List of aircraft of the Argentine Air Force
C-130s flypass, Air Fest 2010 show, Moron Air Base, Argentina
IA 58A Pucarás in flight, circa 2005
This is a list of all fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft operated by the Argentine Air Force since its formation in 1945, and by its predecessor (the Army Aviation Service) since 1912.
Prototypes and aircraft evaluated but not used operationally are excluded. Aircraft are listed under the main role in which they were used for most of their operational life.
For the current inventory see the Argentine Air Force page.
Fixed-wing aircraft
Bombers
Avro Lincoln on display at the Argentine National Aeronautics museum
- Airco DH.9 - 1[1]
- Avro Lancaster - 15 [2]
- Avro Lincoln - 30 [2]
- Breguet 19 - 38[1]
- Caproni Ca.33 - 4 [1]
- BAC Canberra B.62 - 10 from 1971[n 1][3][4]
- Fiat B.R.2 - 2 [1]
- FMA AeMB.2 - 14 [1]
- I.Ae. 24 Calquin - 108 [1]
- Junkers K.43F Vaquitas - 6 [1]
- Martin Model 139WA/WAA - 22 [2]
Ground attack and close support
IAI Dagger, 1981
- Dassault Mirage 5P Mara - 10 [2]
- Douglas 8A-2 - 30 [1]
- Douglas A-4B/C Skyhawk - 75 [2]
- FMA IA-58A Pucará - 108 [2]
- I.Ae. 24 Calquín - 100 [2]
- IAI Dagger/Finger - 39 [2][n 2][5]
- Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk - 36 [2]
Fighter and interceptor
Curtiss Hawk 75O
Mirage IIIEA, circa 2005
- Ansaldo A.1 Balilla - 2 [2]
- Ansaldo SVA.5 - 17 [2][n 3]
- Ansaldo SVA.10 - 3 [2][n 4]
- Bristol F.2B Fighter - 43 [1]
- Curtiss 68A Hawk III - 10 [6]
- Curtiss 79 Hawk IV - 1 [6]
- Curtiss Hawk 75H - 1 [1]
- Curtiss Hawk 75O - 49[1][7]
- Dassault Mirage IIIBE/BJ/CJ - 22 [2]
- Dassault Mirage IIIEA/DA - 17 EA and 2 DA.[3][8][n 5]
- Dewoitine D.21 - 38 [2]
- Dewoitine D.25 - 11 [2][n 6]
- Fiat G.55 Centauro - 45[1]
- Fiat G.59-2A - 1 [1] single seater[2]
- Gloster Meteor F.4 - 100 [2]
- Nieuport 28 - 2 [1][2][9]
- North American F-86F Sabre - 30 [2]
- SPAD S.VII - 1 [2][9][n 7]
- SPAD S.XIII - 2 [1]
Transport, liaison and utility
Boeing 707, circa 2004
Fokker F-27-400M Troopship, 2005
IA 50 Guarani II, 1996
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Learjet 35, 2009
Lockheed KC-130H Hercules, circa 2005
Sud Aviation Caravelle, 1968
- Aero Boero AB-115 - 3 [1]
- Aero Boero AB-150 - 1 [1]
- Aero Boero AB-180RVR - 2 [1]
- Airspeed AS.65 Consul - 6 [2]
- Aero Commander 500B - 1 [3]
- Aero Commander 500U - 24, some used for search and rescue.[3]
- Aero Commander 680 - 1, transferred to government.[3]
- Avro Lancastrian - 2[1]
- Avro Lincoln - 1 [10][n 8]
- Beech C-45 Expeditor - 4 [2]
- Beechcraft King Air - 15 [1]
- Boeing 707 - 7 [2]
- Bristol 170 Freighter - 15 [1]
- Bombardier Learjet LJ35A - 6 [11][n 9]
- Bombardier Learjet LJ60
- Cessna 150 - 1 [1]
- Cessna 170B - 1 [1]
- Cessna 180 Skywagon - 10 [1]
- Cessna 182 Skylane - 91 [1]
- Cessna 310 - 1 [1]
- Cessna 320 Skyknight - 2 [1]
- Curtiss C-46 Commando - 2
- de Havilland Dove - 44[1]
- de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver - 5 [2] or 6[1]
- De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter - 2 [1][3]
- De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter - 7 [3] or 10[1]
- Dewoitine D.332 - 2 [1]
- Dewoitine D.338 - 2 [1]
- DINFIA IA 35 Huanquero - 67 [1]
- DINFIA IA 46 Ranquel/Super Ranquel - 7 [1]
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain - 50 [2]
- Douglas C-54 Skymaster - 9+ [1]
- Douglas DC-6 - 5 [1]
- FMA AeC.1 - 13 [1]
- FMA IA 50 Guaraní II - 29 [2]
- Fokker F27-400/400M/500/600 Friendship - 15 [3]
- Fokker F28 - 7 [3]
- Grumman SA-16B Albatross - 6 [1]
- Hawker Siddeley HS 748 - 1 [1]
- Junkers F.13ge - 2 [1]
- Junkers Ju 52/3m - 15 [2]
- Junkers W 34 - 1 [1]
- Lockheed model 10E Electra - 1 [1]
- Lockheed model 12B Electra Junior - 2 [1]
- Lockheed C-130E Hercules - 3 delivered from 1968.[3][12]
- Lockheed C-130H Hercules - 5 delivered 1972 to 1975.[3][12]
- Lockheed KC-130 Hercules - 2 delivered 1979.[3][12]
- Lockheed L-100-30 Super Hercules - 1 [1]
- Mitsubishi Mu-2/60 - 3 impressed in 1982[1]
- North American Sabreliner 75A - One [3]
- Piper PA-23-250 Aztec C - 6 [1]
- Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee - 2 [1] crop duster
- Piper PA-28 Arrow - 3 [1]
- Piper PA-28-236 Dakota - 10 [1]
- Piper PA-31 Navajo - 1 [3] or 3[1]
- Piper PA-34 Seneca - 3 [1]
- Saab 340B - 4 [2]
- Sud Aviation Caravelle - 3 [1][2]
- Swearingen SA.226 Merlin III - 2 [1]
- Vickers Viking I - 30 [2]
Trainers
FW-44J Stieglitz
I.Ae. 22 DL
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Morane-Saulnier MS-760 Paris, Mendoza, 2005
FMA IA-63 Pampa, Mendoza, 2005
- Antoinette VII - 1 [9]
- Avro 504K & N - 47 [1]
- Avro 504R Gosport - 66 [2]
- Avro 626 - 15 [2]
- BAC Canberra T.64 - 2 from 1971[n 1][3][4]
- Beech AT-11 Kansan - 30 [2]
- Beechcraft B-45 Mentor - 90 including 60 locally built by FMA.[3]
- Blériot XI - 11 [2][n 10]
- Boeing-Stearman Model 75 - 3 [2]
- Breguet G 3 - 1[1][n 11]
- Castaibert IV - 1[1]
- Caudron G-3 - 6 [2][9][n 12]
- Curtiss JN-4D-2 "Jenny" - 14 [1]
- Curtiss Fledgling - 2 [1]
- Deperdussin Monocoque - 1 [2][9]
- Embraer EMB 312 Tucano - 35 [2]
- Fairchild PT-19 - 1 [1]
- Farman III - 1 [9]
- Farman type El Palomar - 5 [9][n 13]
- Fiat G.46 - 48 [1]
- FMA AeME.1 - 7 [1]
- FMA IA 63 Pampa - 32 [1]
- Focke-Wulf Fw 44J - 197 [2]
- Focke-Wulf Fw 58 - 41 [1] also used as transport
- Grob G 120TP - 10
- I.Ae. 22 DL - 200 [1]
- Lockheed-Martin AT-63 Pampa - 24 [2]
- Marichal El Estudiantil - 1 [9][n 14]
- Miles Magister - 108 [1]
- Morane-Saulnier G - 2 [1]
- Morane-Saulnier L Parasol - 1 [9]
- Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris - 48 including 36 locally built by FMA.[3]
- Nieuport II.G - 2 [1]
- Nieuport IV.G - 2 [1]
- North American NA-18 - 1 (one off demonstrator/prototype for NA-16 series)
- North American NA-16-4P/NA-34 - 30 [2]
- North American T-28 Trojan - 58 [2]
- Percival Prentice T.1 - 100 [1]
- Rumpler Taube - 1 [1]
- Santos-Dumont Demoiselle - 1 [1]
- Sukhoi Su-29AR - acrobatic, 8 [2]
- Voisin V/LA - 1 [2]
Reconnaissance and observation
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Fairchild 82D, preserved at National Aeronautics museum, Argentina
- Fairchild 82D - 2 [2]
- Farman HF.20 - ?
- Farman F.40 - 2 [1]
- FMA AeMO.1 - 12 [1]
- FMA AeMOe.1 & 2 - 20 [1] also used as trainer
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub - 7 [1]
- SPAD S.XVI - 1 [1]
Sailplanes and gliders
- Bölkow Phoebus - 1 [1]
- Centrair ASW 20FL - 1 [1] (or Schleicher ASW 20FL)
- Eiri-Avion PIK-20 - 1 [1]
- Grob Twin Astir - 3 [1]
- LET L-13 Blanik - 3 [1]
- Schleicher Ka-7 Rhönadler - 1 [1]
- SZD-30 Pirat - 4 [1]
Rotary-wing aircraft
Autogyros
- Cierva C.30 - 3 [2]
Helicopters
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CH-47C Chinook
- Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - 9[2][3]
- Bell 47 - three 47G and one 47J in service in 1982.[3]
- Bell 212 Twin Huey - six [3]
- Bell 412 - two [2]
- Bell UH-1D Iroquois - four [3]
- Bell UH-1H Iroquois - three [3]
- Boeing CH-47C Chinook - three [3]
- Hughes 500M Defender - 14 [3]
- Hughes 500E
- Sikorsky S-58T - two [3]
See also
- Argentine air forces in the Falklands War
- List of aircraft of the Argentine Army Aviation
- List of aircraft of Argentine Naval Aviation
References
Footnotes
- 1 2 Additional 1981 order of 1 each B.62 and T.64 not delivered.
- ↑ 35 single-seat Dagger As and four two-seat Dagger Bs, delivered from 1978 to 1982.
- ↑ According to "Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 28", 16 were in service.
- ↑ "Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 28" mentions only 1 in service.
- ↑ Ten new single-seat IIIEAs and two two-seat IIIDAs delivered from 1972, seven IIIEA delivered 1980.
- ↑ According to Green & Swanborough (1994) The Complete Book of Fighters, five were built.
- ↑ According to "World Air Forces - Historical Listings", 2 were in service.
- ↑ Lincoln bomber B-003/B-022 was converted to transport.
- ↑ two reconnaissance aircraft delivered each 1978 and 1980. Calibration aircraft delivered in 1981-2.
- ↑ Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 27, gives a total of 8 in service with the EAM 1912-19.
- ↑ Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 27, identifies this model as a "Breguet Type III". No mention of a "Type III G.3" variant could be found online so far; however the wikiarticle about the "Type IV" does mention a G.3 variant.
- ↑ According to "World Air Forces - Historical Listings", 27 were in service. "Rumbos Aeronáuticos (Issue 27)", mentions 50+ in service overall in Argentina, of which only 6 were with the Military.
- ↑ Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 27, mentions that these differed from the Farman III in having a single, larger vertical tail surface.
- ↑ Single engine monoplane, inspired in the Bleriot IX, built by the Chilean Edmundo Marichal.
Citations
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 World Air Forces - Historical Listings - Argentina accessdate:June 2014
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Ay, Carlos (2013-08-15). "Catálogo Ilustrado de Aeronaves de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina". Gaceta Aeronautica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-05-31.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Andrade 1982, pp. 11-15
- 1 2 Burden et al. 1986, p. 90
- ↑ Burden et al. 1986, p. 129
- 1 2 Padin 1999, pp. 3-5, 15, 16.
- ↑ Padin 1999, pp. 5-7, 15, 16-22.
- ↑ Burden at al 1986, p. 144
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 27.
- ↑ Martin, Juan José, The Avro Lincoln in Argentina accessdate:June 2014
- ↑ Burden et al. 1986, p. 87
- 1 2 3 Burden et al. 1986, p. 76
Bibliography
- Books
- Amores Oliver, Eduardo Juan (2007). Fuerza Aérea Argentina: Guía de Aeronaves Militares, 1912-2006 (in Spanish). Dirección de Estudios Históricos, Fuerza Aérea Argentina. ISBN 9789872408602. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
- Andrade, John (1982). Militair 1982. London: Aviation Press Limited. ISBN 0 907898 01 7.
- Burden, Rodney A; Michael I Draper; Douglas A Rough; Colin R Smith; David L Wilton (1986). Falklands - The Air War. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-842-7.
- Bellomo, Sergio; Cordon Aguirre, Arturo; Marino, Atilio; Núñez Padin, Jorge (1999). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Curtiss Hawk. Serie Fuerza Aérea Argentina (in Spanish) 5. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales.
- Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters. Godalming, UK: Salamander Books. pp. 175–7. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.
- Journal articles
- BRIEND, Comodoro (R) Roberto (December 10, 2012). "Aviones que equiparon a la Aviación Militar Argentina - Parte I" [Aircraft used by the Argentine Military Aviation – Part I]. Rumbos Aeronáuticos (in Spanish) (Cordoba, Argentina: Fuerza Aérea Argentina – Escuela de Aviación Militar) (27). Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- BRIEND, Comodoro (R) Roberto (December 10, 2012). "Aviones que equiparon a la Aviación Militar Argentina - Parte II" [Aircraft used by the Argentine Military Aviation – Part II]. Rumbos Aeronáuticos (in Spanish) (Cordoba, Argentina: Fuerza Aérea Argentina – Escuela de Aviación Militar) (28). Retrieved 2014-07-18.
Further reading
- Online material
- BRIEND, Comodoro (R) Roberto (December 10, 2012). "Aviones que equiparon a la Aviación Militar Argentina - Parte III" [Aircraft used by the Argentine Military Aviation – Part III]. Rumbos Aeronáuticos (in Spanish) (Cordoba, Argentina: Fuerza Aérea Argentina – Escuela de Aviación Militar) (29). Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- Printed material
- 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.
- Benedetto, Fernando (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. Avro Lancaster, Lancastrian & Lincoln. Serie Fuerza Aérea (in Spanish) 17. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-00-3.
External links
- (Spanish) List of Argentine Air Force's current and former aircraft in "Aeromilitaria" website (retrieved 2009-05-13)
- (Spanish) List of Argentine Air Force's current and former aircraft in "Gaceta Aeronautica" website (retrieved 2014-05-31)
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