this in! ==Operators== ===Civil=== {{Asof|2012}}, the Beechcraft Model 18 remains popular with air charter companies and small feeder airlines worldwide. ===Military=== {{acopmap|Beechcraft Model 18|Military Model 18 operators}} [[File:Beechcraft C45 4-G-14.jpg|thumb|[[Argentine Navy]] C-45]] [[File:Beech18RCAF.JPG|thumb|Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor in RCAF Air Transport Command markings]] [[File:Swiss Air Force Beechcraft Model 18.jpg|thumb|C-45 as used by the [[Swiss Air Force]] for civilian [[aerial photography]] missions]] [[File:Indonesian search and rescue plane, Sekilas Lintas Kepolisian Republik Indonesia, p45.jpg|thumb|Beechcraft Model D18S of the Indonesian National Police]] [[File:UC-45J BuNo.89484.jpg|thumb|UC-45J BuNo.89484 of the now defunct [[Military Air Transport Service]]]] [[File:ROCAF Beech AT-11 in Military Airplanes Display Area 20111015.jpg|thumb|[[Republic of China Air Force|ROC Air Force]] AT-11]] [[File:Beech C-45H Expeditor USAF.jpg|thumb|Beech 18/C-45 at the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]]]] [[File:Beechcraft UC-45F 00910460 118.jpg|thumb|Beechcraft UC-45F in flight]] [[File:SNB-4(6428).JPG|thumb|[[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]] SNB-4]] ;{{Flag|Argentina}} * [[Argentine Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p3a">Bridgman 1951, p. 3a.</ref> * [[Argentine Naval Aviation]]<ref name="jawa51 p3a"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histarmar.org/Armada%20Argentina/AviacionNaval/Trans-BeechAT11.htm |title=AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "BEECHCRAFT AT11" |website=Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima |publisher=Fundación Histarmar |language= es |access-date=2 May 2015 }}</ref> ;{{Flag|Bolivia}} * [[Bolivian Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p4a">Bridgman 1951, p. 4a.</ref> ;{{Flag|Brazil}} * [[Brazilian Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p4a"/> ;{{flag|Canada|1921}} * [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] 394 examples from 1941 to 1972<ref name=GriffinP>Griffin 1969, pp. 5–6.</ref> * [[Royal Canadian Navy]] 10 examples from 1952 to 1960<ref>Pettipas 1986, pp. 42–43.</ref> ** VX-10 Squadron{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} ** VU-32 Squadron<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianwings.com/Squadrons/squadronDetail.php?Utility-Squadron-VU-32-107 |title=Utility Squadron VU 32 |year=2012 |work=AEROWAREdesigns |access-date=12 May 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806145622/http://www.canadianwings.com/Squadrons/squadronDetail.php?Utility-Squadron-VU-32-107 |archive-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> * [[Canadian Armed Forces]] ;{{Flag|Chile}} * [[Chilean Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p6a">Bridgman 1951, p. 6a.</ref> * [[Chilean Army]] * [[Chilean Navy]] ;{{Flag|Colombia}} * [[Colombian Air Force]]<ref name="pellp812">Pelletier 1995, pp. 81–82.</ref> ;{{Flag|Costa Rica}} * [[Public Force of Costa Rica]]<ref name="pellp82">Pelletier 1995, p. 82.</ref> ;{{Flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}<ref name="pellp83">Pelletier 1995, p. 83.</ref> ;{{Flag|Cuba|1902}} * [[Cuban Air Force]] - received two AT-7s, two AT-11s, a F-2B and a UC-45F in 1947<ref>Hagedorn 1993, p. 16</ref> ;{{Flag|Dominican Republic}} * [[Dominican Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p7a">Bridgman 1951, p. 7a.</ref> ;{{Flag|Ecuador}} * [[Ecuadorian Air Force]]<ref name="pellp82"/> ;{{Flag|El Salvador}} * [[Air Force of El Salvador]]<ref name="jawa51 p17a">Bridgman 1951, p. 17a.</ref> ;{{Flag|France}} * [[French Air Force]]<ref name="pellp82"/> * [[French Naval Aviation]]<ref name="pellp82"/> ;{{Flag|Guatemala}} * [[Guatemalan Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p11a">Bridgman 1951, p. 11a.</ref> ;{{Flag|Haiti}} * [[Haitian Air Corps|Haiti Air Corps]]<ref name="jawa51 p11a"/> ;{{Flagu|Honduras}} * [[Honduran Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p12a">Bridgman 1951, p. 12a.</ref> ;{{Flag|Indonesia}} * [[Indonesian Army]]<ref name="pellp82"/> * [[Indonesian National Police]]<ref name="pellp82"/> ;{{Flag|Iran}} ;{{Flag|Italy}} * [[Italian Air Force]] operated 125 aircraft from 1949 until the 1970s<ref>[http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/italy/af/ital-af2-all-time.htm "Italian Air Force."] ''aeroflight''. Retrieved: December 17, 2014.</ref> ;{{Flag|Japan}} * [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]] * [[Japan Coast Guard]] ;{{Flag|Mexico}} * [[Mexican Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p14a">Bridgman 1951, p. 14a.</ref> * [[Mexican Navy]]<ref name="pellp83"/> ;{{Flag|Netherlands}} * [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]]<ref name="pellp83"/> * [[Dutch Naval Aviation Service]]<ref name="pellp83"/> ;{{Flag|Nicaragua}} * [[Nicaraguan Air Force]]<ref name="pellp83"/> ;{{Flag|Niger}} * [[Niger Air Force]]<ref name="pellp83"/> ;{{Flag|Nigeria}}<!--needs confirming--> ;{{Flag|Paraguay}} * [[Paraguayan Air Arm|Paraguayan Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p16a">Bridgman 1951, p. 16a.</ref> ;{{Flag|Peru}} * [[Peruvian Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p16a"/> ;{{Flag|Philippines|1936}} * [[Philippine Army Air Corps]]<ref name="pellp83"/> ;{{Flag|Portugal}} * [[Portuguese Air Force|Forca Aerea Portuguesa]]<ref name="pellp84">Pelletier 1995, p. 84.</ref> * [[Portuguese Navy]]<ref name="pellp84"/> ;{{Flag|Somalia}} * [[Somali Air Force]]<ref name="pellp84"/> – Withdrawn in 1991 ;{{Flag|South Africa}} * [[South African Air Force]] ;{{flag|South Vietnam}} * [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]]<ref>Mesko 1981, p. 1.</ref> ;{{Flag|Spain}} ;{{Flag|Sri Lanka}} * [[Sri Lanka Air Force]]<ref name="pellp84"/> ;{{Flag|Sweden}} * [[Swedish Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p19a">Bridgman 1951, p. 19a.</ref> ;{{Flag|Switzerland}} * [[Swiss Air Force]] ;{{Flag|Taiwan}} * [[Republic of China Air Force]]<ref name="pellp81">Pelletier 1995, p. 81.</ref> ;{{Flag|Thailand}} * [[Royal Thai Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p20a">Bridgman 1951, p. 20a.</ref> ;{{Flag|Tonga}} * [[Tonga Defence Services aviation|Tongan Maritime Force Air Force]] ;{{Flag|Turkey}} * [[Turkish Air Force]]<ref name="jawa51 p20a"/> ;{{Flag|United Kingdom}} * [[Royal Air Force]]<ref name="pellp82"/> * [[Royal Navy]] – [[Fleet Air Arm]]<ref name="pellp82"/> 76 Lend-Lease{{sfn|Thetford|1991|p=404}} ** [[701 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[712 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[723 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[724 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[728 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[730 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[739 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[742 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[755 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[781 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[782 Naval Air Squadron]] ** [[791 Naval Air Squadron]] ;{{Flag|United States}} * [[United States Army]] ** [[United States Army Air Corps]] ** [[United States Army Air Forces]] * [[United States Air Force]] * [[United States Coast Guard]]<ref name=uscg/><ref name=Baugher_cg/> ** [[United States Coast Guard Reserve]]<ref name=Baugher_cg/> * [[United States Marine Corps]] * [[United States Navy]] ;{{Flag|Uruguay}} * [[Uruguayan Air Force]]<ref name="pellp845">Pelletier 1995, pp. 84–85.</ref> ;{{Flag|Venezuela}} * [[Bolivarian Military Aviation|Venezuelan Air Force]]<ref name="pellp85">Pelletier 1995, p. 85.</ref> ;{{ZAI}} * [[Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Zairian Air Force]]<ref name="pellp85"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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