# List of aircraft of the Argentine Air Force

This is a list of all fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft operated by the Argentine Air Force since its formation in 1945, and by its predecessor (the Army Aviation Service) since 1912 to 1945. Prototypes and aircraft evaluated but not used operationally are excluded. Aircraft are listed under the main role in which they were used for most of their operational life. For the current inventory see the list of active aircraft of the Argentine Air Force.

## Fixed-wing aircraft

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | Acquired | Notes |
| Combat aircraft ||||||
| Ansaldo A.1 Balilla | Italy | fighter | | 2 | |
| Bristol F.2 Fighter | United Kingdom | fighter | | 42 | |
| Curtiss F11C Goshawk | United States | fighter | | 10 | |
| Curtiss Hawk 75H | United States | fighter | Hawk 75O | 50 | one of which was a 75H |
| Mirage III | France | interceptor | IIIBE/BJ/CJ/EA/DA | 41 | 17 EAs and 2 DAs |
| Dewoitine D.21 | France | fighter | | 38 | |
| Dassault Mirage 5 | France | attack | 5P | 10 | |
| Dewoitine D.21 | France | fighter | | 38 | |
| Dewoitine D.25 | France | fighter | | 11 | |
| Douglas 8A-2 | United States | fighter-bomber | | 30 | |
| Douglas A-4 Skyhawk | United States | fighter-bomber | B/C/AR | 111 | of which 36 were A-4ARs |
| Fiat G.55 | Italy | fighter | | 45 | |
| Fiat G.59-2A | Italy | fighter | | 1 | |
| IA 58 Pucará | Argentina | attack / COIN | | 108 | |
| Gloster Meteor F.4 | United Kingdom | fighter | | 100 | |
| I.Ae. 24 Calquín | Argentina | fighter-bomber | | 100 | |
| IAI Nesher | Israel | multirole | | 39 | |
| Nieuport 28 | France | fighter | | 2 | |
| North American F-86F Sabre | United States | fighter | | 30 | |
| SPAD S.VII | United States | fighter | | 1 | |
| SPAD S.XIII | United States | fighter | | 2 | |
| Bomber ||||||
| Airco DH.9 | United Kingdom | bomber | | 1 | |
| Avro Lancaster | United Kingdom | bomber | | 15 | |
| Avro Lincoln | United Kingdom | bomber | | 30 | |
| Breguet 19 | France | bomber | | 38 | |
| Caproni Ca.33 | Italy | heavy bomber | | 4 | |
| English Electric Canberra | United Kingdom | bomber | | 10 | |
| Fiat B.R.2 | Italy | bomber | | 2 | |
| FMA AeMB.2 | Argentina | heavy bomber | | 14 | |
| I.Ae. 24 Calquin | Argentina | tactical bomber | | 108 | |
| Martin Model 139WAA | United States | tactical bomber | | 22 | |
| Reconnaissance ||||||
| Ansaldo SVA | Italy | reconnaissance | 5/10 | 20 | of which 3 were SVA 10s |
| Caudron G.3 | France | reconnaissance | | 6 | |
| Farman F.40 | France | reconnaissance | | 2 | |
| FMA AeMO.1 | Argentina | reconnaissance | | 12 | |
| FMA AeC.2 | Argentina | reconnaissance | MO.1/.2 | 12 / 20 | |
| Piper PA-18 | United States | reconnaissance | | 7 | |
| SPAD S.XVI | United States | reconnaissance | | 1 | |
| Transport ||||||
| Aero Boero AB-115 | Argentina | utility | | 3 | |
| Aero Boero AB-150 | Argentina | utility | | 1 | |
| Aero Boero AB-180 | Argentina | utility | | 2 | |
| Airspeed Consul | United Kingdom | transport | | 6 | |
| Aero Commander 500 | United States | transport | B/U/680 | 1 / 24 / 1 | |
| Avro Lancastrian | United Kingdom | transport | | 2 | |
| Avro Lincoln | United Kingdom | transport | | 1 | |
| Beech C-45 Expeditor | United States | transport | | 4 | |
| Beechcraft King Air | United States | transport | | 15 | |
| Boeing 707 | United States | VIP | | 7 | |
| Bristol Freighter | United Kingdom | transport | | 15 | |
| Bombardier Learjet LJ35A | Canada | VIP | | 6 | |
| Cessna | United States | utility | 150/170/180 | 1 / 1 / 10 | |
| Cessna 182 Skylane | United States | utility | | 91 | |
| Cessna 320 Skyknight | United States | utility | | 2 | |
| Curtiss C-46 Commando | United States | transport | | 2 | |
| de Havilland Dove | United Kingdom | transport | | 44 | |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-2 | Canada | transport | | 6 | |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-3 | Canada | transport | | 2 | |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6 | Canada | transport | | 10 | STOL capable aircraft |
| Dewoitine D.332 | France | transport | D.332/ D.338 | 2 / 2 | |
| DINFIA IA 35 | Argentina | transport | | 67 | |
| DINFIA IA 46 | Argentina | utility | | 7 | |
| Douglas C-47 | United States | transport | | 50 | |
| Douglas C-54 | United States | transport | | 9 | |
| Douglas DC-6 | United States | transport | | 5 | |
| FMA AeC.1 | Argentina | utility | | 13 | |
| FMA IA 50 Guaraní II | Argentina | transport | | 29 | |
| Fokker F27 | Netherlands | transport | | 15 | |
| Fokker F28 | Netherlands | transport | | 7 | |
| Grumman Albatross | United States | SAR / utility | 6 | | amphibious aircraft |
| Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | United Kingdom | transport | | 1 | |
| Junkers W 34 | Germany | transport | | 6 | |
| Junkers F.13ge | Germany | transport | | 2 | |
| Junkers Ju 52/3m | Germany | transport | | 15 | |
| Junkers W 34 | Germany | transport | | 1 | |
| Lockheed Electra | United States | transport | 10/12B | 3 | 2 of which are 12B Electra Juniors |
| C-130 Hercules | United States | tactical airlifter | C-130H/L-100 | 3 / 1 | |
| KC-130 Hercules | United States | aerial refueling / transport | | 2 | |
| Max Holste Broussard | France | utility | | 12 | |
| Mitsubishi MU-2 | Japan | utility | | 3 | |
| North American Sabreliner | United States | transport | 75A | 1 | |
| Piper PA-23 | United States | utility | Aztec C | | 6 |
| Piper PA-25 | United States | utility | 235 | 2 | |
| Piper PA-28 | United States | utility | 236/180 | 13 | 10 of which are Dakotas |
| Piper PA-31 | United States | utility | | 3 | |
| Piper PA-34 | United States | utility | | 3 | |
| Saab 340 | Sweden | VIP | B | 4 | |
| Sud Aviation Caravelle | France | VIP | | 3 | |
| Swearingen Merlin | United States | VIP | | 2 | |
| Vickers Viking | United Kingdom | utility | | 30 | amphibious aircraft |
| Trainer aircraft ||||||
| Avro 504 | United Kingdom | trainer | K/N/504R | 113 | of which 66 were 504R Gosports |
| Avro 626 | United Kingdom | trainer | | 15 | |
| English Electric Canberra | United Kingdom | conversion trainer | T.64 | 2 | |
| Beechcraft 18 | United States | trainer | AT-11 | 30 | |
| Beechcraft T-34 | United States | trainer | AT-11 | 90 | 60 were licensed built by FMA |
| T-6 Texan II | United States | trainer | | 12< | |
| Blériot XI | France | trainer | | 11 | |
| Boeing-Stearman 75 | United States | trainer | | 3 | |
| Curtiss JN-4 | United States | trainer | | 14 | |
| Curtiss Fledgling | United States | trainer | | 2 | |
| Deperdussin Monocoque | France | trainer | | 1 | |
| EMB-312 Tucano | Brazil | trainer | | 35 | turboprop trainer |
| Fairchild PT-19 | United States | trainer | | 1 | |
| Fiat G.46 | Italy | trainer | | 48 | |
| FMA AeC.2 | Argentina | trainer | | 7 | |
| FMA IA 63 Pampa | Argentina | trainer | | 32 | of which 24 are AT-63s |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 44J | Germany | trainer | | 197 | |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 58 | Germany | trainer | | 41 | also task as a transport |
| I.Ae. 22 DL | Argentina | trainer | | 200 | |
| Miles Magister | United Kingdom | trainer | | 108 | |
| Morane-Saulnier G | France | trainer | | 2 | |
| Morane-Saulnier L | France | trainer | | 1 | |
| MS.760 Paris | France | jet trainer | | 48 | |
| Nieuport II | France | trainer | II.G/IV.G | 2 / 2 | |
| North American NA-16 | United States | trainer | | 30 | |
| North American T-28 | United States | trainer | | 58 | |
| Percival Prentice | United Kingdom | trainer | | 100 | |
| Etrich Taube | Germany | trainer | | 1 | |
| Sukhoi Su-29 | Russia | aerobatics | | 8 | used by the Cruz del Sur demo team |
| Voisin V | France | trainer | | 1 | |
| Gliders ||||||
| Bölkow Phoebus | Germany | trainer | | 1 | |
| Schleicher ASW 20 | Germany | trainer | | 1 | |
| Eiri-Avion PIK-20 | Finland | trainer | | 1 | |
| Grob Twin Astir | Germany | trainer | | 3 | |
| LET L-13 Blaník | Czech Republic | trainer | | 3 | |
| Schleicher Ka-7 Rhönadler | Germany | trainer | | 1 | |
| SZD-30 Pirat | Poland | trainer | | 4 | |

## Rotary-wing aircraft

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | Acquired | Notes |
| Autogyros ||||||
| Cierva C.30 | United Kingdom | observation | | 3 | Retired; 1 preserved |
| Helicopters ||||||
| Aérospatiale SA315 | France | utility / SAR | | 9 | |
| Bell 47 | United States | utility / liaison | 47G/J | 3 / 1 | Retired |
| Bell 212 | United States | utility | | 6 | |
| Bell 412 | United States | utility | | 2 | |
| Bell UH-1 | United States | utility | D/H | 4 / 1 | |
| Boeing CH-47 | United States | utility / transport | C | 3 | No longer in service |
| MD500 Defender | United States | observation | M | 14 | |
| Mi-171E | Russia | transport | | 2 | For Antarctic use |
| Sikorsky S-58 | United States | utility / transport | 58T | 2 | Retired |
| Sikorsky S-61R | United States | VIP | | 1 | Retired, preserved. |
| Sikorsky S-70 | United States | VIP | | 1 | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Ten new single-seat IIIEAs and two two-seat IIIDAs delivered from 1972, seven IIIEA delivered 1980.
* ↑ According to Green & Swanborough (1994) The Complete Book of Fighters, five were built.
* ↑ 35 single-seat Dagger As and four two-seat Dagger Bs, delivered from 1978 to 1982.
* ↑ According to "World Air Forces - Historical Listings", 2 were in service.
* ↑ According to "World Air Forces - Historical Listings", 2 were in service.
* 1 2 Additional 1981 order of 1 each B.62 and T.64 not delivered.
* ↑ According to "Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 28", 16 were in service.
* ↑ "Rumbos Aeronáuticos, Issue 28" mentions only 1 in service.
* ↑ Lincoln bomber B-003/B-022 was converted to transport.
* ↑ two reconnaissance aircraft delivered each 1978 and 1980. Calibration aircraft delivered in 1981-2.