List of aircraft of Argentine Naval Aviation

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File:Argentine navy Super Etendard.JPEG
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.

Fixed-wing aircraft

Aircraft Origin Type # In service Notes
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 1980-1985 Falklands War: Six operated from Port Stanley Airport
Avro 552A UK seaplane 12 1922-1927 Special seaplane configuration for the Argentine Navy
Beechcraft AT-11[1] US Utility / bomber trainer 13 1946 - 1965 Replaced by Beechcraft C-45H
Beechcraft C-45[2] US Utility
Beechcraft D-18S[3] 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[4]
Consolidated P2Y[5] US flying boat 6 1936-1949
Consolidated PBY Catalina US flying boat 1946-1970
Curtiss JN-4 US trainer 4 1924-1935
Curtiss HS-2L 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"[6] 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"[7] 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[8] 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-?[9]
Lockheed L-188 Electra[10] 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[11] US trainer 3 1949–1965 Transferred to Airclubs
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.[12]
Supermarine Walrus[13] UK reconnaissance amphibian 2 (315)
8 (Mk1)		 1940-1948
1946-1958
Tellier T-3 France flying boat 4 1918 French military mission aircraft borrowed by Argentine navy
Vickers Viking 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
Alouette III France surface fleet helicopter 14 1960-2010 some participated in Falklands War, 1 lost.
Eurocopter Fennec France surface fleet helicopter 4 1996–present
Bell 47 G-4 US 1949-1968
Sikorsky S-51 US 1949-?
Sikorsky S-55 US Antarctic Support helicopter 3 1953-1971
Sikorsky S-58 US antisubmarine helicopter
Antarctic Support
Sikorsky Sea King US/Italy antisubmarine helicopter
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)
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.
Bell UH-1H US Argentine Marines - transport helicopter 8 [14] 2000-2008 [15] One destroyed prior delivery. Five transferred to Argentine Army Aviation in 2010.[16]

See also

References

Notes

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  5. ↑ ANFIBIOS E HIDROAVIONES DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - CONSOLIDATED P2Y-3A ("Histarmar" website) (accessed 2015-08-16)
  6. ↑ Curtiss Wright Kelito, MUAN Website(retrieved 2014-05-13)
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ 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)
  9. ↑ Histarmar - AVIONES DE ENTRENAMIENTO DE LA AVIACION NAVAL - JUNKERS W-34 (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-01-27)
  10. ↑ 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)
  11. ↑ 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)
  12. ↑ Museo de la Aviacion Naval - ARA 25 de MAYO - T-28 Fennec (retrieved 2014-08-19)
  13. ↑ 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)]
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Bibliography

Online sources

Further reading

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External links

  • Argentine Navy official site
  • MUAN Official Naval Aviation Museum
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  • Argentine Navy videos from ARA Independencia and ARA 25 de Mayo aircraft carriers [1] [2]
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