List of aircraft of Argentine Naval Aviation

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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.

## Contents

* 1 Fixed-wing aircraft
* 2 Rotary-wing aircraft
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 4.1 Notes
* 4.2 Bibliography
* 4.3 Online sources
* 5 Further reading
* 6 External links

## Fixed-wing aircraft

Aircraft | Origin | Type | # | In service | Notes

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Aermacchi MB-326 | Italy  | jet trainer  | 8 (GB)

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11 (GC)  | 1968-1997

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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

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Maritime Patrol  | 3

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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)

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60 (N2S)  | 1936-1949

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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)

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6 (S-2E)

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3 (S-2G)  | 1962-1986(S-2A)

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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

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Maritime Patrol

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Elint  | 3 L-188PF

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4 L-188A (modified)

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1 (converted)  | 1973-?

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1983-1994

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1985-1998  | Falklands War: transports
Lockheed P-2 Neptune | US  | ASW & maritime patrol  | 8 (P2V-5)

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4 (SP-2E)

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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)

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8 (Mk1)  | 1940-1948

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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

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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

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2 AS-61D

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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. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ "AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "BEECHCRAFT D-18s"" (in es). Fundación Histarmar. http://www.histarmar.org/Armada Argentina/AviacionNaval/Trans-BeechAT11.htm.
3. ↑ "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.
4. ↑ "AVIONES DE TRANSPORTE DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - "BEECHCRAFT AT11"" (in es). Fundación Histarmar. http://www.histarmar.org/Armada Argentina/AviacionNaval/Trans-Beech-18.htm.
5. ↑ Núñez Padín, Jorge (2000). "BOEING STEARMAN N2S KAYDET" (in es). Jorge N. Padín. http://www.fuerzasnavales.com/magazine/stearman.html.
6. ↑ ANFIBIOS E HIDROAVIONES DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - CONSOLIDATED P2Y-3A ("Histarmar" website) (accessed 2015-08-16)
7. ↑ "Histarmar - CONSOLIDATED P2Y-3A" (in Spanish) (retrieved 2016-07-07)
8. ↑ Curtiss Wright Kelito, MUAN Website(retrieved 2014-05-13)
9. ↑ "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.
10. ↑ 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)
11. ↑ Histarmar - AVIONES DE ENTRENAMIENTO DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - JUNKERS W-34 (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-01-27)
12. ↑ 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)
13. ↑ 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)
14. ↑ Museo de la Aviacion Naval - ARA 25 de MAYO - T-28 Fennec (retrieved 2014-08-19)
15. ↑ 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)]
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)]
17. ↑ "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.
18. ↑ "UH-1H Iroquois in Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina". http://www.helis.com/database/modelorg/521/.
19. ↑ 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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