List of Australian Army aircraft

This is a list of all aircraft operated by the Australian Army since its formation.

Current

A Tiger helicopter

A S-70 Blackhawk (left) and CH-47 Chinook (right)

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service^[1]	Notes
OH-58 Kiowa	United States Australia	OH-58A Scout helicopter	206B	42	Built under licence in Australia by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. To be partially replaced by the Eurocopter Tiger.
Boeing CH-47 Chinook	United States	Transport helicopter	CH-47F	10	Main article: Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service One CH-47D was destroyed during operations in Afghanistan on 30 May 2011.^[2] Two additional CH-47Ds ordered in December 2011 as attrition replacement and to boost heavy lift capability.^[3] The last of 7 new CH-47Fs was delivered in September 2015 and the D models subsequently retired.^[4]
Eurocopter Tiger	Europe	Attack helicopter	Tiger ARH	22
Sikorsky S-70 Blackhawk	United States	Utility helicopter	S-70A-9	35	Transferred from the Royal Australian Air Force as UH-60L.^[5]
MRH 90	Europe	Utility helicopter	TTH: Tactical Transport Helicopter	40	Sixteen TTH MRH-90 have been accepted by the Defence Materiel Organisation so far, total of 46 on order (including 6 for the Royal Australian Navy)

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Historic

An Australian Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

Fixed-wing aircraft

Auster Mark III
Cessna 180
Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo-Porter
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog
GAF Nomad
Beechcraft Super King Air (B200, B200C and B300)
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

Helicopters

Notes

↑ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, 15 January 2007.
↑ "Australian Chinook crashes in Afghanistan". Australian Aviation. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
↑ "Defence to buy two more Chinook choppers". ninemsn. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
↑ "Australian Army receives final CH-47F Chinook". Australian Aviation. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
↑ Leoni 2007, pp. 250–256.

References

Leoni, Ray D. (2007). Black Hawk, The Story of a World Class Helicopter. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. ISBN 978-1-56347-918-2.

Australian Defence Force aircraft serial-number designations

Italics indicate designations not used.

RAAF Series One 1921–34	A1 DH.9A A2 S.E.5 A3 504 A4 Pup A5 Wapiti A6 DH.9 A7 Cirrus Moth A8 DH.50A A9 Seagull A10 IIID A11 Southampton A12 Bulldog

RAAF Series Two 1935–63	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A37 A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 A67 A68 A69 A70 A71 A72 A73 A74 A75 A76 A77 A78 A79 A80 A81 A82 A83 A84 A85 A86 A87 A88 A89 A90 A91 A92 A93 A94 A95 A96 A97 A98 A99 A100

RAN Series¹	N1 Firefly N2 Dakota N3 Gannet N4 Sea Venom N5 Sycamore N6 Vampire N7 Wessex N8 Scout N9 Iroquois N10 Quail N11 Jindivik N12 Tracker N13 Skyhawk N14 MB-326 N15 HS 748 N16 Sea King

RAAF Series Three Tri-Service series 1964–present	A1 Sioux A2 Iroquois A3 Mirage III A4 Caribou A5 Alouette III A6 Viscount A7 MB-326 A8 F-111 A9 Orion A10 HS 748 A11 Falcon 20 A12 One-Eleven A13 Link Trainer A14 PC-6 A15 Chinook A16 A17/N17 Kiowa A18 Nomad A19 CT/4 A20 707 A21 Hornet A22/N22 Ecureuil A23 PC-9 N24 Seahawk A25 Black Hawk A26 Falcon 900 A27 Hawk N28 Kalkara N29 Seasprite A30 Wedgetail A31 A32 B200 and B300 King Air A33 A34 C-27J Spartan A35 F-35A Lightning II A36 BBJ1 A37 Challenger 604 A38 Tiger A39 KC-30A MRTT A40/N40 MRH-90 A41 Globemaster III N42 A109E A43 RQ-7B Shadow A44 F/A-18F Super Hornet A45 Heron A46 EA-18G Growler A47 P-8 Poseidon N48 MH-60R Seahawk N49 Bell 429 A51 PC-21 N52 EC135 T2+ A53 1900C A69 Phantom

Lists	Aircraft of the RAAF Aircraft of the RAN Aircraft of the Australian Army

¹ Prior to adoption of Tri-Service designations.

Australian Army

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