# List of active United States naval aircraft

The list of United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by the United States Navy. For a complete list of naval aircraft designated under pre-1962 United States Navy designation systems, see List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962); for aircraft without formal designations, see List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States. For a list of all naval aircraft designated under the post-1962 unified Department of Defense designations, see List of military aircraft of the United States.

## Aircraft
### Current inventory

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Combat Aircraft ||||||
| F/A-18 Super Hornet | United States | multirole | F/A-18E/F | 421 | 76 on order |
| F-35 Lightning II | United States | stealth multirole | F-35C | 30 | 204 on order |
| AWACS ||||||
| E-2 Hawkeye | United States | AEW | E-2C/D | 83 | 25 on order |
| Electronic Warfare ||||||
| E-6 Mercury | United States | TACAMO | | 16 | |
| EA-18 Growler | United States | radar jamming / SEAD | EA-18G | 153 | |
| EP-3 Orion | United States | ELINT / SIGINT | | 9 | |
| Maritime Patrol ||||||
| P-3 Orion | United States | ASW / patrol | P-3C | 8 | |
| P-8 Poseidon | United States | ASW / patrol | P-8A | 118 | 10 on order |
| Transport ||||||
| C-2 Greyhound | United States | COD / transport | | 26 | Retiring by 2024, replaced by V-22 |
| C-12 Huron | United States | transport | | 69 | 64 on order |
| C-20 Grey Ghost | United States | VIP transport | C-20G | 2 | |
| C-26 Metroliner | United States | transport / Reconnaissance | C-26D | 9 | |
| C-38 Courier | United States | transport | C-38A | 2 | |
| C-40 Clipper | United States | VIP transport | | 17 | |
| C-130 Hercules | United States | transport | C-130T | 28 | 11 provide aerial refueling |
| C-130 Super Hercules | United States | transport | C-130J | 1 | |
| Helicopter ||||||
| CH-53 Super Stallion | United States | minesweeping / MCM | MH-53E | 26 | |
| SH-60 Seahawk | United States | ASW / VERTREP / SAR | H-60R/S/H | 454 | 3 on order |
| V-22 Osprey | United States | COD / transport | CMV-22B | 27 | 34 on order |
| Trainer Aircraft ||||||
| F-5 Tiger II | United States | jet trainer | F-5F/N | 31 | OpFor training |
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | jet trainer | F-16A/B | 22 | OpFor training |
| F/A-18 Hornet | United States | conversion trainer | F/A-18A/B/C/D | 43 | |
| F/A-18 Super Hornet | United States | conversion trainer | F/A-18E/F | 128 | |
| F-35 Lightning II | United States | conversion trainer | F-35C | 15 | |
| T-6 Texan II | United States | basic trainer | T-6A/B/C | 294 | 29 on order |
| T-34 Mentor | United States | trainer | | 15 | |
| T-38 Talon | United States | USNTPS trainer | | 10 | |
| T-44 Pegasus | United States | multi-engine trainer | T-44C | 56 | Retirement starting in 2024, replaced by T-54 |
| T-45 Goshawk | United Kingdom / United States | jet trainer | T-45C | 189 | |
| T-54 Marlin II | United States | multi-engine trainer | T-54A | 2 | 8 on order with option for an additional 54 |
| C-26 Metroliner | United States | USNTPS trainer | C-26A | 1 | Flight officer training |
| C-38 Courier | United States | chase plane / radar target | C-38A | 2 | |
| TH-57 Sea Ranger | United States | rotorcraft trainer | | 116 | 3 are OH-58C variant |
| TH-73 Thrasher | Italy | rotorcraft trainer | | 59 | 71 on order |
| U-1 Otter | Canada | trainer | U-1B | 1 | |
| U-6 Beaver | Canada | trainer | U-6B | 2 | |
| UH-72 Lakota | Germany | trainer / test evaluator | | 5 | |
| UH-60 Blackhawk | United States | rotorcraft trainer | | 4 | |
* An F-35C conducts a test flight with VX-23, February 2011
* A C-2 Greyhound from VRC-40, October 2009
* An SH-60 Seahawk of HSL-47, April 2018
* An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to VFA-102, May 2006
* A C-40A Clipper from VR-59, August 2015
* A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at an airshow in 2012