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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.
Aircraft | Origin | Type | # | In service | Notes |
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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 | 1980-1990 | 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 |
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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 |
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 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 |
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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. |