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 L | ![]() |
1915 | ~01 | 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 | Used to protect the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ![]() |
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 | ![]() |
1936-1947 | 03 | Bomber/Maritime Patrol | Used to protect the Brazilian coast during Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. | ![]() |
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 | ![]() |
1937-1949 | 15 | Maritime patrol | Used 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 | Used 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 | Used 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 | Used 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 | Used 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 | Used 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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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 |
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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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