List of Brazilian military aircraft

List of Brazilian military aircraft is a list of historic military aircraft that have served with the Brazilian Armed Forces since the creation of its first aviation units in the early 1900s.

1910s and 20s Aircraft OriginYearsNumberRoleNoteImage Morane-Saulnier L 1915 ~01 Attack/Reconnaissance First Brazilian military aircraft. Participated in the Contestado War Morane-Saulnier Type A 1915-1916 ~01 Observation Participated in the Contestado War Nieuport 83 1916-1924 12 Fighter/Reconnaissance Attacked rebel targets during the Tenente revolts. Caudron G.3 1917-1929 ? Fighter/Reconnaissance Attacked rebel targets during the Tenente revolts. SPAD S.VII 1922-1932 15 Fighter Participated in the Tenente revolts. Nieuport 21 1918-1927 06 Fighter Participated in the Tenente revolts. Nieuport 24 1919-1931 10 Fighter/Bomber Attacked rebel positions in the city of São Paulo during the Tenente revolts. Breguet 14 1919-1932 30 Fighter/Bomber/Reconnaissance Attacked rebel positions in the city of São Paulo during the Tenente revolts. Caudron C.59 1923-1936 ? Fighter Attacked rebel positions in the Tenente revolts. SPAD S.XIII 1921-1930 ? Fighter Morane-Saulnier MS.147 1928-1937 30 Observation/Trainer Potez 25 1927-1939 ~14 Attack aircraft Used by loyalist forces and rebels during the Constitutionalist War Breguet 19 1929-1936 05 Attack aircraft Waco 10 1930-1937 08 Attack aircraft Used by loyalist forces and rebels during the Constitutionalist War Amiot 120 1927-1936 05 Bomber aircraft Used by loyalist forces during the Constitutionalist War Avro 504 1928-1937 22 Fighter/Bomber Used by loyalist forces during the Constitutionalist War

1930s Aircraft OriginYearsNumberRoleNoteImage Avro 626 1930-1940 16 Observation/Attack Used in the Constitutionalist War Curtiss Fledgling 1930-1942 ? Observation/Trainer Curtiss-Wright CW-12 1932-1940 15 Observation/Trainer Morane-Saulnier MS.230 1930-1940 24 Observation/Trainer Savoia-Marchetti S.55 1930-1938 08 Observation/Maritime Patrol Used in the Constitutionalist War Martin PM 1931-1939 04 Maritime Patrol Used in the Constitutionalist War Nieuport-Delage NiD 72 1931-1935 02 Light attack Used by loyalist and rebel forces during the Constitutionalist War Focke-Wulf Fw 44 / 1934-1941 ? Trainer Curtiss Falcon 1932-1944 ~20 Attack aircraft Used by loyalist forces and rebels during the Constitutionalist War Vought O2U Corsair 1930-1946 18 Observation/light attack Used in the Constitutionalist War DH.60 Moth 1932-1941 39 Basic trainer Boeing P-12 1932-1951 14 Fighter aircraft Tiger Moth 1933-1947 17 Trainer/Observation Vultee V-11 1939-1949 31 Ground attack Used in anti-submarine warfare during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Douglas B-18 Bolo 1937-1946 03 Medium bomber/Maritime patrol Used to protect the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 1936-1947 03 Bomber/Maritime Patrol Used to protect the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Focke-Wulf Fw 58 1937-1949 15 Maritime patrol Used to protect the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Muniz M-7 1935-1945 11 Trainer

1940s Aircraft OriginYearsNumberRoleNoteImage Boeing-Stearman 1937-1948 46 Trainer/Maritime Patrol Used to protect the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Consolidated Commodore 1940-1942 2 Transport Grumman G-44 Widgeon 1942-1958 14 Transport/Maritime observation North American NA-16 1942-1965 ~20 Ground attack/Maritime Patrol Used in anti-submarine warfare during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Beechcraft Staggerwing 1942-1960 54 Utility aircraft/Maritime Patrol Used to protect the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Beechcraft Model 18 1943-1952 01 Utility aircraft Used in National Air Mail service. Vultee A-31 Vengeance 1943-1958 33 Ground attack/Maritime Patrol Used in anti-submarine warfare during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Curtiss P-36 Hawk 1942-1946 10 Fighter Used to protect the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 1944-1958 49 Fighter Vultee BT-13 Valiant 1941-1956 120 Trainer/Maritime patrol Used to protect the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Consolidated PBY Catalina 1943-1979 22 Maritime patrol/Transport Fairchild PT-19 1942-1960 ? Trainer Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar 1943-1968 08 Transport/Observation Used in National Air Mail service. Cessna AT-17 Bobcat 1943-1956 39 Transport Noorduyn Norseman 1944-1960 17 Transport Douglas A-20 Havoc 1944-1970 31 Light bomber/reconnaissance Used to protect the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Lockheed Hudson 1942-1955 27 bomber/reconnaissance Used to escort naval convoys in the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Lockheed Ventura 1944-1956 20 Patrol bomber Used to escort naval convoys in the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. North American B-25 Mitchell 1943-1972 79 Medium bomber/reconnaissance/Maritime Patrol One B25 of the Brazilian Air Force attacked and damaged a German submarine off the Brazilian coast during the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Douglas C-47 Skytrain 1943-1985 82 transport aircraft Played an important role in the National Air Mail, military mail. North American T-6 Texan 1944-1985 ~100 Trainer/light attack/counter insurgency Used against guerrillas in the 1970s. Piper J-3 Cub 1944-1970 ? Observation A squadron equipped with Cubs was sent to the Italian front, integrated with Brazilian Expeditionary Force, in WWII. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 1944-1956 85 Fighter/attack Aviation group sent to the Italian front integrated with the 62nd Fighter Wing, XII Tactical Air Command, of the 12th Air Force in WWII. Curtiss C-46 Commando 1948-1983 02 Transport

1950s Aircraft OriginYearsNumberRoleNoteImage Fokker S-11 1953-1975 100 Trainer Gloster Meteor 1952-1972 62 Fighter First jet aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force. Douglas A-26 Invader 1956-1979 32 Light bomber Attacked positions of the Araguaia guerrilla in the 1970s. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 1951-1968 13 Maritime Patrol/Search and rescue Was used in the Lobster War Fairchild C-82 Packet 1955-1969 12 Transport/Search and rescue Grumman HU-16 Albatross 1958-1980 14 Transport/Search and rescue Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star 1958-1973 33 Fighter Lockheed T-33 1956-1975 58 Trainer/Fighter Sikorsky H-19 1954-1968 06 Utility helicopter Beechcraft Bonanza 1950-1960 05 VIP Bell 47 1958-1990 49 Trainer Cessna O-1 Bird Dog 1957-1980 20 Observation aircraft Used for observation missions in counterinsurgency operations during Parrot Operation. Lockheed P-2 Neptune 1958-1976 14 Anti-submarine warfare/Maritime Patrol Was used in the Lobster War CAP-4 Paulistinha 1959-1975 ~50 Trainer/Observation

1960s Aircraft OriginYearsNumberRoleNoteImage Vickers Viscount 700 / VC-90 1956-1971 12 Government Transport Used in the GTE - Grupo de Transporte Especial - Special Transport Group. Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 1962-1975 13 Transport Sikorsky H-34 1962-1968 06 Anti-submarine warfare Grumman S-2 Tracker 1961-1996 21 Anti-submarine warfare Was used in the Lobster War. They operated from the aircraft carrier NAeL Minas Gerais. Hawker Siddeley HS 748 1962-2005 12 Transport Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris 1962-1980 30 Trainer aircraft Cessna T-37 Tweet 1968-1978 65 Trainer aircraft Fouga CM.170 Magister 1968-1975 07 Trainer Used the Fouga Magister in their aerobatic display team, the Smoke Squadron. DHC-5 Buffalo 1968-2004 24 Transport Aerotec Uirapuru 1968-1980 ~100 Trainer BAC One-Eleven 1968-1976 02 VIP Douglas DC-6 1968-1978 05 Transport Used in military mail.

1970s- Aircraft OriginYearsNumberRoleNoteImage Neiva Regente 1970-2010 ~80 Utility transport/Observation EMBRAER AT-26 Xavante / 1971-2010 182 Advanced trainer/Light attack/reconnaissance Multifunctional jet produced nationally, was the main ground attack aircraft during the 1980s. Dassault Mirage III 1972-2005 32 Interceptor aircraft First supersonic aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force, the Mirage III fighters belonged to the 1st. Group Air Defense (1st GAD), located at the Anápolis Air Base in Goiás. Boeing 737 1972-2010 02 VIP Boeing 707 1972-2012 04 Aerial refuelling and transport Bell 206 1973-2010 04 VIP Northrop F-5 1975–Present Day 57 Fighter/Interceptor 11 bought from Jordan in 2009 Hawker Siddeley VU-93 1977-2009 06 VIP Embraer KC-390 2015 28 aerial refueling, transport cargo and troops 28 ordered. To be delivered from 2015 to 2016. EMBRAER A-29 Super Tucano 2004 100 light attack Lockheed P-3 Orion 2010 12 Maritime patrol aircraft Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk 1997 16 combat SAR / search and rescue fifteen requested Embraer R-99 2002 5 Airborne early warning and control AMX International A-1M 1989 53 Ground attack aircraft modernized to A-1M, delivered between 2013 and 2017, and to be retired in 2032 Mil Mi-24 2008 12 attack helicopter SAAB Gripen NG 2018 36 air superiority fightera contract for 36 Gripen NG fighters is expected to be finalised in 10–12 months. According to Saab, Brazil is expected to order 28 single-seat (Gripen E) and 8 twin-seat (Gripen F) fighters. Eurocopter EC 725 2014 18 transport helicopter EADS CASA C-295 ? 12 transport HeliBras HB.355F Esquilo Bi / 1980-2013 10 Utility helicopter4 were donated to the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State. Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma 1981-1986 06 Utility helicopter Atlas Impala 2005-2010 12 Light attack Dassault Mirage 2000 2006-2013 12 Fighter

See also Brazilian Air Force List of active Brazilian military aircraft

References

External links History of the Brazilian Air Force