A Super Etendard approaching USS Abraham Lincoln
This is a list of all aircraft obtained or operated by the Argentine Naval Aviation since its formation. For the current inventory please refer to the main article.
Fixed-wing aircraft[]
| Design | Aircraft | Origin | Type | # | In service | Notes | |
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Aermacchi MB-326 | new ex FAB |
jet trainer | 8 (GB) 11 (GC) |
1968-1997 1982-2008 |
GC Xavante built by Embraer | |
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Aermacchi MB-339 | new | jet trainer | 10 | 1980-1985 | Falklands War: Six operating from Port Stanley Airport | |
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Avro 552-A | new | flying boat | 12 | 1922- 1927 | Special flying boat configuration for the Argentine Navy | |
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Beechcraft AT-11 | ? | transport / trainer | ? | |||
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Beech Queen Air B65-80 | light transport | 5 | One outfitted as surveillance aircraft during the 1975 Operativo Independencia | |||
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Beech Super King Air 200 | light transport Maritime Patrol |
3 4 |
4 refit under Cormoran program | |||
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Beech T-34C Turbo Mentor | new built | turboprop trainer | 15 | 1978–present | Falklands War: 4 | |
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Consolidated PBY Catalina | ex-US Navy | flying boat | ? | 1946-1970 | ||
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Curtiss JN-4 | ex-? | piston training | 4 | 1924-1935 | ||
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Curtiss HS2L | ex-US Navy? | trainer flying boat | 8+4 | 1921-1931 | ||
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Curtiss CT-32 Condor | new built | transport | 3 | 1937-1949 | ||
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Curtiss F5L | ex-US Navy ? | patrol/bomber flying boat | 8 | 1921-1935 | replaced in 1931 and transferred to trainer duties | |
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Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard | new built | embarked jet fighter | 14 | 1981–present | Falklands War: 5 from Rio Grande | |
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Dornier Wal | ? | patrol/bomber flying boat | 4 | 1922-1932 | ||
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Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk | ex US Navy | embarked jet fighter | 16 (+2) | 1971-1988 | Falklands War: 8 from Rio Grande | |
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Douglas C-39/DC2 | ex civ Venezuela | transport | 5 | 1946-1958 | [1] | |
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Douglas C-47/DC3 | transport | 13 | 1949-1979 | [2] | ||
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Douglas C-54/DC4 | transport | 5 | 1949-1978 | [3] | ||
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Fokker F-28 | new | transport | 3 | 1979–present | Falklands War | |
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Fokker D.VII | ex French | recoinassance trainer | 1 | 1918-1919 | ||
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Grumman F9F-2 | ex US Navy | embarked jet fighter | 24 | 1958-1971 | ||
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Grumman F9F-8T Cougar | ex US Navy | embarked jet trainer | 2 | 1962-1971 | ||
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Grumman J2F Duck | ex US Navy ?? | embarked recoinassance | 4 | 1937-1958 | on board Veinticinco de Mayo class cruisers | |
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Grumman S-2 Tracker | 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 turbo-prop as S-2T. | ||
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Lockheed Electra | ex civilian | transport Maritime Patrol Elint |
3 2? 1 |
1973-? 1983-1994 1985-1998 |
Falklands War: transports | |
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Lockheed P-2 Neptune | ex RAF US Navy US Navy |
ASW & maritime patrol | 8 (P2V-5) 4 (SP-2E) 4 (SP-2H) |
1958-1982 | Falklands War: 2 SP-2H | |
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Lockheed P-3B Orion | ex US Navy | ASW & maritime patrol | 6 | 1997–present | ||
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Macchi C-7 | ? | fighter flying boat | 2 | 1919-1924 | ||
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Macchi B-9 | ? | bomber flying boat | 2 | 1919-1928 | ||
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Martin B-10 WAN | new built | land-based bomber | 13 | 1937-1949 | ||
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Martin PBM Mariner | ex-US Navy | flying boat | 9 | 1954-1962 | ||
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North American SNJ-5Cs Texan | ex-? | land-based and embarked trainer | 94 | 1949-1971 | They carried out several missions during the 1955 Revolución Libertadora (2 lost) On board carrier ARA Independencia since 1959 | |
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Nieuport 12 | ex French | piston trainer | 1 | 1918 | ||
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Pilatus PC-6/B-H2 | utility aircraft | 4 | ||||
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Sud T-28 Fennec | ex French | piston trainer | 65 | 1966-1979 | Last 9 to Uruguayan Navy | |
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Tellier T-3 | new built | flying boat | 4 | 1918 | Temporarly used by the Argentine navy, they were actually part of a French military mission | |
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Vickers Viking | new built | flying boat | 4 | 1923-1932 | ||
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Vought O2U Corsair | new?? | embarked observation | ? | |||
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Vought F4U Corsair | US Navy? | embarked piston fighter | 26 | 1956-1966 | F4U-5/5N/5NL variants | |
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P-95 Banderulha | loan FAB | maritime patrol | 2 | 1982 | Falklands War replaced P-2 Neptunes | |
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Hawker Siddeley HS-125 | VIP | 1 | 1972-1984 |
Helicopters[]
| Design | Aircraft | Origin | Type | # | In service | Notes |
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Alouette III | surface fleet | 14 | 1960-2010 | some participated on Falklands War, 1 lost aboard ARA General Belgrano. Last one to be retired on 2010 | |
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Eurocopter Fennec | surface fleet | 4 | 1996–present | ||
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Bell 47 G-4 | 1949-1968 | ||||
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Sikorsky S-51 | 1949-? | ||||
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Sikorsky S-55 | Antarctic Support | 3 | 1953-1971 | ||
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Sikorsky S-58 | antisubmarine Antarctic Support |
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Sikorsky Sea King | antisubmarine Antarctic Support antiship on board ARA Hércules |
1972–present | 5 S-61D4, 2 AS-61D, 2 AS-61H, 3 UH-3H (plus 3+2 spares), 4 UH-3H (2008) | ||
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Sea Lynx Mk.23 | new built | surface fleet | 2 | 1978-1985 | ordered ten Mk.23/Mk.87 but only two were delivered before the outbreak of the Falklands War, in which it participated. One written off after accident on board ARA Santísima Trinidad, 3 May 1982. |
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UH-1H | ex US Army | Argentine Marines | 9 | 1999-2008 | One destroyed prior delivery. One at naval aviation museum.[5] Rest on deposit. Transfer to Army cancelled |
See also[]
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References[]
- Argentine Navy videos from ARA Independencia and ARA 25 de Mayo aircraft carriers [1] [2]
Notes[]
Bibliography[]
- (Spanish) Naval Aviation inventory 1912-80, at HISTARMAR
- (Spanish) Aircraft list, at Naval Aviation Institute
- (Spanish) Historia de la Aviación Naval Argentina Escuadrilla Aeronaval Antisubmarina (Antisubmarine Naval Squadron) PDF book
Further reading[]
- Aviación Naval Argentina. Sebastian Sequeira, Carlos Cal y Cecilia Calatayud. ISBN 950-9064-02-5, SS&CC ediciones, Buenos Aires, 1984. (Spanish text)
External links[]
- Argentine Navy official site
- MUAN Official Naval Aviation Museum
The original article can be found at List of aircraft of Argentine Naval Aviation and the edit history here.