List of active Chile military aircraft

List of active Chile military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Chilean Armed Forces.

Aircraft	Origin	Role	Variant	In service	Notes
Combat aircraft
Northrop F-5	United States	Light fighter	F-5E F-5F	8[1] 3[1]	Originally, 18 F-5E/F Tiger IIs were acquired in 1975. In the 1990s, they were upgraded to the F-5 Tiger III variant.[2] F-5F used as trainers.[3]
F-16 Fighting Falcon	United States	Multirole	F-16C/D F-16A/B MLU	10[1] 36[3][4]	10 F-16C/D Block 50 received from the US in 2006 and 36 F-16 AM/BM MLU Block 15/20 from the Royal Netherlands Air Force between 2006 and 2011.[4] 11 F-16B/D used as trainers.[3]
AEW&C
E-3 Sentry	United States	AEW&C	E-3D MK1	2[3]	3 units received from the Royal Air Force in 2022, one for spare parts.[5]
Reconnaissance
Cessna L-19	United States	Liaison / SAR	L-19A	3[1]	Originally, 6 units were acquired in 1955.[6]
Cessna O-2 Skymaster	United States	Liaison / SAR	O-2A	2[1]
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker	United States	Aerial refueling / transport	KC-135E	3[7]	3 units received from the United States Air Force between 2010 and 2012.[8]
KC-130 Hercules	United States	Transport / aerial refueling	KC-130R	3[3]	Originally, 4 units of this transport variant were received from the USN between 2015 and 2016. They have the capability to refuel the F-5E/F Tiger III in flight.[9]
Transport / utility
DHC-6 Twin Otter	Canada	Utility / transport	DHC-6-100 DHC-6-300	13[7]	Originally, 20 units were acquired; 8 of the 100 series in 1966, 6 of the 300 series to LAM in 1974 and 6 more of the 300 series in 1978.[10]
C-130 Hercules	United States	Transport	C-130H	4[7]	2 units of this transport variant were received from Lockheed Martin between 1972 and 1973. In 2021, 2 more units were received from the USAF, with a third unit being contemplated.[9]
C-212 Aviocar	Spain	Transport	C-212-200 C-212-300	2[7][11] 1[7][11]	Originally 4 units received since March 1995; 2 C-212-200 and 2 C-212-300.[11]
Boeing 737	United States	Transport	330QC 58N	1[7] 1[7]
Cessna CitationJet	United States	VIP transport / trainer	CJ1	4[7]	4 units received in 2001.[12]
Gulfstream G-IV	United States	VIP transport / utility		4[7]	4 aircraft in total; the first acquired in 2005, the second in 2015, the third in 2020 and the fourth in 2021.[13][14][15]
Boeing 767	United States	Transport	300ER	1[7]	1 unit incorporated in 2008.[16]
Helicopter
UH-1 Iroquois	United States	Utility	UH-1H	13[1]	Its replacement is contemplated by 14 units of a helicopter to choose from during the second half of 2023.[17]
Bell 206	United States	Utility	206B Jet Ranger III	5[1]
UH-60 Black Hawk	United States	Transport / utility	S-70A-39 (UH-60L) S-70i (MH-60M)	1[1] 6[1]	1 unit acquired in 1998.[18] 6 units of PZL Mielec in 2018.[18]
Bell 412	United States	Utility	412SP 412EP	16[1][19]
Trainer aircraft
T-35 Pillán	Chile	Trainer	T-35A T-35B T-35BE	30[1]	Various units received from ENAER starting in 1986.[20] They will be replaced from the 2027-2028 period by 33 T-35 Pillán II aircraft.[21]
A-29 Super Tucano	Brazil	Advanced trainer / attack	A-29B	22[1]	22 units in total acquired from Embraer; 12 received since 2009, 6 in 2018 and 4 in 2020.[22][23][24]
Cirrus SR22	United States	Trainer	SR-22T	8[1]	8 units in total; 2 received in 2013, 2 in 2015, 2 in 2016 and 2 in 2017.[25]
Aerobatic competition aircraft
GB1 GameBird	United Kingdom	Aerobatics		6[26]	Originally 7 units received from Game Composites in 2019.[26]
UAV
Hermes 900	Israel	Surveillance		3[27]	3 units purchased from Elbit Systems in 2011.[28]
Mantis	Spain	Surveillance		2[1]	UAVs acquired around 2014.[29]

Aircraft	Origin	Role	Variant	In service	Notes
Transport / utility
CN-235	Spain	Transport	CN-235-100	3[30]	3 units of this variant acquired at the end of the 80s. 1 unit lost in 1992 and replaced by another CN-235 of the same variant.[30]
Cessna 208 Caravan	United States	Transport / utility	208B Grand Caravan	3[7]
C-212 Aviocar	Spain	Transport	C-212-300	2[7]	Originally 3 units of this variant received in 1998.[11]
Cessna Citation C-680 Sovereign	United States	Transport / utility		1[31]
Helicopter
SA330 Puma	France	Transport / utility	SA330L	2[32]
MD 500 Defender	United States	Recce / attack	MD 530F	8[3]	Originally 20 units were acquired; a first batch in 1989 and then two more batches in 1993 and 1994.[33]
AS350/H125 Écureuil	France	Utility	AS350B2 AS350B3	2[32] 2[32]
AS355 Écureuil 2	France	Utility	AS355N	1[32]
AS532/H215M Cougar	France	Transport / utility	AS532AL AS532Ale	8[32] 2[32]	8 units of this variant received between 2008 and 2016.[32] 2 units of this variant received in 2013 and 2014.[32]
Trainer aircraft
Cessna 172	United States	Trainer	172S	2[7]	2 aircraft that were incorporated in 2015.[34]

Aircraft	Origin	Role	Variant	In service	Notes
Maritime patrol
EMB 110 Bandeirante	Brazil	MPA	EMB 111AN (P-111)	4[3]	Originally, 6 aircraft of this variant were acquired in 1976; receiving 3 in 1978 and 3 in 1979.[35]
P-3 Orion	United States	MPA / ASW	P-3ACH Orion	2[36]	Originally, 6 second-hand aircraft were received from the US as of 1993; 2 from the P-3A anti-submarine version and 6 from the UP-3A transport version. Half of the aircraft was put into service and the rest for technical training. The 2 current units were delivered modernized in 2019 and 2021 by IMP Aerospace.[36][37]
C-295 Persuader	Spain	MPA MPA / ASW	C-295 MPA C-295 MPA/ASW	1[38] 2[38]	3 aircraft purchased from EADS CASA in 2007 and received between 2010 and 2011.[38]
Partenavia P.68	Italy	Recce / utility	P68 Observer 2	7[3]	7 units purchased from Vulcanair Aircraft in 2015.[39]
Transport
EMB 110 Bandeirante	Brazil	Transport	EMB 110C (C-111)	1[7]	Originally 3 aircraft of this variant acquired in 1975.[40]
Helicopter
Bo 105 Bölkow (UH-05)	Germany	Utility	Bo 105CBS	4[3]	Originally, 7 units were incorporated in the early 1990s.[41]
AS332 Super Puma	France	ASuW / ASW / utility	AS332F1 (SH-32) AS332L (HH-32)	5[39] 2[39]
AS365 Dauphin (HH-65)	France	Utility		9[39]	9 second-hand units in total; 4 received between 2005 and 2006, 4 more acquired in 2008 and the ninth unit received in 2021.[42]
AS350/H125 (HH-50) Écureuil	France	Utility		5[43]	5 units acquired in 2019; 1 received in 2020, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2022 and the last one in 2023.[43]
Trainer aircraft
Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer	Switzerland	Trainer / attack		7[3]	Originally there were 10 aircraft; 8 received in 1980 and 2 in 1981.[44]

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