# List of active Chile military aircraft

List of active Chile military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Chilean Armed Forces.

## Chilean Air Force

| Aircraft | Origin | Role | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Combat aircraft ||||||
| Northrop F-5 | United States | Light fighter | F-5E F-5F | 8 3 | Originally, 18 F-5E/F Tiger IIs were acquired in 1975. In the 1990s, they were upgraded to the F-5 Tiger III variant. F-5F used as trainers. |
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | Multirole | F-16C/D F-16A/B MLU | 10 36 | 10 F-16C/D Block 50 received from the US in 2006 and 36 F-16 AM/BM MLU Block 15/20 from the RNLAF between 2006 and 2011. 11 F-16B/D used as trainers. |
| AEW&C ||||||
| E-3 Sentry | United States | AEW&C | E-3D MK1 | 2 | 3 units received from the RAF in 2022, one for spare parts. |
| Reconnaissance ||||||
| Cessna L-19 | United States | Liaison / SAR | L-19A | 3 | Originally, 6 units were acquired in 1955. |
| Cessna O-2 Skymaster | United States | Liaison / SAR | O-2A | 2 | |
| Tanker ||||||
| KC-135 Stratotanker | United States | Aerial refueling / transport | KC-135E | 3 | 3 units received from the USAF between 2010 and 2012. |
| KC-130 Hercules | United States | Transport / aerial refueling | KC-130R | 3 | Originally, 4 units of this transport variant were received from the USN between 2015 and 2016. They have the capability to refuel the F-5E/F Tiger III in flight. |
| Transport / Utility ||||||
| DHC-6 Twin Otter | Canada | Utility / transport | DHC-6-100 DHC-6-300 | 13 | Originally, 20 units were acquired; 8 of the 100 series in 1966, 6 of the 300 series to LAM in 1974 and 6 more of the 300 series in 1978. |
| C-130 Hercules | United States | Transport | C-130H | 4 | 2 units of this transport variant were received from Lockheed Martin between 1972 and 1973. In 2021, 2 more units were received from the USAF, with a third unit being contemplated. |
| C-212 Aviocar | Spain | Transport | C-212-200 C-212-300 | 2 1 | Originally 4 units received since March 1995; 2 C-212-200 and 2 C-212-300. |
| Boeing 737 | United States | Transport | 330QC 58N | 1 1 | |
| Cessna CitationJet | United States | VIP transport / trainer | CJ1 | 4 | 4 units received in 2001. |
| Gulfstream G-IV | United States | VIP transport / utility | | 4 | 4 aircraft in total; the first acquired in 2005, the second in 2015, the third in 2020 and the fourth in 2021. |
| Boeing 767 | United States | Transport | 300ER | 1 | 1 unit incorporated in 2008. |
| Helicopter ||||||
| UH-1 Iroquois | United States | Utility | UH-1H | 13 | Its replacement is contemplated by 14 units of a helicopter to choose from during the second half of 2023. |
| Bell 206 | United States | Utility | 206B Jet Ranger III | 5 | |
| UH-60 Black Hawk | United States | Transport / utility | S-70A-39 (UH-60L) S-70i (MH-60M) | 1 6 | 1 unit acquired in 1998. 6 units of PZL Mielec in 2018. |
| Bell 412 | United States | Utility | 412SP 412EP | 16 | |
| Trainer aircraft ||||||
| T-35 Pillán | Chile | Trainer | T-35A T-35B T-35BE | 30 | Various units received from ENAER starting in 1986. They will be replaced from the 2027-2028 period by 33 T-35 Pillán II aircraft. |
| A-29 Super Tucano | Brazil | Advanced trainer / attack | A-29B | 22 | 22 units in total acquired from Embraer; 12 received since 2009, 6 in 2018 and 4 in 2020. |
| Cirrus SR22 | United States | Trainer | SR-22T | 8 | 8 units in total; 2 received in 2013, 2 in 2015, 2 in 2016 and 2 in 2017. |
| Aerobatic competition aircraft ||||||
| GB1 GameBird | United Kingdom | Aerobatics | | 6 | Originally 7 units received from Game Composites in 2019. |
| UAV ||||||
| Hermes 900 | Israel | Surveillance | | 3 | 3 units purchased from Elbit Systems in 2011. |
| Mantis | Spain | Surveillance | | 2 | UAVs acquired around 2014. |

## Chilean Army Aviation Brigade

| Aircraft | Origin | Role | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Transport / Utility ||||||
| CN-235 | Spain | Transport | CN-235-100 | 3 | 3 units of this variant acquired at the end of the 80s. 1 unit lost in 1992 and replaced by another CN-235 of the same variant. |
| Cessna 208 Caravan | United States | Transport / utility | 208B Grand Caravan | 3 | |
| C-212 Aviocar | Spain | Transport | C-212-300 | 2 | Originally 3 units of this variant received in 1998. |
| Cessna Citation C-680 Sovereign | United States | Transport / utility | | 1 | |
| Helicopter ||||||
| SA330 Puma | France | Transport / utility | SA330L | 2 | |
| MD 500 Defender | United States | Recce / attack | MD 530F | 8 | Originally 20 units were acquired; a first batch in 1989 and then two more batches in 1993 and 1994. |
| AS350/H125 Écureuil | France | Utility | AS350B2 AS350B3 | 2 2 | |
| AS355 Écureuil 2 | France | Utility | AS355N | 1 | |
| AS532/H215M Cougar | France | Transport / utility | AS532AL AS532Ale | 8 2 | 8 units of this variant received between 2008 and 2016. 2 units of this variant received in 2013 and 2014. |
| Trainer aircraft ||||||
| Cessna 172 | United States | Trainer | 172S | 2 | 2 aircraft that were incorporated in 2015. |

## Chilean Naval Aviation

| Aircraft | Origin | Role | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Maritime patrol ||||||
| EMB 110 Bandeirante | Brazil | MPA | EMB 111AN (P-111) | 4 | Originally, 6 aircraft of this variant were acquired in 1976; receiving 3 in 1978 and 3 in 1979. |
| P-3 Orion | United States | MPA / ASW | P-3ACH Orion | 2 | Originally, 6 second-hand aircraft were received from the US as of 1993; 2 from the P-3A anti-submarine version and 6 from the UP-3A transport version. Half of the aircraft was put into service and the rest for technical training. The 2 current units were delivered modernized in 2019 and 2021 by IMP Aerospace. |
| C-295 Persuader | Spain | MPA MPA / ASW | C-295 MPA C-295 MPA/ASW | 1 2 | 3 aircraft purchased from EADS CASA in 2007 and received between 2010 and 2011. |
| Partenavia P.68 | Italy | Recce / utility | P68 Observer 2 | 7 | 7 units purchased from Vulcanair Aircraft in 2015. |
| Transport ||||||
| EMB 110 Bandeirante | Brazil | Transport | EMB 110C (C-111) | 1 | Originally 3 aircraft of this variant acquired in 1975. |
| Helicopter ||||||
| Bo 105 Bölkow (UH-05) | Germany | Utility | Bo 105CBS | 4 | Originally, 7 units were incorporated in the early 1990s. |
| AS332 Super Puma | France | ASuW / ASW / utility | AS332F1 (SH-32) AS332L (HH-32) | 5 2 | |
| AS365 Dauphin (HH-65) | France | Utility | | 9 | 9 second-hand units in total; 4 received between 2005 and 2006, 4 more acquired in 2008 and the ninth unit received in 2021. |
| AS350/H125 (HH-50) Écureuil | France | Utility | | 5 | 5 units acquired in 2019; 1 received in 2020, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2022 and the last one in 2023. |
| Trainer aircraft ||||||
| Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer | Switzerland | Trainer / attack | | 7 | Originally there were 10 aircraft; 8 received in 1980 and 2 in 1981. |