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