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 | Origin | Years | Number | Role | Note | Image |
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Morane-Saulnier P | 1915-1917 | ~03 | Attack/Reconnaissance | First Brazilian military aircraft. Participating in Contestado War | ||
Morane-Saulnier Type A | 1915-1916 | ~01 | Observation | Participating in Contestado War | ||
Nieuport 10 | 1916-1924 | 12 | Fighter/Reconnaissance | Attacked rebel targets during Tenente revolts. | ||
Caudron G.3 | 1917-1929 | ? | Fighter/Reconnaissance | Attacked rebel targets during Tenente revolts. | ||
SPAD S.VII | 1922-1932 | 15 | Fighter | Participating in Tenente revolts. | ||
Nieuport 21 | 1918-1927 | 06 | Fighter | Participating in Tenente revolts. | ||
Nieuport 24 | 1919-1931 | 10 | Fighter/Bomber | Attacked rebel positions in the city of São Paulo during Tenente revolts. | ||
Breguet 14 | 1919-1932 | 30 | Fighter/Bomber/Reconnaissance | Attacked rebel positions in the city of São Paulo during Tenente revolts. | ||
Caudron C.59 | 1923-1936 | ? | Fighter | Attacked rebel positions in 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 Constitutionalist War | ||
Breguet 19 | 1929-1936 | 05 | Attack aircraft | |||
Waco 10 | 1930-1937 | 08 | Attack aircraft | Used by loyalist forces and rebels during Constitutionalist War | ||
Amiot 120 | 1927-1936 | 05 | Bomber aircraft | Used by loyalist forces during Constitutionalist War | ||
Avro 504 | 1928-1937 | 22 | Fighter/Bomber | Used by loyalist forces during Constitutionalist War | ||
1930s
Aircraft | Origin | Years | Number | Role | Note | Image |
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Avro 626 | 1930-1940 | 16 | Observation/Attack | Used by 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 by Constitutionalist War | ||
Martin PM | 1931-1939 | 04 | Maritime Patrol | Used by Constitutionalist War | ||
Nieuport-Delage NiD 52 | 1931-1935 | 02 | Light attack | Used by loyalist ad rebel forces during Constitutionalist War | ||
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 | 1934-1941 | ? | Trainer | |||
Curtiss Falcon | 1932-1944 | ~20 | Attack aircraft | Used by loyalist forces during Constitutionalist War | ||
Vought O2U Corsair | 1930-1946 | 18 | Observation/light attack | Used by 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 to attack German submarines during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Douglas B-18 Bolo | 1937-1946 | 03 | Medium bomber/Maritime patrol | Scaled to protect the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 | 1936-1947 | 03 | Bomber/Maritime Patrol | Scaled to protect the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 | 1937-1949 | 15 | Maritime patrol | Scaled to protect the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Muniz M-7 | 1935-1945 | 11 | Trainer | |||
1940s
Aircraft | Origin | Years | Number | Role | Note | Image |
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Boeing-Stearman | 1940-1948 | ? | Trainer/Maritime Patrol | Scaled to protect the Brazilian coast during 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 to attack German submarines during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Beechcraft Staggerwing | 1942-1960 | 54 | Utility aircraft/Maritime Patrol | Scaled to protect the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Beechcraft Model 18 | 1943-1952 | 01 | Utility aircraft | Used in the National Air Mail. | ||
Vultee A-31 Vengeance | 1943-1958 | 33 | Ground attack/Maritime Patrol | Used to attack German submarines during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Curtiss P-36 Hawk | 1942-1946 | 10 | Fighter | Scaled to protect the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | 1944-1958 | 49 | Fighter | |||
Vultee BT-13 Valiant | 1941-1956 | 120 | Trainer/Maritime patrol | Scaled to protect the Brazilian coast during 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 the National Air Mail. | ||
Cessna AT-17 Bobcat | 1943-1956 | 39 | Transport | |||
Noorduyn Norseman | 1944-1960 | 17 | Transport | |||
Douglas A-20 Havoc | 1944-1970 | 31 | Light bomber/reconnaissance | Scaled to protect the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Lockheed Hudson | 1942-1955 | 27 | bomber/reconnaissance | Escort naval convoys the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ||
Lockheed Ventura | 1944-1956 | 20 | Patrol bomber | Escort naval convoys the Brazilian coast during 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 of the Brazilian coast during 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 | Tariner/light attack/counter insurgency | Made successive attacks against guerrillas in the 1970s. | ||
Piper J-3 Cub | 1944-1970 | ? | Observation | Squadron sent the Italian front integrated with Brazilian Expeditionary Force in WWII. | ||
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt | 1944-1956 | 85 | Fighter/attack | Aviation grup sent the Italian front integrated with 62nd Fighter Wing, XXII Tactical Air Command, of the 12th Air Force in WWII. | ||
Curtiss C-46 Commando | 1948-1983 | 02 | Transport | |||
1950s
Aircraft | Origin | Years | Number | Role | Note | Image |
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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 anti-guerrilla 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 | Origin | Years | Number | Role | Note | Image |
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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, 80s and 90s
Aircraft | Origin | Years | Number | Role | Note | Image |
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Neiva Regente | 1970-2010 | ~80 | Utility transport/Observation | |||
EMBRAER AT-26 Xavante | 1971-2010 | 182 | Advanced trainer/Light attack/reconnaissance | Multifunctional jet Brazilian Air Force 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 Jordania in 2009 | ||
Hawker Siddeley VU-93 | 1977-2009 | 06 | VIP | |||
Embraer KC-390 | Brazil | 2015 | 28 | aerial refueling, transport cargo and troops | 28 ordered. To be delivered from 2015 to 2016. | |
EMBRAER A-29 Super Tucano | Brazil | 2004 | 100 | light attack | ||
Lockheed P-3 Orion | United States | 2010 | 12 | Maritime patrol aircraft | ||
Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk | United States | 1997 | 16 | combat SAR / search and rescue | fifteen requested | |
Embraer R-99 | Brazil | 2002 | 5 | Airborne early warning and control | ||
AMX International A-1M | Brazil | 1989 | 53 | Ground attack aircraft | modernized to A-1M, delivered between 2013 and 2017, and to be retired in 2032 | |
Mil Mi-24 | Russia | 2008 | 12 | attack helicopter | ||
SAAB Gripen NG | Sweden | 2018 | 36 | air superiority fighter | a 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 | United Kingdom | 2014 | 18 | transport helicopter | ||
EADS CASA C-295 | Spain | ? | 12 | transport | ||
HeliBras HB.355F Esquilo Bi | 1980-2013 | 10 | Utility helicopter | 4 were donated to Rio de Janeiro Police. | ||
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | 1981-1986 | 06 | Utility helicopter | |||
Atlas Impala | 2005-2010 | 12 | Light attack | |||
Dassault Mirage 2000 | 2006-2013 | 12 | Fighter |
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