List of aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force

This list of aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force
Portuguese Air Force
The Portuguese Air Force is the air force of Portugal. Formed on July 1, 1952, with the Aeronáutica Militar and Aviação Naval united in a single independent Air Force, it is one of the three branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces and its origins dates back to 1912, when the military aviation...

also includes aircraft that were operated by the Portuguese Army

Portuguese Army

The Portuguese Army is the ground branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in co-operation with other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the defence of Portugal...

and Portuguese Navy

Portuguese Navy

The Portuguese Navy is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation and integrated with the other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the military defence of Portugal....

aviation services, prior to the creation of the Air Force in 1952.

Army Aviation

The Army's Aeronáutica Militar was the first military aviation service created in Portugal and much of the Portuguese aviation origins date back to it.
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| Maurice Farman Type 1911-1912 || 1 || 1912 || 1916 || ||
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| Deperdussin Type B || 1 || 1912 || 1916 || ||
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| Maurice Farman MF-11 || 3 || 1912 || 1917 || ||
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| Farman F.40 || 5 || 1916 || 1920 || ||
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| Morane-Saulnier Type H

Morane-Saulnier

Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier is a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier and the Morane brothers, Leon and Robert...

|| 1 || 1916 || ? || ||
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| Caudron G.III

Caudron G.3

The Caudron G.3 was a single-engined French biplane built by Caudron, widely used in World War I as a reconnaissance aircraft and trainer. In comparison to its competitors, it had a better rate of climb and it was considered especially suitable in mountainous terrain.-Development:The Caudron G.3...

|| 58 || 1916 || ? ||
|| 50 built from 1922 at Alverca

OGMA

Founded in 1918, OGMA – Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, S.A., has dedicated ever since to the maintenance of aircraft and aircraft engines, as well as to the manufacturing of aircraft components and to aircraft engineering and logistic support. OGMA is situated in Alverca, approximately 15 km...

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| Nieuport Ni-83

Nieuport

Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

|| 7 || 1917 || ? || ||
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| Caudron G.IV

Caudron G.4

|-References:*Donald, David . The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicester, UK: Blitz Editions, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.* Kalevi Keskinen, Kyösti Partonen, Kari Stenman: Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27, 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9....

|| 9 || 1918 || 1923 || ||
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| Breguet 14A-2

Breguet 14

-See also:-References:*Tomasz J. Kowalski, Samolot Breguet 14, TBiU no.197, Warsaw 2002, ISBN 83-11-09461-6...

|| 28 || rowspan="2" | 1919 || rowspan="2" | ? || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" |
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| Breguet 14T-2

Breguet 14

-See also:-References:*Tomasz J. Kowalski, Samolot Breguet 14, TBiU no.197, Warsaw 2002, ISBN 83-11-09461-6...

|| 1
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| SPAD SVII-C1

SPAD S.VII

The SPAD S.VII was the first of a series of highly successful biplane fighter aircraft produced by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés during the First World War. Like its successors, the S.VII was renowned as a sturdy and rugged aircraft with good climbing and diving characteristics...

|| 12 || 1919 || 1935 || || More units possibly received
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| Martinsyde F-4 Buzzard

Martinsyde Buzzard

The Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard was developed as a powerful and fast biplane fighter for the Royal Air Force , but the end of the First World War led to the abandonment of large-scale production. Fewer than 400 were eventually produced, with many exported...

|| 4 || 1919 || 1933 || ||
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| Nieuport Ni-21

Nieuport 21

|-See also:-Sources:* Keskinen, Kalevi; Partonen, Kyösti and Stenman, Kari: Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27, 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9.* Donald, David: The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, Aerospace Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X....

|| 8 || 1920 || ? || ||
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| Nieuport Ni-80

Nieuport

Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.-Beginnings:...

|| 3 || 1920 || ? || ||
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| Breguet 16Bn-2

Breguet 16

|-See also:...

|| 1 || 1921 || ? || ||
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| Vickers Valparaiso II

Vickers Valparaiso

|-See also:-External links:*...

|| 4 || 1923 || rowspan="2" | 1933 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" |
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| Vickers Valparaiso I

Vickers Valparaiso

|-See also:-External links:*...

|| 10 || 1924
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| Caudron C.59

Caudron C.59

The Caudron C.59 was a French, two-seat biplane with a single engine and a canvas-covered fuselage. The French aircraft manufacturer Caudron made this aircraft between 1922-1924...

|| 1 || 1924 || ? || ||
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| Fairey IIID

Fairey III

The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both landplane and seaplane variants...

|| 1 || 1924 || 1925 || ||
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| Avro 548 AX Airdisco

Avro 548

-External links:*...

|| 2 || 1924 || 1933 || ||
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| Avro 504K

Avro 504

The Avro 504 was a World War I biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during the War totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in World War I, in any military capacity, during...

|| 27 || 1924 || 1937 || ||
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| Dornier Wal

Dornier Do J

The Dornier Do J Wal was a twin-engine German flying boat of the 1920s designed by Dornier Flugzeugwerke. The Do J was designated the Do 16 by the Reich Air Ministry under its aircraft designation system of 1933....

|| 1 || 1927 || ? || ||
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| Potez 25 Bidon

Potez 25

|-See also:*Aerial operations in the Chaco War-References:Heinonen, Timo Heinonen: Thulinista Hornetiin, Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseon julkaisuja 3, 1992. ISBN 951-95688-2-4.-External links:* *...

|| 1 || 1928 || 1937 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" |
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| Potez 25A-2

Potez 25

|-See also:*Aerial operations in the Chaco War-References:Heinonen, Timo Heinonen: Thulinista Hornetiin, Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseon julkaisuja 3, 1992. ISBN 951-95688-2-4.-External links:* *...

|| 35 || 1931 || 1943
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| Junkers W 34L || 1 || 1928 || 1936 || ||
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| Farman F-191

Farman F.190

|-References:*...

|| 1 || 1929 || 1934 || ||
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| Morane-Saulnier MS.130 || 1 || 1931 || ? || ||
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| Morane-Saulnier MS.133 || 4 || 1931 || ? || ||
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| Morane-Saulnier MS.233

Morane-Saulnier MS.230

-External links:* -Bibliography:* Donald, David. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft , p.664, "Morane-Saulnier MS.230 series"....

|| 15 || 1931 || ? || || Built under license
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| Junkers A-50Ce Junior

Junkers A50

|-See also:-External links:*...

|| 1 || 1931 || 1940 || ||
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| Vickers Valparaiso III

Vickers Valparaiso

|-See also:-External links:*...

|| 13 || 1933 || 1943 || || Built under license
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| de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth

De Havilland Tiger Moth

The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft...

|| 11 || rowspan="2" | 1934 || rowspan="2" | 1952 || rowspan="2" |
|| rowspan="2" | Small number of airframes built under license in Alverca

OGMA

; Transferred to PoAF
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| de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth

De Havilland Tiger Moth

|| 9
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| de Havilland DH-85 Leopard Moth

De Havilland Leopard Moth

-See also:...

|| 1 || 1934 || ? || || Aircraft named "Dilly", did Lisbon-Timor-Macau-India-Lisbon flight on December 25, 1934
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| Avro 631 Cadet

Avro Cadet

|-See also:-External links:**...

|| 1 || 1934 || 1952 || ||
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| Caproni Ca-100 Caproncino

Caproni

thumb|right|300px|[[Caproni Ca.316]] seaplane at its moorings.Caproni was an Italian aircraft manufacturer founded in 1908 by Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni....

|| 1 || 1934 || 1940 || ||
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| Caproni Ca-113 Farfalla

Caproni

thumb|right|300px|[[Caproni Ca.316]] seaplane at its moorings.Caproni was an Italian aircraft manufacturer founded in 1908 by Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni....

|| 1 || 1934 || 1939 || ||
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| Hawker Fury I

Hawker Fury

The Hawker Fury was a British biplane fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in the 1930s. It was originally named the Hornet and was the counterpart to the Hawker Hart light bomber.-Design and development:...

|| 3 || 1934 || 1945 || ||
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| Avro 626 Tutor || 31 || 1936 || 1952 || ||
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| Junkers Ju 52

Junkers Ju 52

The Junkers Ju 52 was a German transport aircraft manufactured from 1932 to 1945. It saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s. In a civilian role, it flew with over 12 air carriers including Swissair and Deutsche Luft Hansa as an airliner and freight hauler...

|| rowspan="2" | 12 || rowspan="2" | 1936 || rowspan="2" | 1952 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | Transferred to PoAF
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| Junkers Ju 52/3 mg3e

Junkers Ju 52

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| de Havilland DH-84 Dragon

De Havilland Dragon

|-See also:-References:Bibliography ISBN 0-85177-813-5...

|| 3 || 1937 || ? || ||
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| Hawker Hind

Hawker Hind

-See also:-Bibliography:* Crawford, Alex. Hawker Hart Family. Redbourn, Hertfordshire, UK: Mushroom Model Publications Ltd., 2008. ISBN 83-89450-62-3....

|| 4 || 1937 || ? || ||
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| de Havilland DH-88 Comet

De Havilland DH.88

The de Havilland DH.88 Comet was a twin-engined British aircraft that won the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race, a challenge for which it was specifically designed...

|| 1 || 1937 || ? || || Reregistered CS-AAJ Salazar
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| Junkers Ju 86K-7

Junkers Ju 86

The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s, and employed by both sides during World War II. The civilian model Ju 86B could carry 10 passengers. Two were delivered to Swissair and five to Luft Hansa...

|| 10 || 1938 || 1948 || ||
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| Gloster Gladiator II

Gloster Gladiator

The Gloster Gladiator was a British-built biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft and was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs even as it...

|| 30 || 1938 || 1952 || ||
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| Breda Ba-65Bis

Breda Ba.65

|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Angelucci, Enzo and Paolo Matricardi. World Aircraft: World War II, Volume I . Maidenhead, UK: Sampson Low, 1978. ISBN 0-562-00096-8....

|| 10 || 1939 || 1941 || ||
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| Curtiss 75A-4 Mohawk

Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company

Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States...

|| 17 || 1941 || 1945 || ||
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| Miles Master II/III

Miles Master

-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Amos, Peter and Don Lambert Brown. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-0....

|| 13 || 1941 || 1958 || ||
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| Miles Martinet T.T.1

Miles Martinet

|-See also:-Bibliography:* Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-0....

|| 7 || 1942 || ? || ||
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| Lockheed P-38F Lightning

P-38 Lightning

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament...

|| rowspan="2" | 2 || rowspan="2" | 1942 || rowspan="2" | 1945 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | Interned during WWII

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

after an emergency landing in Lisbon
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| Lockheed P-38G Lightning

P-38 Lightning

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| Supermarine Spitfire I

Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s...

|| 18 || 1942 || 1948 || rowspan="2" | ||
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| Supermarine Spitfire VB

Supermarine Spitfire

|| 93 || 1943 || 1952 || Transferred to PoAF
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| Bell P-400 Airacobra || 15 || rowspan="2" | 1942 || rowspan="2" | 1950 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | Interned during WWII

World War II

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| Bell P-39L Airacobra || 4
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| Convair B-24/PB4Y-1 Liberator

B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and a small number of early models were sold under the name LB-30, for Land Bomber...

|| 6 || 1943 || ? || || Interned during WWII

World War II

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| Douglas C-47 Dakota

C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.-Design and...

|| 1 || 1944 || 1952 || || Interned during WWII

World War II

.
Transferred to PoAF
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| de Havilland Hornet Moth || 1 || 1943 || ? || ||
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| Bristol Blenheim IV

Bristol Blenheim

The Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company that was used extensively in the early days of the Second World War. It was adapted as an interim long-range and night fighter, pending the availability of the Beaufighter...

|| 10 || rowspan="2" | 1943 || rowspan="2" | 1947 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" |
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| Bristol Blenheim V

Bristol Blenheim

|| 3
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| Lockheed Hudson III/VI

Lockheed Hudson

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter...

|| 3 || 1943 || ? || || Interned during WWII

World War II

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| Hawker Hurricane IIB/IIC

Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the Royal Air Force...

|| ? || 1943 || 1954 || ||
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| Westland Lysander IIIA

Westland Lysander

The Westland Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft used immediately before and during the Second World War...

|| 13 || 1943 || 1952 || ||
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| Vickers Wellington X

Vickers Wellington

The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a...

|| 1 || 1943 || ? || || Interned during WWII

World War II

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| Airspeed Oxford

Airspeed Oxford

The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford was a twin-engine aircraft used for training British Commonwealth aircrews in navigation, radio-operating, bombing and gunnery during the Second World War.-Design and development:...

|| 19 || 1943 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Miles Magister I

Miles Magister

-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Amos, Peter. Miles Aircraft = The early years. Tonbridge: Air-Britain, 2009. ISBN 978 0 85130 410 6...

|| 10 || 1946 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Beechcraft Bonanza

Beechcraft Bonanza

The Beechcraft Bonanza is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by The Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. , it is still being produced by Hawker Beechcraft, and has been in continuous production longer than any other airplane in history...

|| 1 || 1947 || ? || ||
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| Avro Anson T.1

Avro Anson

The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Named for British Admiral George Anson, it was originally designed for maritime reconnaissance, but was...

|| 10 || 1947 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| North American AT-6A Texan

T-6 Texan

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s...

|| rowspan="4" | 48 || rowspan="4" | 1947 || rowspan="4" | 1952 || rowspan="4" | || rowspan="4" | Transferred to PoAF
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| North American AT-6B Texan

T-6 Texan

|-
| North American AT-6C Texan

T-6 Texan

|-
| North American AT-6G Texan

T-6 Texan

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| SB-17G Flying Fortress || 5 || 1947 || 1960 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Douglas C-54 Skymaster

C-54 Skymaster

The Douglas C-54 Skymaster was a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces and British forces in World War II and the Korean War. Besides transport of cargo, it also carried presidents, British heads of government, and military staff...

|| 9 || 1947 || 1978 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| SC-54/HC-54 Searchmaster || 9 || 1947 || ? || || 3 used for spares
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| de Havilland DH-89A Dragon Rapide

De Havilland Dragon Rapide

The de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide was a British short-haul passenger airliner of the 1930s.-Design and development:Designed by the de Havilland company in late 1933 as a faster and more comfortable successor to the DH.84 Dragon, it was in effect a twin-engined, scaled-down version of the...

|| 1 || 1950 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer aircraft which was the standard primary trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Air Force and several other air forces through much of the post-Second World War years...

|| 10 || 1951 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Piper PA-18/L-21 B Super Cub || 22 || 1952 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
|-

Naval Aviation

The Navy's Aviação Naval

Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation , was the air branch of the Portuguese Navy until 1952, and is today the command of the Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships...

(Naval Aviation) was created in 1917. In 1993, the Naval Aviation was reborn with the creation of the Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha (Navy's Helicopter Squadron), which operates the helicopters that serve on board the Navy's ships.
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| F.B.A. Type B || 3 || 1917 || 1918 || ||
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| Donnet-Denhaut D.D.8 || 18 || 1918 || 1923 || || Left by the French Aeronavale at Aveiro
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| Tellier T.3 || 5 || 1918 || 1928 || ||
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| George-Levy 40HB-2 || 2 || 1918 || ? || || Left by the French Aeronavale at Aveiro
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| Felixstowe F.3

Felixstowe F.3

-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Bruce, J.M. "". Flight, 2 December 1955, pp.842—846.* Bruce, J.M. "". Flight, 16 December 1955, pp.895—898.* Bruce, J.M. "". Flight, 23 December 1955, pp. 929—932....

|| 3 || 1920 || 1922 || ||
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| Curtiss HS-2L

Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company

|| 4 || 1921 || 1931 || || Left by the United States Navy at Horta.
Started flying in 1923
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| Fairey IIID/IIID Mk.2

Fairey III

The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both landplane and seaplane variants...

|| 6 || 1922 || 1931 || ||
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| Fokker T.IIIW || 4 || 1924 || 1933 || ||
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| Avro 504K

Avro 504

|| 3 || 1925 || 1927 || || The first wheel aircraft
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| C.A.M.S.37A

CAMS 37

-See also:...

|| 8 || 1927 || 1935 || ||
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| Hanriot HD.41H

Hanriot H.41

The Hanriot H.41 was a military trainer aircraft produced in France in the 1920s. It was a further development in the family of aircraft that had commenced with the HD.14 in 1920, and incorporated a number of design features that had been developed for other members of that family...

|| 8 || 1927 || 1935 || ||
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| Macchi M.18

Macchi M.18

|-See also:-References:* Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300 pp....

|| 9 || 1928 || 1934 || ||
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| de Havilland DH-60HG Gipsy Moth || 8 || 1929 || 1942 || || Bought four directly from de Havilland

De Havilland

The de Havilland Aircraft Company was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey de Havilland had been chief designer, was sold to BSA by the owner George Holt Thomas. De Havilland then set up a company under his name in September of that year at Stag Lane...

.
Other four were built from parts after the loss of the first four in accidents
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| Fleet F-10

Fleet Aircraft

Fleet Aircraft was a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957.In 1928, the board of Consolidated Aircraft decided to drop their light, trainer aircraft and sold the rights to Brewster Aircraft. Reuben H. Fleet founded Fleet Aircraft in Fort Erie, Ontario, to acquire the foreign rights to...

|| rowspan="3" | 26 || rowspan="3" | 1933 || rowspan="3" | 1953 || rowspan="3" | || rowspan="3" | Several batches
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| Fleet F-10B

Fleet Aircraft

|-
| Fleet F-10G

Fleet Aircraft

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| Junkers K 43W || 5 || 1933 || 1941 ||
|| Manufactured in Sweden
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| Hawker Osprey III || 8 || 1935 || 1942 || ||
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| Blackburn Shark IIA

Blackburn Shark

-Bibliography:* Mason, Francis K. The British Bomber since 1914. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1994. ISBN 0-85177-861-5.* Shores, Christopher, Brian Cull and Yasuho Izawa. Bloody Shambles:Volume One:The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore. London:Grub Street, 1992. ISBN 0-948817-50-X.*...

|| 6 || 1936 || 1938 || ||
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| G.A.L.Monospar S.T.12

General Aircraft Monospar

-Bibliography:*The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft . Orbis Publishing, 1985, p. 2158.*Jackson, A.J. 1973. British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 2. Putnam ISBN 0370100107....

|| 1 || 1936 || 1943 || ||
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| Avro 626 || 12 || 1939 || 1950 || ||
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| Grumman G-21B Goose

Grumman Goose

The Grumman G-21 Goose amphibious aircraft was designed as an eight-seat "commuter" plane for businessmen in the Long Island area. The Goose was Grumman’s first monoplane to fly, its first twin-engined aircraft, and its first aircraft to enter commercial airline service...

|| 12 || 1940 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Grumman G-44 Widgeon

Grumman Widgeon

|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Donald, David. The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. ISBN 0-7607-0592-5....

|| 12 || 1941 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Short Sunderland I

Short Sunderland

The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber developed for the Royal Air Force by Short Brothers. It took its service name from the town and port of Sunderland in northeast England....

|| 1 || 1941 || 1944 || || Interned after force landing in Portugal due to storm
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| Fleet 16

Fleet Finch

-See also:* List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Canada -Bibliography:* Molson, Ken M. and Taylor, Harold A. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-920002-11-0.* Page, Ron D. and Cumming, William. Fleet: The Flying Years. Erin,...

|| 5 || 1942 || ? || ||
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| Miles Martinet T.T.1

Miles Martinet

|-See also:-Bibliography:* Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-0....

|| 4 || 1943 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Airspeed Oxford II

Airspeed Oxford

|| 12 || 1943 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Bristol Blenheim IVF

Bristol Blenheim

|| 12 || 1943 || ? || ||
|----
| de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth

De Havilland Tiger Moth

|| 30 || 1943 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Bristol Beaufighter TF.X

Bristol Beaufighter

The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter, often referred to as simply the Beau, was a British long-range heavy fighter modification of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's earlier Beaufort torpedo bomber design...

|| 17 || 1945 || 1946 || ||
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| Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan

Beechcraft Model 18

The Beechcraft Model 18, or "Twin Beech", as it is better known, is a 6-11 seat, twin-engine, low-wing, conventional-gear aircraft that was manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas...

|| 7 || 1947 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Beechcraft D-18S

Beechcraft Model 18

|| 5 || 1948 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| North American SNJ-4

T-6 Texan

|| 8 || 1950 || 1952 || || Transferred to PoAF
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| Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver

SB2C Helldiver

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft produced for the United States Navy during World War II. It replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless in US Navy service. Despite its size, the SB2C was much faster than the SBD it replaced...

|| 14 || rowspan="2" | 1950 || rowspan="2" | 1952 || rowspan="2" | || Used only for spares
|-
| Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver

SB2C Helldiver

|| 24 || Transferred to PoAF
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| AgustaWestland Super Lynx Mk.95

Westland Lynx

The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally intended as a utility craft for both civil and naval usage, military interest led to the development of both battlefield and naval variants...

|| 5 || 1993 || || || The first aircraft of the reborn Naval Aviation
|-

Air Force

The Portuguese Air Force

Portuguese Air Force

The Portuguese Air Force is the air force of Portugal. Formed on July 1, 1952, with the Aeronáutica Militar and Aviação Naval united in a single independent Air Force, it is one of the three branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces and its origins dates back to 1912, when the military aviation...

(PoAF) was founded in 1952 as the result of the amalgamate of the Aeronáutica Militar and Aviação Naval. With the merger many aircraft were transferred from these earlier aviation services to the Air Force, having been in service before 1952.
! style="text-align: center; background: #aacccc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background: #aacccc;" title="Quantity" |Qty
! style="text-align: center; background: #aacccc;"|In service
! style="text-align: center; background: #aacccc;"|Retired
! style="text-align: center; background: #aacccc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: center; background: #aacccc;"|Notes
|----
| de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth

De Havilland Tiger Moth

|| rowspan="2" | 30(?) || rowspan="2"| 1952 || rowspan="2"| 1954 || rowspan="2"|
|| rowspan="2"| Received from Aeronáutica Militar and Aviação Naval
|-
| de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth

De Havilland Tiger Moth

|----
| Junkers Ju 52

Junkers Ju 52

|| rowspan="2" | 12 || rowspan="2" | 1952 || rowspan="3" | 1972 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|-
| Junkers Ju 52/3 mg3e

Junkers Ju 52

|-
| Amiot A.A.C.1 Toucan

Junkers Ju 52

|| 15 || 1961 || ||
|----
| Miles Master II/III

Miles Master

-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Amos, Peter and Don Lambert Brown. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-0....

|| ? || 1952 || 1958 || || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|----
| Miles Martinet T.T.1

Miles Martinet

|-See also:-Bibliography:* Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. ISBN 0-85177-787-0....

|| ? || 1952 || ? || || Received from Naval Aviation

Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation , was the air branch of the Portuguese Navy until 1952, and is today the command of the Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships...

|----
| Douglas C-47 Dakota

C-47 Skytrain

|| 29 || 1952 || 1976 || || One aircraft received from Aeronáutica Militar in 1952. Remaining aircraft bought in 1958
|----
| Hawker Hurricane IIB/IIC

Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the Royal Air Force...

|| 151 || 1952 || 1954 || || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|----
| Airspeed Oxford

Airspeed Oxford

|| rowspan="2" | ? || rowspan="2" | 1952 || rowspan="2" | 1957 || rowspan="2" | || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|-
| Airspeed Oxford II

Airspeed Oxford

|| Received from Naval Aviation

Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation , was the air branch of the Portuguese Navy until 1952, and is today the command of the Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships...

|----
| Supermarine Spitfire VB

Supermarine Spitfire

|| ? || 1952 || ? || || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|----
| Miles Magister I

Miles Magister

-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Amos, Peter. Miles Aircraft = The early years. Tonbridge: Air-Britain, 2009. ISBN 978 0 85130 410 6...

|| 8 || 1952 || 1956 || || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|----
| Avro Anson T.1

Avro Anson

|| 10 || 1952 || ? || || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|----
| North American AT-6 Texan

T-6 Texan

|| rowspan="7" | 257 || rowspan="2" | 1952 || rowspan="7" | 1978 || rowspan="2" | || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|-
| North American SNJ-4

T-6 Texan

|| Received from Naval Aviation

Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation , was the air branch of the Portuguese Navy until 1952, and is today the command of the Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships...

|-
| Harvard Mk III

T-6 Texan

|| 1956 || || Former British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters...

aircraft
|-
| North American T-6G Texan

T-6 Texan

|| 1961 || || Former-French Air Force

French Air Force

The French Air Force , literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1933...

aircraft
|-
| Harvard Mk IV

T-6 Texan

|| 1964 || rowspan="3" | || Former-Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

aircraft
|-
| Harvard Mk IIA

T-6 Texan

|| rowspan="2" | 1969 || rowspan="2" | Former-South African Air Force

South African Air Force

The South African Air Force is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra...

aircraft
|-
| Harvard Mk III

T-6 Texan

|----
| SB-17G Flying Fortress || 5 || 1952 || 1960 || || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|----
| Douglas C-54 Skymaster

C-54 Skymaster

|| 8 || 1947 || 1952 || || Some received from Aeronáutica Militar
|----
| SC-54/HC-54 Searchmaster

C-54 Skymaster

|| 10 || 1952 || ? || || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|----
| de Havilland DH-89A Dragon Rapide

De Havilland Dragon Rapide

|| 1 || 1952 || 1968 || || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|-----
| rowspan="2" | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

|| 10 || rowspan="2" | 1952 || rowspan="2" | 1997 || || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|-
| 66 || || Built under license by OGMA

OGMA

; As of 1997

1997 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1997:-Events:* British Airways adopts a new livery which consists of a revised logo and around 20 different ethnic tailfins featuring art and designs representing many countries around the world.-January:...

six airframes refurbished
|----
| Grumman G-21B Goose

Grumman Goose

|| 9 || 1952 || 1960 || || Received from Naval Aviation

Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation , was the air branch of the Portuguese Navy until 1952, and is today the command of the Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships...

|----
| Piper PA-18/L-21 B Super Cub || 22 || rowspan="2" | 1952 || rowspan="2" | 1976 || rowspan="2" | || Received from Aeronáutica Militar
|-
| Piper PA-18/L-18 SL21A || rowspan="2" | 5
|-
| Piper PA-18-125 Super Cub || 1954
|----
| Grumman G-44 Widgeon

Grumman Widgeon

|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Donald, David. The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. ISBN 0-7607-0592-5....

|| 12 || 1952 || 1962 || || Received from Naval Aviation

Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation , was the air branch of the Portuguese Navy until 1952, and is today the command of the Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships...

|----
| Fleet F-10G

Fleet Aircraft

|| 1 || 1952 || ? || || Received from Naval Aviation

Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation , was the air branch of the Portuguese Navy until 1952, and is today the command of the Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships...

|----
| Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan

Beechcraft Model 18

|| 6 || rowspan="2" | 1952 || rowspan="2" | 1977 || rowspan="3" | || rowspan="3" | First units received from Naval Aviation

Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation , was the air branch of the Portuguese Navy until 1952, and is today the command of the Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships...

|-
| Beechcraft D-18S

Beechcraft Model 18

|| rowspan="2" | 15
|-
| C-45 Expeditor

Beechcraft Model 18

|| 1959 || 1976
|----
| Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver

SB2C Helldiver

|| 6 || 1952 || 1952 || || Received from Naval Aviation

Portuguese Naval Aviation

The Portuguese Naval Aviation , was the air branch of the Portuguese Navy until 1952, and is today the command of the Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships...

|----
| Republic F-47D Thunderbolt

P-47 Thunderbolt

Republic Aviation's P-47 Thunderbolt, also known as the "Jug", was the largest, heaviest, and most expensive fighter aircraft in history to be powered by a single reciprocating engine. It was heavily armed with eight .50-caliber machine guns, four per wing. When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to...

|| 50 || 1952 || 1956 || ||
|----
| Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star

T-33 Shooting Star

The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American-built jet trainer aircraft. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948, piloted by Tony LeVier. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the...

|| 28 || 1952 || 1991 || ||
|----
| de Havilland Vampire T.55

De Havilland Vampire

The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet-engine fighter commissioned by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Following the Gloster Meteor, it was the second jet fighter to enter service with the RAF. Although it arrived too late to see combat during the war, the Vampire served...

|| 2 || 1952 || 1962 || ||
|----
| PV-2C/D Harpoon || 42 || 1953 || 1975 || || Only 34 flown
|----
| Republic F-84G Thunderjet

F-84 Thunderjet

The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 flew in 1946...

|| 125 || 1953 || 1974 || ||
|----
| Grumman SA-16A Albatross

HU-16 Albatross

The Grumman HU-16 Albatross is a large twin-radial engine amphibious flying boat that was utilized by the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard, primarily as a search and rescue and combat search and rescue aircraft...

|| 3 || 1954 || 1962 || ||
|----
| Sikorsky UH-19A || 2 || 1954 || 1960 || || First helicopter operated in Portugal.
Used only in search and rescue operations in Azores

Azores

The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...

|----
| Sud Aviation Alouette II || 7 || 1958 || 1976 || || More received for the Portuguese Republican National Guard
|----
| North American F-86F Sabre

F-86 Sabre

The North American F-86 Sabre was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as America's first swept wing fighter which could counter the similarly-winged Soviet MiG-15 in high speed dogfights over the skies of the Korean War...

|| 65 || 1958 || 1980 || ||
|----
| Canadair T-33A-N Silver Star

T-33 Shooting Star

|| 5 || 1959 || 1960 || ||
|----
| Hunting Jet Provost || 1 || 1959 || 1959 || || Received PoAF markings for demonstration but wasn't boughthttp://www.jetprovostheaven.com/jpt2/jpt2history.html
|----
| Lockheed RT-33A

T-33 Shooting Star

|| 2 || 1960 || 1982 || ||
|----
| Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune

P-2 Neptune

The Lockheed P-2 Neptune was a Maritime patrol and ASW aircraft. It was developed for the United States Navy by Lockheed to replace the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura and PV-2 Harpoon, and being replaced in turn with the Lockheed P-3 Orion...

|| 12 || 1960 || 1977 || ||
|----
| Auster D.5/108&180

Beagle Husky

-See also:...

|| 76 || 1960 || 1976 || ||
|----
| Nord Noratlas N.2502

Nord Noratlas

The Nord Noratlas was a 1950s French military transport aircraft intended to replace the older types in service at the end of World War II. Several hundred were produced in a run lasting over a decade, finding a wide variety of uses.-Development:...

|| 12 || rowspan="2" | 1960 || rowspan="2" | 1978 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" |
|-
| Nord Noratlas N.2501D

Nord Noratlas

|| 18
|----
| Auster D.5/160

Beagle Husky

-See also:...

|| 16 || 1961 || 1976 || || Built under license at Alverca

OGMA

|----
| Dornier Do 27 A1/A3/A4/B1

Dornier Do 27

-See also:-Bibliography:*Green, William. Macdonald Aircraft Handbook. London. Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1964.*Jackson, Paul A. German Military Aviation 1956-1976. Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1976. ISBN 0-904597-03-2.-External links:**...

|| 146 || 1961 || 1979 || ||
|----
| Max Holste M.H.1521 Broussard

Max Holste Broussard

|- See also :...

|| 4 || 1961 || 1977 || ||
|----
| Douglas DC-6A

Douglas DC-6

The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, it was reworked after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range...

|| 4 || rowspan="2" | 1961 || rowspan="2" | 1978 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" |
|-
| Douglas DC-6B

Douglas DC-6

|| 6
|----
| Saunders-Roe Skeeter || 10 || 1961 || 1961 || ||
|----
| Cessna T-37C

Cessna T-37

The Cessna T-37 Tweet is a small, economical twin-engine jet trainer-attack type aircraft which flew for decades as a primary trainer for the United States Air Force and in the air forces of several other nations...

|| 30 || 1961 || 1992 || ||
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| Sud Aviation Alouette III SA 319

Aérospatiale Alouette III

The Aérospatiale Alouette III is a single-engine, light utility helicopter developed by Sud Aviation. It was manufactured by Aérospatiale of France, and under licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India as Hal Chetak and Industria Aeronautică Română in Romania.The Alouette III is the...

|| 140 || 1963 || || ||
|----
| B-26B Invader

A-26 Invader

The Douglas A-26 Invader was a United States twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts...

|| rowspan="2" | 7 || rowspan="2" | 1965 || rowspan="2" | 1975 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" |
|-
| B-26C Invader

A-26 Invader

|----
| Fiat G.91R/4 || 40 || 1965 || 1993 || ||
|----
| Cessna 310B

Cessna 310

The Cessna 310 is an American six-seat, low-wing, twin-engined monoplane that was produced by Cessna between 1954 and 1980. It was the first twin-engined aircraft that Cessna put into production after World War II.-Development:...

|| 1 || 1969 || 1974 || ||
|----
| Cessna 182C

Cessna 182

The Cessna 182 Skylane is an American four-seat, single-engine, light airplane, built by Cessna of Wichita, Kansas. It has the option of adding two child seats, installed in the baggage area....

|| 1 || 1969 || ? || ||
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| Sud Aviation SA-330C Puma

Aérospatiale Puma

The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter. The Puma was originally manufactured by Sud Aviation of France.-Development:...

|| rowspan="2" | 13 || 1969 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | ||
|- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Aérospatiale Puma SA-330S1 Puma

Aérospatiale Puma

The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter. The Puma was originally manufactured by Sud Aviation of France.-Development:...

|| 1971 ||
|----
| Cessna 206 || 1 || 1969 || ? || ||
|----
| Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six || 4 || 1970 || 1974 || ||
|----
| Cessna 401B || 1 || 1971 || 1974 || || Used PoAF markings in special missions
|----
| Cessna 185A Skywagon

Cessna 185

-Specification for differing configurations:-References:* Jan Churchill, Hit My Smoke: Forward Air Controllers in Southeast Asia, Sunflower University Press, Manhattan KS, ISBN 0-89745-215-1...

|| 5 || 1971 || 1974 || || Received from South African Air Force

South African Air Force

The South African Air Force is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra...

|----
| Boeing 707-3F5C

Boeing 707

The Boeing 707 is a four-engine narrow-body commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven". The first airline to operate the 707 was Pan American World Airways, inaugurating the type's first commercial flight on...

|| 2 || 1971 || 1976 || || Transferred to TAP

TAP Portugal

TAP Portugal, commonly known as TAP, is the national airline of Portugal. It has its head office in Building 25 on the grounds of Portela Airport in Lisbon, and has been a member of the Star Alliance since 14 March 2005, the same day on which the company celebrated its 60th anniversary...

|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| CASA C-212-100 Aviocar

CASA C.212 Aviocar

The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a turboprop-powered STOL medium transport aircraft designed and built in Spain for civil and military use. C-212s are also produced under licence in Indonesia by Indonesian Aerospace, formerly called IPTN but now known as IAe...

|| 24 || 1974 || || || Being replaced by CASA C-295M
|----
| Cessna Skymaster FTB-337G

Cessna Skymaster

The Cessna Skymaster is a United States twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a push-pull configuration. Its engines are mounted in the nose and rear of its pod-style fuselage. Twin booms extend aft of the wings to the vertical stabilizers, with the rear engine between them. The horizontal...

|| 32 || 1974 || 2007 || ||
|----
| Fiat G.91R/3 || 70 || rowspan="2" | 1976 || rowspan="2" | 1993 || rowspan="2" | || Only 34 flown, others were used for spares
|-
| Fiat G.91T/3 || 26 || Only 11 flown
|----
| Northrop T-38A Tallon

T-38 Talon

The Northrop T-38 Talon is a twin-engine supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced. The T-38 remains in service as of 2011 in air forces throughout the world....

|| 12 || 1977 || 1994 || ||
|----- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Lockheed C-130H Hercules

C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...

|| rowspan="2" | 6 || rowspan="2" | 1977 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" |
|- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules

C-130 Hercules

|----
| Vought A-7P Corsair II || 44 || 1981 || 1999 || rowspan="3" | ||
|-
| Vought TA-7C Corsair II || 1 || 1982 || 1984 || One example (s/n 154404; c/n B-044), nicknamed "Pomba Branca" (white dove), leased from the USN

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

for pilot conversion
|-
| Vought TA-7P Corsair II || 6 || 1984 || 1999 ||
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Fournier RF-10

Fournier RF-10

Fournier RF-10 is a two-seat motor glider designed by René Fournier in 1985. The aircraft is a further development of the RF-9 and incorporated plastic and carbon-fiber structures....

|| 4 || 1984 || || ||
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Dassault Falcon 20

Dassault Falcon 20

The Dassault Falcon 20 is a French business jet and was the first of a family of business jets built by Dassault Aviation.-Design and development:...

|| 3 || 1984 || || || Currently only one in service
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Lockheed P-3P Orion

P-3 Orion

The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner. The aircraft is easily recognizable by its distinctive tail stinger or...

|| 6 || 1985 || || || Being replaced by former-Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

P-3C Update II.5/CUP-CG. Last one to be retired in March 2011
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 || 4 || 1986 || || ||
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Aérospatiale Epsilon TB-30

Aérospatiale Epsilon

|-See also:...

|| 18 || 1989 || || ||
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Dassault Falcon 50

Dassault Falcon 50

|-See also:-References:* Taylor, John W R. . Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988-89. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK:Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5.-External links:* *...

|| 2 || 1990 || || ||
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet A

Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet

The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced trainer aircraft co-manufactured by Dornier of Germany and Dassault-Breguet of France.- Origins :...

|| 50 || 1993 || ||
|| Former-Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

aircraft, offered by Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

for the use of the Beja Air Base — BA11
|----
| Lockheed Martin F-16A Falcon OCU || 17 || rowspan="2" | 1994 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | Converted and updated to Mid Life Update (MLU) standard
|-
| Lockheed Martin F-16B Falcon OCU || 3
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| CASA C-212-300 Aviocar

CASA C.212 Aviocar

|| 2 || 1994 || || || To be replaced by maritime patrol version of the C-295M by 2010
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| LET L-23 Blanik

LET L-23

-See also:-References:*...

|| 3 || 1996 || || ||
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk Lycoming engine

De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

|| 6 || 1997 || ||
|| Refurbished from existing de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

aircraft
|----
| Lockheed Martin F-16A Falcon || 21 || rowspan="2" | 1999 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | Updated to Mid Life Update (MLU) standard
|-
| Lockheed Martin F-16B Falcon || 4
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Lockheed Martin F-16AM Falcon || ? || 2004 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | PoAF F-16A/B aircraft currently converted by the Air Force workshops at Monte Real Air Base and OGMA

OGMA

|- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| Lockheed Martin F-16BM Falcon || ? || 2006
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| AgustaWestland EH101

AgustaWestland EH101

The AgustaWestland AW101 is a medium-lift helicopter for military applications but also marketed for civil use. The helicopter was developed as a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the UK and Agusta in Italy...

|| 12 || 2005 || || ||
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| Lockheed P-3C Update II.5/CUP-CG Orion

P-3 Orion

|| 5 || 2006 || || || Former-Dutch Navy aircraft. Receiving electronics upgrade
|---- style="background: #C3FDB8;"
| CASA C-295 || 12 || 2008 || || ||
|-

External links

Portuguese Military Aviation - Aircraft serialling systems.
Portuguese Military Aviation - Aircraft inventory. Lists created from various sources.
F-16 Air Forces - Portugal :: F-16.net

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