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List of aircraft of the RAAF

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Australian Flying Corps 1913 - 1920
* Airco/De Havilland DH.5 * Airco/De Havilland DH.6 * Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3 * Avro 504 * Bleriot XI * Bristol Boxkite * Bristol F.2 Fighter * Bristol Scout * Caudron G.III * Curtiss JN Jenny * Deperdussin * Grahame - White Boxkite * Handley Page 0/400 * Martinsyde S.1 * Martinsyde G.100 * Martinsyde G.102 * Maurice Farman M.F.7 Longhorn * Maurice Farman M.F.11 Shorthorn * Maurice Farman Seaplane/Landplane * Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 * Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 * Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 * Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 * Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A * Sopwith Buffalo: (two prototypes for trials only) * Sopwith Baby: (One aircraft flown by the Royal Australian Navy in 1917) * Sopwith Camel * Sopwith Pup * Sopwith Snipe * Sopwith Strutter Image:RAAF_Mirage.jpg thumb|right|250px|An Australian Mirage III-D in 1988 image:raaf.hornet.f18.750pix.jpg thumb|250px|Royal Australian Air Force F-18 Hornet.

Fighters and fighter-bombers:
* Sopwith Pup: 1917 - 1925 * Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 RAF SE.5A: 1921 - 1928 * Bristol Bulldog: 1930 - 1940 * Gloster Gauntlet: 1940 only * Gloster Gladiator: 1940-1941 * Hawker Demon: 1935 - 1945 * Boulton Paul Defiant 1941 only * Curtiss Tomahawk 1941 only * Hawker Hurricane 1941, 1942-1946 * Supermarine Spitfire 1941-1945 * Brewster Buffalo: 1941 - 1943 * Republic P-43 Lancer: 1941 - 1943 * Bell P-39 Airacobra: 1942 - 1943 * Bristol Beaufighter 1942-1957 * Curtiss P-40 Curtiss Kittyhawk: 1942 - 1946 * Curtiss P-40 Curtiss Warhawk: 1943 - 1946 * P-38 Lightning Lockheed P-38 Lightning 1942 - 1944 * Supermarine Spitfire (RAAF, RAN): 1942 - 1945 * CAC Boomerang: 1942 - 1946 * De Havilland Mosquito: 1943 - 1953 * CAC/North American P-51 Mustang: 1945 - 1960 * CAC CA-15: (Australian designed fighter prototype, one aircraft only): 1946 - 1950 * De Havilland Hornet de Havilland Sea Hornet: (one aircraft for trials only): 1949 - 1950 * Hawker Sea Fury (RAN): 1949 - 1962 * De Havilland Vampire (RAAF, RAN): 1949 - 1960 * Hawker P.1081: (one aircraft for trials only): 1950 - 1952 * Gloster Meteor: 1946 - 1947, 1951 - 1963 * North American/CAC Avon Sabre: 1954 - 1971 * De Havilland Sea Venom (RAN): 1956 - 1967 * GAF/Dassault Mirage III: 1964 - 1988 * McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (RAN): 1967 - 1984 * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom: 1970 - 1973 * McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet: 1985 -

Bombers:
* De Haviland DH.9 & DH.9A 1921 - 1930 * Westland Wapiti 1929 - 1943 * Fairey Battle: 1940 - 1949 * Lockheed Hudson 1940 - 1948 * Bristol Beaufort: 1941 - 1946 * Vultee A-31 Vengeance Vultee Vengeance: 1942 - 1946 * Douglas Boston: 1942 - 1945 * Vickers Wellington 1941 - 1945 * Handley Page Hampden: 1941 - 1942 * Bristol Blenheim: 1942 - 1957 * Bristol Beaufighter: 1942 - 1957 * CAC Woomera: (Australian designed bomber prototype, two aircraft only): 1942 - 1946 * Handley Page Halifax 1942 - 1945 * Lockheed Ventura 1942 - 1946 * SB2C Helldiver Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver(A-25 type): 1943 - 1946 * Martin Baltimore 1943 - 1945 * North American B-25 Mitchell: 1944 - 1946 * Martin B-26 Marauder: 1942 - 1946 * Handley Page Halifax: 1942 - 1948 * Avro Lancaster: 1942 - 1948 * Consolidated B-24 Liberator: 1944 - 1948 * GAF/Avro Lincoln: 1946 -1961 * B-29 Superfortress Boeing Washington: (two aircraft used for weapons trials at Woomera): 1952 - 1956 * GAF/English Electric Canberra: 1951 - 1982 * Vickers Valiant: (Two RAF aircraft used at Woomera): 1956 - 1957 * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II F-4 Phantom: 1970 - 1973 * General Dynamics F-111: 1973 -

Maritime
* Fairey IIID (RAAF on behalf of the RAN): 1921 - 1929 * Supermarine Seagull III (RAAF on behalf of the RAN): 1926 - 1936 * Supermarine Southampton: 1928 - 1939 * Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V (RAAF on behalf of the RAN): 1935 - 1947 * Supermarine Sea Otter (RAN): 1948 - 1953 * Short Empire Short S.23 Empire C-Class * Short Sunderland: 1939 - 1946 * Douglas Dolphin: 1940 - 1944 * Lockheed Hudson: 1940 - 1948 * Martin Baltimore: 1943 - 1946 * Consolidated Catalina: 1941 - 1950 * Dornier Do.24K: 1942 - 1944 * Fairey Swordfish: 1942 only * Vought Kingfisher: 1942 - 1948 * Lockheed Ventura: 1943 - 1946 * Martin Mariner: 1943 - 1946 * Fairey Firefly (RAN): 1949 - 1966 * Lockheed Neptune: 1951 - 1977 * Fairey Gannet (RAN): 1955 - 1967 * S-2 Tracker Grumman S-2 Tracker (RAN): 1967 - 1984 * P-3 Orion Lockheed P-3 Orion: 1968 -

Army Cooperation:
* Hawker Audax: 1940 - 1941 * Westland Lysander: 1940 only * De Havilland DH.9 & DH.9A: 1920 - 1930 * Piper Cub 1943 - 1944 * Auster AOP: 1944 - 1959 * Cessna 180 (RAAF, Army): 1959 - 1974 * Pilatus PC-6 Pilatus Turbo Porter (Army): 1968 - 1992

Trainers:
Image:Wirraway_(AWM_AC0141).jpg thumb|right|250px|A CAC Wirraway Image:RAAF PC9 A23-013.jpg thumb|right|250px|RAAF Pilatus PC-9 trainer * Avro 504: 1919 - 1928 * Sopwith Pup: 1922 - 1925 * De Havilland Cirrus Moth: 1926 - 1935 * De Haviland De Havilland Gipsy Moth Gipsy Moth: 1930 - 1946 * Avro Cadet: 1935 - 1945 * Miles Magister: (one aircraft for trials only): 1938 - 1940 * Airspeed Oxford: 1940 - 1953 * De Havilland D.H. 84 Dragon: 1940 - 1945 * Avro Anson: 1937 - 1955 * CAC Wirraway (RAAF, RAN): 1939 - 1958 * De Havilland Tiger Moth (RAAF, RAN): 1939 - 1957 * De Havilland Moth Minor: 1940 - 1945 * Douglas Dolphin: 1940 - 1944 * Fairey Battle: 1940 - 1949 * CAC Wackett: 1941 - 1946 * Ryan STM: 1942 - 1945 * CAC Winjeel: 1955 - 1994 * BAC Jet Provost Hunting Percival Jet Provost: (one aircraft for trials only): 1959 only * Hawker Siddeley HS.748 (RAAF, RAN): 1966 - 2004 * CAC/Macchi MB-326H (RAAF, RAN): 1967 - 2001 * NZAI CT-4 Airtrainer: 1975 - 1993 * Pilatus PC-9: 1987 - * BAe Hawk: 2000 - Image:RAAF S76a SAR.jpg thumb|right|250px|RAAF Sikorsky S76a SAR

Helicopters:
* H-5 Dragonfly Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly: 1947 - 1964 * Bristol Sycamore (RAAF, RAN): 1951 - 1965 * UH-1 Iroquois Bell UH-1 Iroquois (RAAF, RAN, Army) : 1962 - 1990 * Westland Scout (RAN): 1963 - 1973 * Bell 206 Bell Kiowa (Army, RAN): 1971 - * Bell 47 Bell Sioux (RAAF, Army): 1960 - 1977 * Westland Wessex (RAN): 1963 - 1991 * CH-47 Chinook Boeing-Vertol Chinook (RAAF, Army): 1974 - 1989, 1995 - * Westland Sea King (RAN): 1975 - * Eurocopter Ecureuil Aerospatiale Squirrel (RAAF, RAN, Army): 1984 - * UH-60 Black Hawk Sikorsky S-70A Blackhawk (RAAF, Army): 1988 - * SH-60 Seahawk Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk (RAN): 1988 - * Sikorsky S-76 Sikorsky S-76a: Operated by a private company for search and rescue at RAAF bases * SH-2 Seasprite Kaman SH-2G(A) Seasprite (RAN): 2001- * Eurocopter Tiger ARH (Army): - on order

Reconnaissance and intelligence
* P-43 Lancer Republic P-43 Lancer: 1942 - 1943 * P-38 Lightning Lockheed P-38 Lightning: 1942 - 1944 * F-4 Phantom McDonell Douglas Phantom: 1970 - 1973 * Gates Learjet: 1982 - 1987 * Boeing Wedgetail: - on order

Liaison/Comunications
* De Havilland DH.50A: 1926 - 1929, 1943 - 1945 * Fairchild 24: 1940 - 1946 * Miles Falcon: 1940 - 1945 * Miles Merlin: 1940 - 1945 * Miles Hawk: 1940 - 1945 * De Havilland Gypsy Moth: 1930 - 1946 * Hawker Audax: 1940 - 1941 * Percival Vega Gull: 1940 - 1946 * Stinson Reliant: 1941 - 1945 * Beech 17: 1941 - 1947 * Cessna C34 Airmaster: 1941 - 1945 * Lockheed Vega: 1941 - 1944 * Junkers G.31: 1942 - 1946 * Junkers w.34f: 1942 - 1946 * Junkers W.34d: 1942 - 1946 * Waco YQC-6: 1942 - 1944 * Noorduyn Norseman: 1943 - 1946 * Percival Prince: 1952 - 1957 * Auster Autocar J5G (RAN): 1953 - 1963

Transport and utility:
Image:33_Sqn.jpg thumb|250px|An Australian B-707 refueling a US Navy F/A-18 * Westland Wapiti: 1929 - 1943 * De Havilland Dragon Rapide: 1935 - 1938, 1940 - 1944 * Wacket Gannet: 1935 - 1945 * Avro Anson: 1937 - 1955 * De Havilland DH.86A: 1939 - 1945 * Airspeed Oxford: 1940 - 1953 * De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth: 1941 - 1945 * Bristol Bombay: 1942 - 1944 * De Havilland Dragonfly: 1942 only * De Havilland Australia DHA.G2 Glider: 1942 - 1950 * Dornier Do.24K: 1942 - 1944 * Grumman Goose: 1942 only * Northrop Delta: 1942 - 1944 * Junkers Ju G 31: 1942 - 1946 * Junkers Ju W 34d: 1942 - 1946 * Junkers Ju W 34f: 1942 - 1946 * Ford Trimotor Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor: 1942 - 1946 * Lockheed Lodestar: 1943 - 1947 * Douglas DC-2: 1940 - 1947 * Douglas DC-3 Dakota (RAAF, RAN): 1939, 1943 - 1990 * Martin Mariner: 1943 - 1946 * Noorduyn Norseman: 1943 - 1946 * Avro York: 1945 - 1947 * Percival Proctor: 1945 - 1947 * Vickers Viking: 1947 - 1951 * Bristol Freighter: 1949 - 1967 * De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver: 1955 - 1964 * Convair 440 Metropolitan: 1956 - 1968 * Lockheed C-130 H & J C-130 Hercules Hercules: 1958 - * De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter: 1961 - 1967 * De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou: 1964 - * Vickers Viscount: 1964 - 1969 * BAC 1-11 BAC One Eleven: 1967 - 1990 * Avro 748 Hawker Siddeley HS748 (RAAF, RAN): 1967 - 2004 * Dassault Falcon 20: 1967 - 1989 * GAF Nomad (Army, RAAF): 1975 - * Boeing 707: 1979 - * Gates Learjet 1982 - 1987 * Dassault Falcon 900: 1989 - 2003 * Boeing Business Jet: 2003 - * Bombardier Challenger 604: 2003 - * C-17 Globemaster III: 2006 -

Prototypes
* Avro 707A: (Delta-wing research aircraft): 1956 only * GAF Pika: (Piloted prototype of the Jindivik target drone): 1950 - 1954 * Wackett Widgeon: 1927 - 1933 * Wackett Warrigal: 1927 - 1933

Captured enemy aircraft
* Albatros D.Va : (World War One) * Breda 25 * Cant 100 * Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli * Fiat CR.42 * Focke Wulf Fw.190 * Halberstadt CL.II : (World War One) * Macchi MC.205 * Messerschmitt Bf.109 * Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero * Mitsubishi Ki-21 * Mitsubishi Ki-51 * Pfalz D.III : (World War One) * Tachikawa Ki-54 Omitted from list: various short-term and experimental types, one-off models, civil types impressed into short-term emergency wartime service. Types marked RAN operated by the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm. Categorisation is arbitrary, and dependent on the primary practical use of the type, not its design use. For example, the F-4 Phantom, though designed as a fighter and used as such overseas, served in the RAAF only as a bomber and is listed accordingly. Category:ADF Category:Royal Australian Air Force Category:Lists of aircraft

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