This is a list of all aircraft operated by the Australian Army since its formation.
Current[]
A Tiger helicopter
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A S-70 Blackhawk (left) and CH-47 Chinook (right)
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | In service[1] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH-58 Kiowa | United States  Australia
|
OH-58A Scout helicopter | 206B | 42 | Built under licence in Australia by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. To be partially replaced by the Eurocopter Tiger. |
| Boeing CH-47 Chinook | United States | Transport helicopter | CH-47D/F | 5 | One aircraft was destroyed during operations in Afghanistan on 30 May 2011.[2] Two additional CH-47Ds ordered in December 2011 as attrition replacement and to boost heavy lift capability.[3] To be replaced by 7 CH-47F on order. |
| Eurocopter Tiger |  Europe
|
Attack helicopter | Tiger ARH | 22 | |
| Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk | United States | Utility helicopter | S-70A-9 | 35 | Transferred from the Royal Australian Air Force as UH-60L.[4] |
| MRH 90 | Europe
|
Utility helicopter | TTH: Tactical Transport Helicopter | 16 | Sixteen TTH MRH-90 have been accepted by the Defence Materiel Organisation so far, total of 46 on order (including 6 for the Royal Australian Navy) |
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- Insitu Aerosonde
- Elbit Systems Skylark
- RQ-7 Shadow
Historic[]
Fixed-wing aircraft
- Auster Mark III
- Cessna 180
- Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo-Porter
- Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
- GAF Nomad
- Beechcraft Super King Air (B200, B200C and B300)
- De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Helicopters
Notes[]
- ↑ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, 15 January 2007.
- ↑ "Australian Chinook crashes in Afghanistan". Australian Aviation. 1 June 11. http://australianaviation.com.au/2011/06/chinook-down-in-afghanistan/. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ "Defence to buy two more Chinook choppers". ninemsn. 12 December 2011. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8388523/defence-to-buy-2-more-chinooks. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ↑ Leoni 2007, pp. 250–256.
References[]
- Leoni, Ray D. (2007). Black Hawk, The Story of a World Class Helicopter. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. ISBN 978-1-56347-918-2.
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