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The List of retired Paraguayan military aircraft is a list of historic military aircraft that have served with the Armed Forces of Paraguay since the acquisition of its first airplanes in the late 1910s.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2023)
Aircraft Origin Years Number Role Note Image
Ansaldo SVA 5  Italy 1922–? 2 Fighter/Reconnaissance Used in the 1922 Civil War primarily in reconnaissance duties; protagonist of the first dogfight in South America.
Ansaldo SVA 10  Italy 1922–? 1 Fighter/Reconnaissance Used in the 1922 Civil War primarily in reconnaissance duties.
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8  United Kingdom 1921–1922 1 Bomber/Reconnaissance Used in the 1922 Civil War primarily in reconnaissance duties; one unit only, shot down during the conflict.
SAML S.1  Italy 1922-? 2 Reconnaissance Used in the 1922 Civil War primarily in reconnaissance duties. After the conflict, they were employed as trainers.
T-6 Texan  United States 1943–1991 48 Trainer Mostly bought from South African and Brazilian stocks. 3 units used by the naval aviation.
Breda Ba.65  Italy 1938–? 3 Light bomber
Bréguet 14  France 1922 1 Bomber Used in the 1922 Civil War.
CANT 26  Italy 1932-1933 1 Liaison Used in the Chaco War as a liaison aircraft; one unit only, lost in an accident.
Caproni AP.1  Italy 1939–1949 7 Fighter/bomber Used in the 1947 Civil War.
Caproni Ca.309  Italy 1939-1945 2 Transport
PBY Catalina  United States 1955–1956 2 River patrol Later transferred to national air transport service
Douglas C-47  United States 1954–2003 34 Transport
Fairchild PT-19  United States 1940–1972 29 Light attack/Trainer Used in the 1947 Civil War.
Fiat CR.20bis  Italy 1927-1939 5 Fighter Used in the Chaco War.
Hanriot HD.1  France 1923–1926 3 Fighter
Junkers A50  Germany 1930–1937 2 ? Active during the Chaco War.
Muniz M-9  Brazil 1939–? 2 Trainer
Piper Cub  United States 1940–1975 4 Trainer
Potez 25  France 1928–1940 14 Bomber Used in the Chaco War.
SPAD S.20  France 1922–1925 1 Light attack/Reconnaissance Active during the 1922 Civil War. Used as a trainer after the conflict.
Vultee BT-13  United States 1942–1968 15 Trainer/river patrol Three units used by naval aviation.
Wibault 7  France 1929–? 7 Fighter/Reconnaissance Used in the Chaco War.
Lockheed T-33  United States 1991–1998 6 Fighter Aircraft donated by Taiwan.
Hiller UH-12  United States 1962–1993 8 Utility Mostly donated by Chile.
Fokker S-11  Netherlands 1970–1978 8 Trainer Former Brazilian aircraft.
Douglas DC-6  United States 1975–1988 3 Transport
de Havilland Canada DHC-6  Canada 1968–2004 1 Utility
Cessna T-41  United States 1973–1989 5 Trainer
Boeing 707  United States 1994–2004 1 VIP Transport Used as presidential aircraft.
H-13 Sioux  United States 1955–1986 10 Scout helicopter
Super King Air  United States 1991–1994 1 VIP Transport Used as presidential transport.
Aerotec Uirapuru  Brazil 1975–1998 14 Trainer
Aermacchi MB-326  Italy 1979–2007 10 Light attack Manufactured by Embraer.

See also

References

  1. ^ Adrian English. "La Guerra Civil Parguaya 1922–1923". Archived from the original on 2022-10-19. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. "North American AT-6 Texan – Aeroflight". April 14, 2014.
  3. "All-Time Aircraft Used List Paraguayan Air Force – Aeroflight". February 26, 2017.
  4. ^ Sapienza, Antonio (2019). Aerial Operations in the Revolutions of 1922 and 1947 in Paraguay: The First Dogfights in South America. United States of America: Helion and Company. ISBN 978-1912390588.
  5. Sapienza, Antonio (2007). La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya. Paraguay.
  6. Tincopa, Amaru; Rivas, Santiago (2016). Axis Aircraft in Latin America. ISBN 978-1-90210-949-7.
  7. Sapienza, Antonio Luis (June 2000). "Les premiers avions de transport commercial au Paraguay" [The First Commercial Transport Aircraft in Paraguay]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (87): 45–47. ISSN 1243-8650.
  8. "TAM Paraguay y las operaciones de los Douglas C-47/DC-3 – TAM Paraguay and the operations of the Douglas C-47 / DC-3". November 27, 2020.
  9. Aceto, Guy (July 15, 2021). "Air War Over A Green Hell: Biplanes Battle for Supremacy in South America". HistoryNet.
  10. "La historia de los Lockheed AT-33A de la Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya". April 9, 2017.

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