List of aircraft of the Argentine Army Aviation

Badge of the Argentine Army Aviation Command

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.

Fixed-wing aircraft

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX, Argentine Army, 2016

An Argentine Army Cessna T-41D Mescalero AE-054, in 2009

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Total #	In service	Notes
Aeritalia G.222	Italy	Transport	3[1]	1977- 2015[2]	Inactive, possibly retired as of late 2015.^[citation needed]
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

Bell UH-1H Huey of the Argentine Army

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]	1978-1996	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Agusta A109A	Italy	Scout/light attack helicopter	9	1979-2011	Withdrawn from active service; last 3 stored at Campo de Mayo as of 2012.[18]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 ^[citation needed]	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.^[citation needed]
Bell UH-1 Iroquois	US	Utility, transport helicopter	75^[citation needed]	1967–present	Five transferred from the Argentine Navy Aviation in 2010.[20] Nine lost in Falklands War.^[citation needed]
Boeing CH-47 Chinook	US	Transport helicopter	2	1979-1982	Both lost during the Falklands War.^[citation needed]
Cicaré CH-14	Argentina	Observation helicopter	1	2007–present	Prototype under development.^[citation needed]
Eurocopter AS 332B Super Puma	France	Medium utility / transport helicopter	3		Used for Antarctic support.^[citation needed]
Fairchild Hiller FH-1100	US	Light helicopter	9	1968-1979	[21]
Hiller UH-12ET	US	Trainer helicopter	8	1980-2013	[1]

See also

• Argentine Army Aviation
• Argentine air forces in the Falklands War
• List of aircraft of the Argentine Air Force
• List of aircraft of the Argentine Naval Aviation

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). Retrieved 2016-04-16.
9. "Eloqua - Error Information" (PDF).
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). Retrieved 2016-04-14.
14. Javier Mosquera (14 December 2012). "20 Años de OV-1D Mohawk en la Aviación de Ejército". Avialatina (in Spanish). 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

• "Fuerzas Aeronavales - Noticias" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. October 11, 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
• Cicalesi, Juan Carlos (10 June 2012). "Celebración del día del Ejército Argentino" [Celebration of the Argentine Army Day]. Fuerzas Aeronavales. fuerzasaeronavales.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
• Ay, Carlos (9 August 2012). "Agusta 109 in Argentine military service". gacetaeronautica.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
• Ay, Carlos (28 October 2013). "Back to 1987: Don Torcuato's 40th anniversary air show". gacetaeronautica.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
• Mosquera, Javier; Peñaloza, Raúl (23 March 2016). "La Aviación de Ejército incorporó los Diamond DA42" [The Army Aviation received the Diamond DA42]. Avialatina - Noticias. Avialatina. Retrieved 2016-04-16.

Further reading

Books

• 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 (in Spanish). Vol. 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). Vol. 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). Vol. Nº 4. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-1682-01-0. Retrieved 2016-04-15.

Online articles

• "Golondrinas del Ejército" (in Spanish). Roll Out. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

• "El Agusta A109 del CAECOPAZ" (in Spanish). Aviones en Argentina. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

External links

• Argentine Army official site
• "Comando de Aviacion de Ejercito Argentino" [Argentine Army Aviation Command (List of helicopter units & models)]. Helis.com Database (in Spanish). Helis.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.