List of aircraft of Argentine Naval Aviation

A Super Etendard approaching USS Abraham Lincoln

This is a list of all aircraft (fixed-wing and rotary-wing) obtained or operated by the Argentine Naval Aviation since its formation. For the current inventory please refer to the main article.

Fixed-wing aircraft

Aircraft	Origin	Type	#	In service	Notes
Aermacchi MB-326	Italy	jet trainer	8 (GB) 11 (GC)	1968-1997 1982-2008	GC Xavante built by Embraer
Aermacchi MB-339	Italy	jet trainer	10	1980-1985	Falklands War: Six operated from Port Stanley Airport
Avro 552A	UK	seaplane	12	1922-1927	Special seaplane configuration for the Argentine Navy
Beechcraft AT-11[1]	US	Utility / bomber trainer	13	1946 - 1965	Replaced by Beechcraft C-45H
Beechcraft C-45[2]	US	Utility
Beechcraft D-18S[3]	US	Utility	4	1948 - ?
Beechcraft Queen Air B65-80	US	light transport	5		One used as surveillance aircraft during 1975 Operativo Independencia
Beechcraft Super King Air 200	US	light transport Maritime Patrol	3 4		4 refit under Cormoran program
Beech T-34C Turbo Mentor	US	turboprop trainer	15	1978–present	Falklands War: 4
Boeing-Stearman Model 75	US	biplane trainer	16 (Model 76D1) 60 (N2S)	1936-1949 late 1940s to early 1960s	includes 6 S76D-1 with EDO floats[4]
Consolidated P2Y[5]	US	flying boat	6	1936-1949
Consolidated PBY Catalina	US	flying boat		1946-1970
Curtiss JN-4	US	trainer	4	1924-1935
Curtiss HS-2L	US	trainer flying boat	8+4	1921-1931
Curtiss CT-32 Condor	US	transport	3	1937-1949
Curtiss F5L	US	patrol/bomber flying boat	8	1921-1935	relegated to trainer duties in 1931
Curtiss-Wright CW-16E.3 "Kelito"[6]	US	trainer	28	1935-1957	15 assembled at BAPI workshops, 13 built under license
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard	France	embarked jet strike fighter	14	1981–present	Falklands War: 5 from Rio Grande
Dornier Wal	Germany	patrol/bomber flying boat	4	1922-1932
Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk	US	embarked jet attack fighter	16 (+2)	1971-1988	Falklands War: 8 from Rio Grande
Douglas C-39/DC-2	US	transport	5	1946-1958
Douglas C-47/DC-3	US	transport	13	1949-1979
Douglas C-54/DC-4	US	transport	5	1949-1978
Embraer P-95 Banderulha	Brazil	maritime patrol	2	1982	Falklands War replaced P-2 Neptunes
Fleet Model 11 "Fleet"[7]	US/Canada	trainer	10	1931-1940
Fokker F-28	Netherlands	transport	3	1979–present	Falklands War
Fokker D.VII	Germany	reconnaissance trainer	1	1918-1919
Grumman F9F-2 Panther	US	embarked jet fighter	24	1958-1971	4 additional aircraft purchased as spares.
Grumman F9F-8T Cougar	US	embarked jet trainer	2	1962-1971
Grumman Goose[8]	US	Utility flying boat	6	1946-1956	some were used in the Antarctic
Grumman J2F Duck	US	embarked reconnaissance	4	1937-1958	on Veinticinco de Mayo class cruisers
Grumman S-2 Tracker	US	embarked Anti-submarine	7 (S-2A) 6 (S-2E) 3 (S-2G)	1962-1986(S-2A) 1978–present (S-2E/T)	5 converted by IAI to S-2T with turbo-props
Hawker Siddeley HS-125	UK	VIP	1	1972-1984
Junkers W 34	Germany	Trainer	1	1934-?[9]
Lockheed L-188 Electra[10]	US	transport Maritime Patrol Elint	3 L-188PF 4 L-188A (modified) 1 (converted)	1973-? 1983-1994 1985-1998	Falklands War: transports
Lockheed P-2 Neptune	US	ASW & maritime patrol	8 (P2V-5) 4 (SP-2E) 4 (SP-2H)	1958-1982	Falklands War: 2 SP-2H
Lockheed P-3B Orion	US	ASW/maritime patrol	6	1997–present
Luscombe 8E Silvaire[11]	US	trainer	3	1949–1965	Transferred to Airclubs
Macchi M.7	Italy	fighter flying boat	2	1919-1924
Macchi M.9	Italy	bomber flying boat	2	1919-1928
Martin B-10 WAN	US	land-based bomber	13	1937-1949
Martin PBM Mariner	US	patrol flying boat	9	1954-1962
North American SNJ-5C Texan	US	trainer	94	1949-1971	Two lost during 1955 Revolución Libertadora missions. On ARA Independencia from 1959
Nieuport 12	France	piston trainer	1	1918
Pilatus PC-6/B-H2	Switzerland	utility aircraft	4
Sud Fennec	France	piston trainer	65	1966-1979	Last 9 to Uruguayan Navy.[12]
Supermarine Walrus[13]	UK	reconnaissance amphibian	2 (315) 8 (Mk1)	1940-1948 1946-1958
Tellier T-3	France	flying boat	4	1918	French military mission aircraft borrowed by Argentine navy
Vickers Viking	UK	flying boat	4	1923-1932
Vought O2U Corsair	US	embarked observation	?
Vought F4U Corsair	US	embarked piston fighter	26	1956-1966	F4U-5/5N/5NL variants

Rotary-wing aircraft

Aircraft	Origin	Type	#	In service	Notes
Alouette III	France	surface fleet helicopter	14	1960-2010	some participated in Falklands War, 1 lost.
Eurocopter Fennec	France	surface fleet helicopter	4	1996–present
Bell 47 G-4	US			1949-1968
Sikorsky S-51	US			1949-?
Sikorsky S-55	US	Antarctic Support helicopter	3	1953-1971
Sikorsky S-58	US	antisubmarine helicopter Antarctic Support
Sikorsky Sea King	US/Italy	antisubmarine helicopter Antarctic Support antiship on board ARA Hércules		1972–present	5 S-61D4, 2 AS-61D, 2 AS-61H, 3 UH-3H (plus 3+2 spares), 4 UH-3H (2008)
Westland Sea Lynx Mk.23	UK	surface fleet helicopter	2	1978-1985	ten Mk.23/Mk.87 ordered, two delivered before the Falklands War, in which they operated. One lost in 1982.
Bell UH-1H	US	Argentine Marines - transport helicopter	8 [14]	2000-2008 [15]	One destroyed prior delivery. Five transferred to Argentine Army Aviation in 2010.[16]

See also

• Argentine Naval Aviation
• Argentine air forces in the Falklands War
• List of aircraft of the Argentine Air Force
• List of aircraft of the Argentine Army Aviation

References

Notes

1. "AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "BEECHCRAFT D-18s"". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
2. "AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "BEECHCRAFT C-45 EXPEDITOR"". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
3. "AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "BEECHCRAFT AT11"". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
4. Núñez Padín, Jorge (2000). "BOEING STEARMAN N2S KAYDET". Fuerzas Navales (in Spanish). Jorge N. Padín. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
5. ANFIBIOS E HIDROAVIONES DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - CONSOLIDATED P2Y-3A ("Histarmar" website) (accessed 2015-08-16)
6. Curtiss Wright Kelito, MUAN Website(retrieved 2014-05-13)
7. "AVIONES DE ENTRENAMIENTO DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - CONSOLIDATED "FLEET" MODELO 11". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
8. Histarmar - Indice Aviacion Naval (Aviacion Naval Argentina - Sus Aviones 1930-1950) - ANFIBIOS E HIDROAVIONES DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "GRUMMAN GOOSE (G-21 ó JRF-5)" (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-08-16)
9. Histarmar - AVIONES DE ENTRENAMIENTO DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - JUNKERS W-34 (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-01-27)
10. Histarmar - Indice Aviacion Naval (Aviacion Naval Argentina - Sus Aviones 1950-1980) - AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL "LOCKHEED ELECTRA L-188" (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-05-07)
11. Histarmar - Indice Aviacion Naval (Aviacion Naval Argentina - Sus Aviones 1930-1950) - AVIONES DE ENTRENAMIENTO DE LA AVIACION NAVAL "LUSCOMBE SILVAIRE 8E" (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-05-07)
12. Museo de la Aviacion Naval - ARA 25 de MAYO - T-28 Fennec (retrieved 2014-08-19)
13. Histarmar - Indice Aviacion Naval (Aviacion Naval Argentina - Sus Aviones 1930-1950) - ANFIBIOS E HIDROAVIONES DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "SUPERMARINE WALRUS 315 y MK1" (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-08-16)]
14. "NOMINA GENERAL" [List of Aircraft that served in the Argentine Naval Aviation]. Instituto Aeronaval - Aeronaves - NOMINA GENERAL (in Spanish). Instituto Aeronaval. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
15. "UH-1H Iroquois in Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina". Helis.com Database. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
16. Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (August 4, 2010). "Traspaso de los UH-1H de la Aviación Naval a la Aviación del Ejército" [Handover of the Naval Aviation UH-1H to the Army Aviation]. Fuerzas Aeronavales (in Spanish) (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Retrieved 2014-08-09.

Bibliography

• (Spanish) Naval Aviation inventory 1912-80, at HISTARMAR
• (Spanish) Aircraft list, at Naval Aviation Institute
• (Spanish) Historia de la Aviación Naval Argentina Escuadrilla Aeronaval Antisubmarina (Antisubmarine Naval Squadron) PDF book

Online sources

• (Spanish) Escuadrillas de Helicópteros Navales, Histarmar
• (Spanish) Transportes Navales, Histarmar

Further reading

• Sequeira, Sebastian; Cal, Carlos; Calatayud, Cecilia (1984). Aviación Naval Argentina (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: SS&CC ediciones. ISBN 950-9064-02-5.
• Nuñez Padin, Jorge Félix (2002). Grumman G.15, G.20 & J2F Duck. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) Nº15. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Museo de la Aviación Naval, Instituto Naval.
• Nuñez Padin, Jorge (2006). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Lockheed L-188 Electra. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish and English) Nº20. Fuerzas Aeronavales. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Lockheed P-2 Neptune. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 23. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. JRF Goose, PBY Catalina, PBM Mariner & HU-16 Albatros. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 25. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-20557-4-5. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. S-2 Tracker & Turbo Tracker. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 26. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Vought F4U-5, -5N & -5NL Corsair. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 27. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-20557-9-0. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2010). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. North American T-28 Fennec. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 28. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-02-7. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2010). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Grumman F9F Panther & Cougar. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 29. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-03-4. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2012). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Dassault Super Etendard. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 30. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-12-6. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2013). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. McDonnell Douglas A-4Q & A-4E Skyhawk. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 31. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-23-2. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2014). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Sikorsky S-61D.4 & UH-3H Sea King. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 32. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2007). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Martin 139W en Argentina. Serie en Argentina (in Spanish) Nº1. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
• Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Junkers F13 / W34 / K43 / Ju52. Serie en Argentina (in Spanish) 3. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-20557-7-6. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix; Cicalesi, Juan Carlos (2011). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 & S-58/T. Serie en Argentina (in Spanish) 6. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-13-3. Retrieved 2015-01-27.

External links

• Argentine Navy official site
• MUAN Official Naval Aviation Museum
• "NOMINA GENERAL" [List of Aircraft that served in the Argentine Naval Aviation]. Instituto Aeronaval - Aeronaves - NOMINA GENERAL (in Spanish). Instituto Aeronaval. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
• "Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina" [Argentine Naval Aviation Command (List of helicopter units & models)]. Helis.com Database. Helis.com. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
• Argentine Navy videos from ARA Independencia and ARA 25 de Mayo aircraft carriers