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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[1]
|
UK
|
seaplane trainer
|
12
|
1919-1932
|
Special seaplane configuration for the Argentine Navy
|
| Beechcraft AT-11[2]
|
US
|
Bomber trainer
|
13
|
1946 - 1965
|
Replaced by Beechcraft C-45H
|
| Beechcraft C-45[3]
|
US
|
Utility
|
|
|
|
| Beechcraft D-18S[4]
|
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[5]
|
| Consolidated P2Y[6]
|
US
|
flying boat
|
6
|
1936-1948[1] or -1949[7]
|
|
| Consolidated PBY Catalina
|
US
|
flying boat
|
|
1946-1970
|
|
| Curtiss JN-4[1]
|
US
|
trainer
|
4
|
1924-1935
|
|
| Curtiss HS-2L[1]
|
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"[8]
|
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"[9]
|
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[10]
|
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-?[11]
|
|
| Lockheed L-188 Electra[12]
|
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[13]
|
US
|
trainer
|
3
|
1949–1965
|
Transferred to air clubs. One later preserved at MUAN.
|
| 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.[14]
|
| Supermarine Walrus[15]
|
UK
|
reconnaissance amphibian
|
2 (315) 8 (Mk1)
|
1940-1948 1946-1958
|
|
| Supermarine Southampton[16]
|
UK
|
patrol flying boat
|
6 (Mk III)
|
1929-1948
|
|
| Tellier T.3
|
France
|
flying boat
|
4
|
1918
|
French military mission aircraft borrowed by Argentine navy
|
| Vickers Viking Mk.IV[17]
|
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.
|
| Bell 47 G-4
|
US
|
|
|
1949-1968
|
|
| Bell UH-1H
|
US
|
utility helicopter
|
8 [1]
|
2000-2008 [18]
|
To support the Argentine Marines. One destroyed prior delivery. Five transferred to Argentine Army Aviation in 2010.[19]
|
| Eurocopter Fennec
|
France
|
surface fleet helicopter
|
4
|
1996–present
|
|
| Sikorsky Sea King
|
US/Italy
|
antisubmarine helicopter
|
5 S-61D4 2 AS-61D 2 AS-61H
|
1972–present
|
Also 3 UH-3H (plus 3+2 spares), 4 UH-3H (2008) Also used for Antarctic Support, and antiship on board ARA Hércules
|
| Sikorsky S-51
|
US
|
|
|
1949-?
|
|
| Sikorsky S-55
|
US
|
Antarctic Support helicopter
|
3
|
1953-1971
|
|
| Sikorsky S-58
|
US
|
antisubmarine helicopter Antarctic Support
|
|
|
|
| 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.
|
See also
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- Argentine Naval Aviation
- Argentine air forces in the Falklands War
- List of aircraft of the Argentine Air Force
- List of active aircraft of the Argentine Air Force
- List of aircraft of the Argentine Army Aviation
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "NOMINA GENERAL" (in es). Instituto Aeronaval. http://www.institutoaeronaval.org/Aeronaves/Aeronaves/NOMINA-GENERAL.html.
- ↑ "AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "BEECHCRAFT D-18s"" (in es). Fundación Histarmar. http://www.histarmar.org/Armada Argentina/AviacionNaval/Trans-BeechAT11.htm.
- ↑ "AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "BEECHCRAFT C-45 EXPEDITOR"" (in es). Fundación Histarmar. http://www.histarmar.org/Armada Argentina/AviacionNaval/Trans-BeechC45Expeditor.htm.
- ↑ "AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "BEECHCRAFT AT11"" (in es). Fundación Histarmar. http://www.histarmar.org/Armada Argentina/AviacionNaval/Trans-Beech-18.htm.
- ↑ Núñez Padín, Jorge (2000). "BOEING STEARMAN N2S KAYDET" (in es). Jorge N. Padín. http://www.fuerzasnavales.com/magazine/stearman.html.
- ↑ ANFIBIOS E HIDROAVIONES DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - CONSOLIDATED P2Y-3A ("Histarmar" website) (accessed 2015-08-16)
- ↑ "Histarmar - CONSOLIDATED P2Y-3A" (in Spanish) (retrieved 2016-07-07)
- ↑ Curtiss Wright Kelito, MUAN Website(retrieved 2014-05-13)
- ↑ "AVIONES DE ENTRENAMIENTO DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - CONSOLIDATED "FLEET" MODELO 11" (in es). Fundación Histarmar. http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada Argentina/AviacionNaval/TR-Fleet.htm.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Histarmar - AVIONES DE ENTRENAMIENTO DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - JUNKERS W-34 (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-01-27)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Museo de la Aviacion Naval - ARA 25 de MAYO - T-28 Fennec (retrieved 2014-08-19)
- ↑ 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)]
- ↑ Histarmar - Indice Aviacion Naval (Aviacion Naval Argentina - Sus Aviones 1930-1950) - ANFIBIOS E HIDROAVIONES DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "SUPERMARINE SHOUTHAMPTON 1929" (in Spanish) (accessed 2016-07-06)]
- ↑ "ANFIBIOS E HIDROAVIONES DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "VICKERS VIKING IV"" (in es). Fundación Histarmar. http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada Argentina/AviacionNaval/HIDR-VickersVikingIV.htm.
- ↑ "UH-1H Iroquois in Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina". http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/521/.
- ↑ Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (August 4, 2010). "Traspaso de los UH-1H de la Aviación Naval a la Aviación del Ejército" (in es). Fuerzas Aeronavales (Buenos Aires, Argentina). http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?p=2293. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
Bibliography
- (in Spanish) Naval Aviation inventory 1912-80, at HISTARMAR
- (in Spanish) Aircraft list, at Naval Aviation Institute
- (in Spanish) Historia de la Aviación Naval Argentina Escuadrilla Aeronaval Antisubmarina (Antisubmarine Naval Squadron) PDF book
Online sources
- (in Spanish) Escuadrillas de Helicópteros Navales, Histarmar
- (in Spanish) Transportes Navales, Histarmar
- "NOMINA GENERAL" (in es). Instituto Aeronaval. http://www.institutoaeronaval.org/Aeronaves/Aeronaves/NOMINA-GENERAL.html.
Further reading
- Arguindeguy, Pablo E (1980) (in es). Historia de la Aviación Naval Argentina - Tomo I. Serie B - Historia Naval Argentina. Nº22. Buenos Aires: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales.
- Arguindeguy, Pablo E (1980) (in es). Historia de la Aviación Naval Argentina - Tomo II. Serie B - Historia Naval Argentina. Nº23. Buenos Aires: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales.
- Martini, Hector A (1992) (in es). Historia de la Aviación Naval Argentina - Tomo III. Serie Historia Naval Argentina. Nº. Buenos Aires: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales. ISBN 9789879945902. http://www.abebooks.com/HISTORIA-AVIACION-NAVAL-ARGENTINA-Tomo-III/10848594079/bd. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
- Sequeira, Sebastian; Cal, Carlos; Calatayud, Cecilia (1984) (in es). Aviación Naval Argentina. Buenos Aires: SS&CC ediciones. ISBN 950-9064-02-5.
- Aircraft specific bibliography
- Nuñez Padin, Jorge Félix (2002) (in es). Grumman G.15, G.20 & J2F Duck. Serie Aeronaval. Nº15. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Museo de la Aviación Naval, Instituto Naval.
- Nuñez Padin, Jorge (2006). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es, en). Lockheed L-188 Electra. Serie Aeronaval. Nº20. Fuerzas Aeronavales. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-lockheed-l-188-electra-serie-aeronaval-no20. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Lockheed P-2 Neptune. Serie Aeronaval. 23. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?p=33. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). JRF Goose, PBY Catalina, PBM Mariner & HU-16 Albatros. Serie Aeronaval. 25. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-20557-4-5. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-jrf-goose-pby-catalina-pbm-mariner-hu-16-albatros-serie-aeronaval-no25. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). S-2 Tracker & Turbo Tracker. Serie Aeronaval. 26. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-s-2-tracker-turbo-tracker-serie-aeronaval-no26. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Vought F4U-5, -5N & -5NL Corsair. Serie Aeronaval. 27. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-20557-9-0. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-vought-f4u-55n-5nl-corsair-serie-aeronaval-n27. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2010). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). North American T-28 Fennec. Serie Aeronaval. 28. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-02-7. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?p=1757. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2010). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Grumman F9F Panther & Cougar. Serie Aeronaval. 29. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-03-4. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-grumman-f9f-phanter-cougar-serie-aeronaval-no29. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2012). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Dassault Super Etendard. Serie Aeronaval. 30. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-12-6. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-dasault-super-etendard-serie-aeronaval-no30. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2013). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). McDonnell Douglas A-4Q & A-4E Skyhawk. Serie Aeronaval. 31. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-23-2. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-mcdonell-douglas-a-4q-a-4e-skyhawk-serie-aeronaval-no31. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2014). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Sikorsky S-61D.4 & UH-3H Sea King. Serie Aeronaval. 32. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=sikorsky-s-61d-4-uh-3h-sea-king-serie-aeronaval-no32. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2015). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Beechcraft AT-11&RC/UC/C-45H/J. Serie Aeronaval. 33. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. http://www.ipneditores.com.ar/product_info.php?products_id=910. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2016). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Viking, Southampton & Walrus. Serie Aeronaval. 34. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. http://www.aviationmegastore.com/viking-southampton--walrus-9789871682-padin-9789871682-south-america/product/?action=prodinfo&art=137282. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix; Benedetto, Fernando C. (2007). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Martin 139W en Argentina. Serie en Argentina. Nº1. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-martin-139w-en-argentina-serie-en-argentina-no1. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Junkers F13 / W34 / K43 / Ju52. Serie en Argentina. 3. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-20557-7-6. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-junkers-f13-w34k43-y-ju-52-serie-en-argentina-no3. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix; Cicalesi, Juan Carlos (2011). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. ed (in es). Sikorsky S-55/H-19 & S-58/T. Serie en Argentina. 6. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-13-3. http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-sikorsky-s-55h-19-s-58t-serie-en-argentina-n6. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
External links
- Argentine Navy official site
- MUAN Official Naval Aviation Museum
- "Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina". Helis.com. http://www.helis.com/database/org/ar_argentine_navy/.
- Argentine Navy videos from ARA Independencia and ARA 25 de Mayo aircraft carriers [1] [2]
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