List of aircraft of the Argentine Air Force explained

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 to 1945. 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 list of active aircraft of the Argentine Air Force.

Fixed-wing aircraft

AircraftOriginTypeVariantAcquiredNotes
Combat Aircraft
Ansaldo A.1 BalillaItalyfighter2
Bristol F.2 FighterUnited Kingdomfighter42
Curtiss F11C GoshawkUnited Statesfighter10[1]
Curtiss Hawk 75HUnited StatesfighterHawk 75O50[2] one of which was a 75H
Mirage IIIFranceinterceptor41[3] [4] 17 EAs and 2 DAs
Dewoitine D.21Francefighter38
Dassault Mirage 5Franceattack10
Dewoitine D.21Francefighter38
Dewoitine D.25Francefighter11[5]
Douglas 8A-2United Statesfighter-bomber30
Douglas A-4 SkyhawkUnited Statesfighter-bomberB/C/AR111of which 36 were A-4ARs
Fiat G.55Italyfighter45
Fiat G.59-2AItalyfighter1
IA 58 PucaráArgentinaattack / COIN108
Gloster Meteor F.4United Kingdomfighter100
I.Ae. 24 CalquínArgentinafighter-bomber100
IAI NesherIsraelmultirole39[6] [7]
Nieuport 28Francefighter2[8]
United Statesfighter30
United Statesfighter1[9]
United Statesfighter2[10]
Bomber
Airco DH.9United Kingdombomber1
Avro LancasterUnited Kingdombomber15
Avro LincolnUnited Kingdombomber30
Breguet 19Francebomber38
Caproni Ca.33Italyheavy bomber4
English Electric CanberraUnited Kingdombomber10[11] [12]
Fiat B.R.2Italybomber2
FMA AeMB.2Argentinaheavy bomber14
I.Ae. 24 CalquinArgentinatactical bomber108
Martin Model 139WAAUnited Statestactical bomber22
Reconnaissance
Ansaldo SVAItalyreconnaissance5/1020[13] of which 3 were SVA 10s[14]
Caudron G.3Francereconnaissance6
Farman F.40Francereconnaissance2
FMA AeMO.1Argentinareconnaissance12
FMA AeC.2ArgentinareconnaissanceMO.1/.212 / 20
Piper PA-18United Statesreconnaissance7
SPAD S.XVIUnited Statesreconnaissance1
Transport
Aero Boero AB-115Argentinautility 3
Aero Boero AB-150Argentinautility 1
Aero Boero AB-180Argentinautility 2
Airspeed ConsulUnited Kingdomtransport6
Aero Commander 500United StatestransportB/U/6801 / 24 / 1
Avro LancastrianUnited Kingdomtransport2[15]
Avro LincolnUnited Kingdomtransport1[16] [17]
Beech C-45 ExpeditorUnited Statestransport4
Beechcraft King AirUnited Statestransport15
Boeing 707United StatesVIP7
Bristol FreighterUnited Kingdomtransport 15
Bombardier Learjet LJ35ACanadaVIP6[18] [19]
CessnaUnited Statesutility150/170/1801 / 1 / 10
Cessna 182 SkylaneUnited Statesutility91
Cessna 320 SkyknightUnited Statesutility2
Curtiss C-46 CommandoUnited Statestransport2
de Havilland DoveUnited Kingdomtransport44
de Havilland Canada DHC-2Canadatransport6
Canadatransport2
Canadatransport10STOL capable aircraft
Dewoitine D.332FrancetransportD.332/ D.3382 / 2
DINFIA IA 35Argentinatransport67
DINFIA IA 46Argentinautility 7
Douglas C-47United Statestransport50
United Statestransport9
United Statestransport5
FMA AeC.1Argentinautility 13
FMA IA 50 Guaraní IIArgentinatransport29
Fokker F27Netherlandstransport 15
Fokker F28Netherlandstransport 7
Grumman AlbatrossUnited StatesSAR / utility6amphibious aircraft
Hawker Siddeley HS 748United Kingdomtransport1
Junkers W 34Germanytransport6
Junkers F.13geGermanytransport2
Junkers Ju 52/3mGermanytransport15
Junkers W 34Germanytransport1
Lockheed ElectraUnited Statestransport10/12B32 of which are 12B Electra Juniors
C-130 HerculesUnited Statestactical airlifterC-130H/L-1003 / 1[20]
KC-130 HerculesUnited Statesaerial refueling / transport2[21]
Max Holste BroussardFranceutility12
Mitsubishi MU-2Japanutility3
North American SabrelinerUnited Statestransport1
Piper PA-23United StatesutilityAztec C6
Piper PA-25United Statesutility2352
Piper PA-28United Statesutility236/1801310 of which are Dakotas
Piper PA-31United Statesutility3
Piper PA-34United Statesutility3
Saab 340SwedenVIPB4
Sud Aviation CaravelleFranceVIP3
Swearingen MerlinUnited StatesVIP2
Vickers VikingUnited Kingdomutility 30 amphibious aircraft
Trainer Aircraft
Avro 504United KingdomtrainerK/N/504R113of which 66 were 504R Gosports
Avro 626United Kingdomtrainer15
English Electric CanberraUnited Kingdomconversion trainerT.642
Beechcraft 18trainerAT-1130
Beechcraft T-34trainerAT-119060 were licensed built by FMA
T-6 Texan IItrainer12[22] <
Blériot XItrainer11
Boeing-Stearman 75trainer3
Curtiss JN-4trainer14
Curtiss Fledglingtrainer2
Deperdussin Monocoquetrainer1
EMB-312 TucanoBraziltrainer35turboprop trainer
Fairchild PT-19trainer1
Fiat G.46trainer48
FMA AeC.2trainer7
FMA IA 63 Pampatrainer32of which 24 are AT-63s
Focke-Wulf Fw 44Jtrainer197
Focke-Wulf Fw 58trainer41also task as a transport
I.Ae. 22 DLtrainer200
Miles Magistertrainer108
Morane-Saulnier Gtrainer2
Morane-Saulnier Ltrainer1
MS.760 Parisjet trainer48
Nieuport IItrainerII.G/IV.G2 / 2
North American NA-16trainer30
North American T-28trainer58
Percival Prenticetrainer100
Etrich Taubetrainer1
Sukhoi Su-29aerobatics8used by the Cruz del Sur demo team
Voisin Vtrainer1 [23]
Gliders
Bölkow Phoebustrainer1
Schleicher ASW 20trainer1
Eiri-Avion PIK-20trainer1
Grob Twin Astirtrainer3
LET L-13 Blaníktrainer3
Schleicher Ka-7 Rhönadlertrainer1
SZD-30 Pirattrainer4

Rotary-wing aircraft

AircraftOriginTypeVariantAcquiredNotes
Autogyros
Cierva C.30United Kingdomobservation3Retired; 1 preserved
Helicopters
Franceutility / SAR9
United Statesutility / liaison 47G/J3 / 1Retired
United Statesutility 6[24]
United Statesutility 2
United Statesutility D/H4 / 1
United Statesutility / transportC3No longer in service
United StatesobservationM14
Russiatransport2[25] For Antarctic use
United Statesutility / transport 58T2Retired
United StatesVIP1[26] Retired, preserved.
Sikorsky S-70United StatesVIP1[27]

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Notes and References

  1. Padin 1999, pp. 3-5, 15, 16.
  2. Padin 1999, pp. 5-7, 15, 16-22.
  3. Burden at al 1986, p. 144
  4. Ten new single-seat IIIEAs and two two-seat IIIDAs delivered from 1972, seven IIIEA delivered 1980.
  5. According to Green & Swanborough (1994) The Complete Book of Fighters, five were built.
  6. 35 single-seat Dagger As and four two-seat Dagger Bs, delivered from 1978 to 1982.
  7. Burden et al. 1986, p. 129
  8. Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 27.
  9. According to "World Air Forces - Historical Listings", 2 were in service.
  10. According to "World Air Forces - Historical Listings", 2 were in service.
  11. Additional 1981 order of 1 each B.62 and T.64 not delivered.
  12. Burden et al. 1986, p. 90
  13. According to "Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 28", 16 were in service.
  14. "Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 28" mentions only 1 in service.
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20130704135108/http://www.worldairforces.com/Countries/argentina/arg.html World Air Forces - Historical Listings - Argentina
  16. Martin, Juan José, The Avro Lincoln in Argentina accessdate:June 2014
  17. Lincoln bomber B-003/B-022 was converted to transport.
  18. Burden et al. 1986, p. 87
  19. two reconnaissance aircraft delivered each 1978 and 1980. Calibration aircraft delivered in 1981-2.
  20. Book: The military balance. 2022 . 2022 . James Hackett, International Institute for Strategic Studies . 978-1-000-61972-0 . Abingdon, Oxon . 392–395 . 1296940601.
  21. Burden et al. 1986, p. 76
  22. Web site: Rivas. Santiago. Argentina to receive first Texan IIs in October, buy Bell 412s. IHS Jane's 360. 4 December 2017. https://archive.today/20170814192154/http://www.janes.com/article/73101/argentina-to-receive-first-texan-iis-in-october-buy-bell-412s. 14 August 2017. 14 August 2017.
  23. Web site: Catálogo Ilustrado de Aeronaves de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina . Ay . Carlos . es . 2013-08-15 . Gaceta Aeronautica . 2014-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103035446/http://www.gacetaeronautica.com/gaceta/wp-101/?p=5991 . 2014-01-03 . live .
  24. Andrade 1982, pp. 11-15
  25. Web site: ANALYSIS: 2019 World Air Forces Directory pg. 10 . flightglobal.com . 4 December 2018. 29 December 2022.
  26. Web site: World Air Forces 1981 pg. 40 . flightglobal.com . 17 March 2013.
  27. Web site: World Air Forces 2004 . Flightglobal Insight . 2004 . 17 January 2014.

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