List of aircraft of the Argentine Army Aviation

This is a list of all aircraft (fixed-wing and rotary-wing) operated by the Argentine Army Aviation command since its formation in 1956. For the current inventory please refer to the main article. Prototypes and aircraft evaluated but not used operationally are excluded.

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX, Argentine Army, 2016
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Fixed-wing aircraft
Aircraft Origin Type Total # In service Notes
Aeritalia G.222 Italy Transport 3[1] 1977- 2015[2] Inactive, possibly retired as of late 2015.
Beechcraft Queen Air B65-80 US Utility / light transport 1[1] [3]
CASA C-212-200 Aviocar Spain Transport 2
Cessna Grand Caravan EX 208 US Utility 4 2015–present Two purchased, and one delivered, in 2015.[4] Two purchased and delivered in 2016.[5]
Cessna 550 Citation Bravo US VIP transport 1 2015–present [6]
Cessna T-41D US Trainer 5 [1] [n 1]
Cessna U-17A US Utility/liaison One (AE-205) preserved in Army Aviation Museum; used in Antarctic flights.[7][8]
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Canada Utility transport 1 DHC-6-200
1 DHC-6-300 [1]		 [9]
Diamond DA42 M US Multi-mission / surveillance 3[10] 2016–present Purchased to replace the OV-1Ds.[11]
Douglas C-47/DC-3 US Transport 15 1954-1960 Transferred to the Argentine Air Force in September 1960.[12]
Fairchild SA-226 Merlin US Staff transport 1 Merlin IIIB
3 Merlin IVA [1]		 [9]
Grumman OV-1D Mohawk US Observation / electronic intelligence 23[13] 1992-2012 Additional two purchased for spares. As of late 2012 still 8 in strength, mostly inactive; all retired by 2015.[14][n 2]
Rockwell Sabreliner 75A US VIP transport 1 [1] 1974–present [15]

Rotary-wing aircraft
Aircraft Origin Type Total # In service Notes
Aérospatiale SA 315 Lama France High-altitude search and rescue helicopter 6 1975–present
Aérospatiale SA 330L Puma France Medium utility / transport helicopter 12[16] Five used in Falklands War, all lost.[17]
Agusta A109A Italy Scout/light attack helicopter 9 1979-2011 Withdrawn from active service; last 3 stored at Campo de Mayo as of 2012.[18]
Bell 47G US Utility, training helicopter 7 1965-1983
Bell 206 B3 US Utility / trainer helicopter 5 Used as a trainer in the Joint armed forces helicopter school.[19] 15-20 helicopters to be purchased, ex-Italian Army and Carabineri.
Bell UH-1 Iroquois US Utility, transport helicopter 75 1970–present Five transferred from the Argentine Navy Aviation in 2010.[20] Nine lost in Falklands War.
Boeing CH-47 Chinook US Transport helicopter 2 1979-1982 Both lost during the Falklands War.
Cicaré CH-14 Argentina Observation helicopter 1 2007–present Prototype under development.
Eurocopter AS 332B Super Puma France Medium utility / transport helicopter 3 Used for Antarctic support.
Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 US Light helicopter 9 1968-1979 [21]
Hiller UH-12ET US Trainer helicopter 8 1980-2013 [1]

See also

Footnotes
  1. At least 10 T-41s according to other sources. See: Krivinyi, Nikolaus: "World Military Aviation", Arco Publishing Co, 1977. ISBN 0-668-04348-2
  2. According to Avialatina website, the last OV-1D (AE-039) was officially retired in November 2015.

References

Notes
  1. "World Air Forces 1987 pg. 40". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. Abella, Carlos (29 March 2007). "Entre el cielo y el olvido - 30 años de Aeritalia G-222 en la Aviación de Ejército Argentino" (in Spanish). Roll Out. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  3. "Back to 1987: Don Torcuato’s 40th anniversary air show" - Gaceta Aeronautica 28 October 2013 (accessed 2016-04-16)
  4. "La Aviación de Ejército incorporó una nueva aeronave a su flota" (in Spanish). Ejército Argentino. 12 June 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  5. "Arribaron al país dos nuevos aviones para el Ejército" (in Spanish). Presiencia de la Nacion. 30 December 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  6. "EEUU autoriza la venta de tres aviones Cessna al Ejército de Argentina" (in Spanish). infodfensa.com. 3 February 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  7. "Se distinguió al Tcnl aviador de Ejército Pedro Acosta" (in Spanish). Ejército Argentino. 2 December 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  8. Mauricio Chiofalo; Andres Rangugni; Esteban Brea (27 April 2015). "Conmemoración del Día de Aviación de Ejército Argentino 2014". Gaceta Aeronautica (in Spanish). Gaceta Aeronautica. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  9. http://img.en25.com/Web/flightglobal/%7B05ceef25-b72e-4bea-9a83-a7ab7d02e55a%7D_FC078_PREM_201412.pdf?elq=8e3c4206740f421b841b936ec1262a5a
  10. AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2016. p. 16.
  11. "Misiones: la AFIP retuvo tres aviones que el Gobierno le compró al ejército de EE.UU". La Nación (in Spanish). La Nación. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  12. Abella, Carlos (28 August 2014). "Recuerdo de viejas rencillas" (in Spanish). Roll Out. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  13. Javier Mosquera & Guillermo Gebel (31 December 2002). "10 años del OV-1D Mohawk en el Ejército Argentino". Gaceta Aeronautica (in Spanish). Gaceta Aeronautica. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  14. Javier Mosquera (14 December 2012). "20 Años de OV-1D Mohawk en la Aviación de Ejército". Avialatina (in Spanish). Avialatina. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  15. Abella, Carlos (5 July 2014). "Se accidentó el Sabreliner del Ejército" (in Spanish). Roll Out. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  16. Andrade, 1982. Pag.13
  17. Smith, page 33.
  18. Ay, Carlos (9 August 2012). "Agusta 109 in Argentine military service". gacetaeronautica.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  19. Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (October 11, 2011). "Nuevos helicópteros para la Escuela Conjunta" [New helicopters for the Joint School]. Fuerzas Aeronavales (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  20. Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (August 4, 2010). "Traspaso de los UH-1H de la Aviación Naval a la Aviación del Ejército" [Handover of the Naval Aviation UH-1H to the Army Aviation]. Fuerzas Aeronavales (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  21. "World Air Forces 1971 - Argentina". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14.

Bibliography
  • Andrade, John. Militair 1982. London: Aviation Press Limited, 1982. ISBN 0 907898 01 7.
  • Smith, Gordon. Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982. Naval-History.net, 2006. ISBN 1-84753-950-5.

Online sources

Further reading
  • Martin, Eloy; Rodriguez, Oscar Luis (1991). La Aviación en el Ejército Argentino. Crónica Histórica y Catálogo, 1867-1991 (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Talleres Gráficos NH Impresiones. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  • Gebel, Guillermo; Mosquera, Javier; Clariá, Horacio; Cettolo, Vladimiro; Marino, Atilio; Posadas, Guillermo (2007). Grumman OV-1D Mohawk en la Aviación de Ejército [Grumman OV-1D Mohawk in the Army Aviation] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Avialatina. ISBN 978-987-24081-0-7. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  • Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix; Benedetto, Fernando (2007). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (ed.). Martin 139W en Argentina. En Argentina (in Spanish). Nº 1. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  • Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (ed.). Junkers F13 / W34 / K43 / Ju52. Serie en Argentina (in Spanish). Nº 3. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-20557-7-6. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  • Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (2010). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (ed.). Bell UH-1D/H & 205A. En Argentina (in Spanish). Nº 4. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-01-0. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
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