List of aircraft of Canada's air forces
This is a list of aircraft of Canada's air forces.
Aircraft are listed for the following organizations:
- Canadian Aviation Corps (1914–1915) which operated a single Burgess-Dunne tailless floatplane
- Canadian Air Force (CAF) (1920–1924) while under the control of the Air Board.
- Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) (1924–1968) until amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Army to form a unified Canadian Forces.
- Canadian Forces (CAF/CF) (1968–2011) until Canadian Forces Air Command renamed Royal Canadian Air Force again
- Royal Canadian Air Force (2011–current)
This list only includes aircraft owned by the Canadian government, and excludes aircraft flown by Canadian pilots serving with the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Flying Corps Canada or Royal Air Force, including the Article XV squadrons.
From 1917 to November 1918 the British government funded and operated the Royal Flying Corps Canada (later Royal Air Force Canada) which trained aviators on the approximately 1,210 Curtiss Canucks built in Canada, 120 Curtiss JN-4s built in the US, as well as two Avro 504s and one Airco DH.6 built in Canada.
In 1918 the Canadian government formed the Canadian Air Force in Europe which consisted of two wings integrated into the normal Royal Air Force command structure, equipped with Sopwith Dolphins, Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5as and Airco DH.9As supplied and owned by the RAF. It was disbanded in 1920. When the war ended some of these same types were offered to Canada as a part of the Imperial Gift, along with a batch of Fokker D.VIIs captured from Germany, which aside from some illicit flights were relegated primarily to storage and use as instructional airframes.
Independently of the RCAF, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) also operated aircraft; upon unification, CAF/CF assumed operational responsibility for all remaining RCN Canadair CT-133 Silver Star, Grumman CS2F Tracker, Sikorsky HO4S-3, and Sikorsky CHSS-2 Sea King aircraft.
Designations
[edit]During the First World War no official standards existed for the naming of aircraft and so all designations at this time were assigned by the original manufacturer and both numbers and names were used. From 1918, aircraft were given names based on a set of rules, and individual variants designated numerically as mark I, mark II, etc. as per RAF practice, including aircraft purchased from American sources. For more information on specifics of the system, see British military aircraft designation systems. Aircraft purchased from local sources often retained their original commercial names such as with the Barkley-Grow T8P-1 or the Waco AQC-6, particularly if purchased in small numbers, impressed or not purchased from the original manufacturer. CF-100 and CF-105 were Avro Canada company designations that preceded similar RCAF designations that became the basis for the Canadian Forces designations instituted in February 1968. Unlike the US designation system, there is only a single sequence rather than separate sequences for each role, and numbering started at 100, prefixed with C (for Canada) and a role letter or letters. According to R. W. Walker. 102 and 103 were not used in the CF system to avoid confusion with Avro's use of those numbers for the cancelled Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner and the Avro Canada CF-103 interceptor project.[1]
Aircraft listing
[edit]Type | 1968 CF designator |
Origin | Primary role(s) |
Introduced | Status | No. | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Advanced Ceramics Research Silver Fox | CU-167 | UK | UAV | 2004 | ? | 4+ | [1][2] |
AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven | n/a | US | UAV | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma | n/a | US | UAV | 2018 | n/a | n/a | |
AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant | CH-149 | UK/Italy | SAR helicopter | 2000 | 14 in service (+2 on order) | 17 | [3] |
Airbus CC-150 Polaris | CC-150 | France | transport/tanker | 1992 | 5 In service | 5 | [4][note 1] |
Airbus CC-295 Kingfisher | CC-295 | Spain | SAR | 2019 | 1 In service | 16 | |
Airco DH.4 | n/a | UK | bomber | 1920 | Retired 1928 | 12 | [5] |
Airco DH.9A | n/a | UK | bomber | 1920 | Retired 1929 | 12 | [5] |
Airspeed Horsa | n/a | UK | transport glider | 1948 | Retired 1950 | 3 | [6] |
Airspeed Oxford | n/a | UK | trainer | 1939 | Retired 1947 | 819 | [6] |
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas | n/a | UK | reconnaissance | 1927 | Retired 1942 | 16 | [6] |
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin | n/a | UK | fighter | 1926 | Retired 1940 | 12 | [6] |
Auster AOP.6 & T.7 | n/a | UK | reconnaissance | 1948 | Retired 1958 | 42 | [7] |
Avro 504 | n/a | UK | trainer | 1920 | Retired 1934 | 97 | [7][note 2] |
Avro 552 Viper | n/a | Canada | forestry patrol | 1924 | Retired 1928 | 14 | [7] |
Avro Avian Mk.IVM | n/a | UK | transport/trainer | 1929 | Retired 1936 | 29 | [7] |
Avro 621 Tutor | n/a | UK | trainer | 1931 | Retired 1945 | 7 | [7] |
Avro 626 Prefect | n/a | UK | trainer | 1937 | Retired 1945 | 12 | [7] |
Avro Anson | n/a | UK/Canada | bomber/trainer | 1940 | Retired 1947 | 4,413 | [8] |
Avro Lancaster | n/a | UK | bomber | 1944 | Retired 1965 | 229 | [9] |
Avro Lincoln | n/a | UK/Canada | bomber | 1946 | Retired 1947 | 3 | [9] |
Avro Wright | n/a | Canada | forestry patrol | 1925 | Retired 1930 | 1 | [7] |
Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow | CF-105 | Canada | fighter | 1958 | Retired 1959 | 5 | [9] |
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck | CF-100 | Canada | fighter | 1951 | Retired 1984 | 692 | [4][9] |
BAE Systems Hawk | CT-155 | UK | trainer | 2000 | Retired 2024 | 22 | [10] |
BAE Systems Silver Fox | n/a | UK | UAV | 2004 | 4+ in service | 4+ | |
Barkley-Grow T8P-1 | n/a | US | transport | 1939 | Retired 1941 | 1 | [9][note 3] |
Beechcraft Expeditor | CT-128 | US | transport/trainer | 1941 | Retired 1972 | 394 | [11][12] |
Beechcraft Harvard II | CT-156 | US | trainer | 2000 | 24 in service | 26 | [13] |
Beechcraft King Air | CT-145 | US | transport/trainer | 1992 | 7 in service | 8 | [12] |
Beechcraft Mentor | n/a | US | trainer | 1954 | Retired 1956 | 25 | [14] |
Beechcraft Musketeer | CT-134 | US | trainer | 1971 | Retired 1992 | 46 | [12] |
Bell 47D & G | n/a | US | transport helicopter | 1948 | Retired 1965 | 9 | [14] |
Bell Griffon | CH-146 | Canada | transport helicopter | 1994 | 85 in service | 100 | [15] |
Bell Iroquois | CH-118 | US/Canada | transport helicopter | 1968 | Retired 1997 | 10 | [15] |
Bell Jet Ranger | CH-139 | US | transport helicopter | 1981 | Retired 1993 | 14 | [15] |
Bell Kiowa | CH-136 | US | transport helicopter | 1971 | Retired 1997 | 74 | [15] |
Bell Twin Huey | CH-135 | US | transport helicopter | 1971 | Retired 1999 | 50 | [15] |
Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker | n/a | US | transport | 1929 | Retired 1944 | 13 | [14] |
Blackburn Shark Mk.II & III | n/a | UK | bomber | 1936 | Retired 1944 | 26 | [14] |
Boeing 247D | n/a | US | transport | 1940 | Retired 1942 | 8 | [14][note 3] |
Boeing CC-137 | CC-137 | US | transport/tanker | 1970 | Retired 1997 | 5 | [15][note 4] |
Boeing Fortress Mk.II | n/a | US | patrol/transport | 1943 | Retired 1946 | 6 | [14] |
Boeing Globemaster III | CC-177 | US | transport | 2007 | 5 in service | 5 | [16] |
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle | CU-169 | US | UAV | 2008 | in service | ? | [1] |
Boeing Stratojet | n/a | US | engine testbed | 1956 | Retired 1959 | 1 | [14][note 5] |
Boeing CH-47C Chinook | CH-147 | US | transport helicopter | 1974 | Retired 1991 | 8 | [17] |
Boeing CH-47D Chinook | CH-147D | US | transport helicopter | 2008 | Retired 2011 | 6+1 Leased | [17][18] |
Boeing CH-47F Chinook | CH-147F | US | transport helicopter | 2013 | 15 in service | 15 | [18][19] |
Brewster Bermuda | n/a | US | bomber | 1943 | Retired 1946 | 3 | [14] |
Bristol Beaufort | n/a | UK | bomber | 1941 | Retired 1944 | 15 | [20] |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV | n/a | UK | bomber/trainer | 1941 | Retired 1945 | 1 | [14] |
Bristol F.2B Fighter | n/a | UK | fighter | 1920 | Retired 1922 | 2 | [14] |
Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke | n/a | Canada | bomber/trainer | 1939 | Retired 1947 | 626 | [21][note 6] |
Bristol Freighter | n/a | UK | transport | 1952 | Retired 1967 | 6 | [20] |
Burgess-Dunne | n/a | US | reconnaissance | 1914 | Retired 1914 | 1 | [20][note 7] |
Canadair Argus | CP-107 | Canada | patrol | 1957 | Retired 1988 | 33 | [20][22] |
Canadair C-5 North Star | n/a | Canada | transport | 1950 | Retired 1967 | 1 | [20] |
Canadair CF-5 Freedom Fighter | CF-116 | Canada | fighter/ground attack | 1968 | Retired 1995 | 133 | [22][note 8] |
Canadair Challenger | CC-144 | Canada | transport/trainer/patrol | 1983 | 4 in service | 18 | [22][23] |
Canadair Cosmopolitan | CC-109 | Canada | transport | 1960 | Retired 1994 | 13 | [20][note 9][22] |
Canadair CL-84 Dynavert | CX-131 | Canada | experimental VTOL | 1969 | Retired 1975 | 3 | [22] |
Canadair North Star | n/a | Canada | transport | 1947 | Retired 1966 | 24 | [20][note 10] |
Canadair Sabre | n/a | Canada | fighter | 1950 | Retired 1977 | 1,184 | [20][note 11][22] |
Canadair Silver Star | CT-133 | Canada | trainer/EW | 1953 | Retired 2005 | 656 | [20][note 12][24] |
Canadair Starfighter | CF-104 | Canada | fighter | 1961 | Retired 1988 | 200 | [20][note 13][25] |
Canadair Tutor | CT-114 | Canada | trainer | 1963 | 11 in service | 190 | [20][25][note 14] |
Canadair Yukon | CC-106 | Canada | transport | 1959 | Retired 1971 | 12 | [20][25] |
Canadian Vickers Vancouver | n/a | Canada | patrol | 1929 | Retired 1940 | 6 | [26] |
Canadian Vickers Vanessa | n/a | Canada | transport | 1927 | Retired 1927 | 1 | [26][note 15] |
Canadian Vickers Varuna | n/a | Canada | patrol | 1926 | Retired 1930 | 8 | [26] |
Canadian Vickers Vedette | n/a | Canada | forestry patrol | 1925 | Retired 1941 | 44 | [26][note 16] |
Canadian Vickers Velos | n/a | Canada | patrol | 1927 | Retired 1928 | 1 | [26][note 15] |
Canadian Vickers Vigil | n/a | Canada | trainer/transport | 1928 | Retired 1930 | 1 | [26] |
Canadian Vickers Vista | n/a | Canada | patrol | 1927 | Retired 1931 | 1 | [26] |
Cessna L-182 | CO-119 | US | transport | 1961 | Retired 1973 | 10 | [26][27] |
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog | CO-119 | US | transport | 1954 | Retired 1983 | 25 | [26][27] |
Cessna Crane | n/a | US | trainer | 1941 | Retired 1949 | 826 | [26] |
Consolidated Catalina/Canso | n/a | US/Canada | patrol | 1941 | Retired 1962 | 254 | [26] |
Consolidated Courier | n/a | US | transport | 1928 | Retired 1941 | 3 | [26] |
Consolidated Liberator | n/a | US | patrol | 1943 | Retired 1948 | 148 | [26] |
Consolidated Privateer | n/a | US | patrol | 1946 | Retired 1949 | 1 | [26] |
Curtiss Canuck | n/a | Canada | trainer | 1920 | Retired 1923 | 10 | [5] |
Curtiss H-16 | n/a | US | patrol | 1922 | Retired 1924 | 2 | [5] |
Curtiss HS-2L | n/a | US | patrol | 1920 | Retired 1928 | 30 | [5] |
Curtiss Kittyhawk | n/a | US | fighter | 1941 | Retired 1946 | 134 | [5] |
Curtiss Seamew | n/a | US | transport | 1943 | Retired 1944 | 82 | [5] |
Curtiss Tomahawk | n/a | US | fighter | 1943 | Retired 1946 | 4 | [5] |
Curtiss Warhawk | n/a | US | fighter | 1942 | Retired 1943 | 9 | [5] |
Curtiss-Reid Rambler | n/a | Canada | trainer/transport | 1929 | Retired 1954 | 9 | [5][note 17] |
Dassault Falcon | CC-117 | France | transport | 1967 | Retired 1989 | 8 | [5][27] |
de Havilland Comet | n/a | UK | transport | 1953 | Retired 1965 | 2 | [28][note 18] |
de Havilland Dragonfly | n/a | UK | transport | 1940 | Retired 1945 | 6 | [28] |
de Havilland Fox Moth | n/a | Canada | transport | 1941 | Retired 1945 | 1 | [28] |
de Havilland Genet Moth | n/a | UK | trainer | 1928 | Retired 1932 | 2 | [5] |
de Havilland Hawk Moth | n/a | UK | transport | 1929 | Retired 1935 | 3 | [5] |
de Havilland Menasco Moth | n/a | Canada | trainer | 1941 | Retired 1947 | 136 | [5] |
de Havilland Mosquito | n/a | UK | bomber/fighter-bomber | 1943 | Retired 1951 | 444 | [28] |
De Havilland Moth | n/a | UK | trainer | 1928 | Retired 1948 | 89 | [5] |
de Havilland Puss Moth | n/a | UK | transport | 1931 | Retired 1944 | 19 | [5] |
de Havilland Sea Hornet | n/a | UK | fighter | 1948 | Retired 1948 | 1 | [28][note 15] |
de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth | n/a | Canada | trainer | 1938 | Retired 1948 | 1,410 | [5] |
de Havilland Vampire | n/a | UK | fighter | 1946 | Retired 1958 | 86 | [28] |
de Havilland Canada Buffalo | CC-115 | Canada | transport | 1967 | Retired 2022 | 15 | [28][29] |
de Havilland Canada Caribou | CC-108 | Canada | transport | 1960 | Retired 1971 | 9 | [27][28] |
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk | CT-120 | Canada | trainer | 1948 | Retired 1972 | 100 | [28][30] |
de Havilland Canada Dash 7 | CC-132 | Canada | transport | 1979 | Retired 1987 | 2 | [30] |
De Havilland Canada Dash-8 | CT-142 | Canada | transport/trainer | 1989 | 4 in service | 6 | [30] |
de Havilland Canada Otter | CSR-123 | Canada | transport | 1953 | Retired 1984 | 69 | [28][30] |
de Havilland Canada Twin Otter | CC-138 | Canada | transport | 1971 | 4 in service | 9 | [30] |
Douglas Boston | n/a | US | bomber | 1941 | Retired 1945 | 3 | [31] |
Douglas Dakota | CC-129 | US | transport | 1943 | Retired 1988 | 169 | [31][32] |
Douglas Digby | n/a | US | bomber | 1939 | Retired 1946 | 20 | [31] |
Douglas MO-2B | n/a | US | transport/patrol | 1927 | Retired 1930 | 1 | [28] |
EADS Eagle 1 | CU-160 | Netherlands | UAV | 2003 | Retired 2003 | 1 | [1] |
Elbit Skylark | CU-168 | Israel | UAV | 2006 | 5 in service | 5 | [1] |
Fairchild 51 & 51A | n/a | US/Canada | transport | 1930 | Retired 1946 | 9 | [31][note 19] |
Fairchild 71, 71B & 71C | n/a | US/Canada | transport | 1929 | Retired 1942 | 23 | [31] |
Fairchild Argus | n/a | US | transport | 1940 | Retired 1945 | 2 | [31] |
Fairchild Cornell | n/a | US | trainer | 1942 | Retired 1948 | 1,555 | [33] |
Fairchild FC-2, 2L & 2W | n/a | US/Canada | transport | 1927 | Retired 1938 | 27 | [31] |
Fairchild KR-34 | n/a | US | transport | 1930 | Retired 1936 | 1 | [31] |
Fairchild Super 71 | n/a | Canada | transport | 1936 | Retired 1940 | 2 | [31] |
Fairchild Flying Boxcar | n/a | US | transport | 1952 | Retired 1967 | 35 | [33] |
Fairey III.C & III.F | n/a | UK | bomber | 1920 | Retired 1930 | 2 | [33] |
Fairey Albacore | n/a | UK | bomber | 1943 | Retired 1949 | 6 | [33] |
Fairey Battle | n/a | UK | bomber/trainer | 1939 | Retired 1946 | 740 | [33] |
Fairey Swordfish Mk.II & III | n/a | UK | bomber | 1943 | Retired 1947 | 105 | [33] |
Felixstowe F.3 | n/a | UK | patrol | 1921 | Retired 1923 | 11 | [33] |
Fleet Fawn | n/a | Canada | trainer | 1931 | Retired 1947 | 51 | [33] |
Fleet Finch | n/a | Canada | trainer | 1939 | Retired 1947 | 431 | [34] |
Fleet Fort | n/a | Canada | trainer | 1941 | Retired 1945 | 101 | [34] |
Fleet Freighter | n/a | Canada | transport | 1942 | Retired 1944 | 2 | [34] |
Fokker Super Universal | n/a | US | transport | 1929 | Retired 1929 | 1 | [34] |
Ford 6-AT Trimotor | n/a | US | transport | 1929 | Retired 1937 | 1 | [34] |
General Aircraft Hotspur Mk.II | n/a | UK | trainer glider | 1942 | Retired 1945 | 22 | [34] |
General Atomics Altair | CU-163 | US | UAV | 2004 | Retired 2004 | 1? | [1] |
Gloster Meteor | n/a | UK | fighter | 1945 | Retired 1955 | 4 | [34][note 15] |
Grob G-120A | CT-102 | Germany | Trainer | 2013 | 13 in service | 14 | [35][note 20] |
Grumman Albatross | CSR-110 | US | SAR | 1960 | Retired 1971 | 10 | [34][32] |
Grumman Goblin | n/a | US/Canada | fighter | 1940 | Retired 1942 | 15 | [34][note 21] |
Grumman Goose | n/a | US | transport | 1938 | Retired 1956 | 31 | [34] |
Grumman CS2F Tracker | CP-121 | US/Canada | patrol | 1968 | Retired 1994 | 73 | [34][36][note 22] |
Handley Page Hampden | n/a | UK | bomber | 1941 | Retired 1944 | 96 | [34] |
Handley Page Harrow | n/a | UK | bomber/transport | 1940 | Retired 1941 | 2 | [34] |
Handley Page Halifax | n/a | UK | bomber | 1944 | Retired 1947 | 5 | [38] |
Hawker Audax | n/a | UK | reconnaissance | 1933 | Retired 1943 | 6 | [38] |
Hawker Hart | n/a | UK | bomber | 1937 | Retired 1943 | 3 | [38] |
Hawker Hind | n/a | UK | instructional airframe | 1942 | Retired 1943 | 4 | [38] |
Hawker Hurricane | n/a | UK | fighter | 1939 | Retired 1948 | 502 | [38][note 23] |
Hawker Sea Hurricane | n/a | UK | fighter | 1942 | Retired 1943 | 1 | [38] |
Hawker Tempest Mk.VI | n/a | UK | fighter | 1946 | Retired 1947 | 1 | [38] |
Hawker Tomtit | n/a | UK | trainer | 1930 | Retired 1943 | 2 | [38] |
Hiller Nomad | CH-112 | US | transport helicopter | 1961 | Retired 1973 | 27 | [38][39] |
IAI Heron | CU-170 | Israel | UAV | 2008 | 2 in service | 3 | [1] |
Keystone Puffer | n/a | US | crop duster/transport | 1927 | Retired 1934 | 2 | [38] |
Lockheed Arcturus | CP-140A | US | trainer/patrol | 1992 | Retired 2011 | 3 | [39] |
Lockheed Aurora | CP-140 | US | patrol | 1980 | 14 in service | 18 | [39] |
Lockheed Electra | n/a | US | transport | 1939 | Retired 1946 | 15 | [38] |
Lockheed Electra Junior | n/a | US | transport | 1940 | Retired 1945 | 10 | [38] |
Lockheed Hercules | CC-130 | US | transport | 1960 | 12 in service | 44 | [39][40][41] |
Lockheed Martin CC-130J Hercules | CC-130J | US | transport | 2010 | 17 in service | 17 | [citation needed] |
Lockheed Hudson | n/a | US | bomber | 1939 | Retired 1948 | 247 | [38] |
Lockheed Lodestar | n/a | US | transport | 1943 | Retired 1948 | 18 | [40] |
Lockheed Model 212 | n/a | US | transport | 1940 | Retired 1946 | 1 | [38] |
Lockheed Neptune | CP-122 | US | patrol | 1955 | Retired 1970 | 25 | [40][42] |
Lockheed Shooting Star | n/a | US | trainer | 1951 | Retired 1955 | 31 | [20][note 24] |
Lockheed Starfighter | CF-104 | US | fighter | 1962 | Retired 1986 | 39 | [20][43] |
Lockheed Starlifter | CC-141 | US | transport | n/a | n/a | 0 | Cancelled[1] |
Lockheed Ventura | n/a | US | patrol/trainer | 1942 | Retired 1947 | 286 | [40] |
Martin Baltimore | n/a | US | bomber | 1942 | Retired 1942 | 1 | [40] |
Martinsyde F6 | n/a | UK | fighter | 1922 | Retired 1925 | 1 | [40] |
MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 | CH-143 | Germany | transport helicopter | 1989 | Retired 1990 | 1 | [44][note 25] |
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet | CF-188 | US | fighter | 1982 | 80 in service | 138 | [42] |
McDonnell Voodoo | CF-101 | US | fighter | 1963 | Retired 1987 | 132 | [40][42] |
Mil Mi-8 | CH-8 | Russia | transport helicopter | 2008 | Retired 2011 | 6 | [45] |
Mil Mi-17-V5 | CH-178 | Russia | transport helicopter | 2008 | Retired 2011 | 4 | [46] |
Meggitt Vindicator II | CU-162 | Canada | UAV (Target) | ? | 2000s? | 1 | [1] |
Noorduyn Norseman | n/a | Canada | transport | 1940 | Retired 1957 | 100 | [40] |
North American AT-6D Texan | n/a | US | trainer | 1951 | Retired 1954 | 100 | [47] |
North American Harvard | n/a | US/Canada | trainer | 1939 | Retired 1968 | 2,156 | [42][48] |
North American Mitchell | n/a | US | bomber | 1942 | Retired 1963 | 164 | [47] |
North American Mustang Mk.IV | n/a | US | fighter | 1947 | Retired 1961 | 130 | [47] |
North American NA-26 | n/a | US | trainer | 1940 | Retired 1942 | 1 | [40] |
North American NA-44 | n/a | US | fighter/trainer | 1940 | Retired 1944 | 1 | [40][note 26] |
North American Sabre | n/a | US | fighter | 1951 | Retired 1953 | 1 | [20][note 27] |
North American Yale | n/a | US | trainer | 1940 | Retired 1946 | 119 | [47] |
Northrop Delta | n/a | Canada | transport/patrol | 1936 | Retired 1945 | 20 | [47][note 28] |
Northrop Nomad | n/a | US | bomber | 1940 | Retired 1945 | 32 | [47] |
Percival Prentice | n/a | UK | trainer | 1948 | Retired 1948 | 1 | [47] |
Piasecki H-21A | CH-125 | US | transport/SAR helicopter | 1954 | Retired 1973 | 18 | [49][50] |
Piasecki Model 44A | CH-127 | US | transport/SAR helicopter | 1960 | Retired 1972 | 5 | [49][50] |
Pitcairn Mailwing | n/a | US | transport | 1928 | Retired 1932 | 1 | [47] |
Prioria Robotics Maveric | n/a | US | UAV | n/a | Retired 20?? | 5 | |
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a | n/a | UK | fighter | 1920 | Retired 1929 | 12 | [47] |
SAGEM Sperwer | CU-161 | France | UAV | 2003 | Retired 2009 | 31 | [1] |
Schweizer 2-12 | n/a | US | trainer glider | 1946 | Retired 1949 | 2 | [47] |
Sikorsky Cyclone | CH-148 | US | ASW helicopter | 2015 | 17 in service | 28 | [1] |
Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly | n/a | US | transport/SAR helicopter | 1947 | Retired 1965 | 7 | [49] |
Sikorsky H-19 | n/a | US | transport helicopter | 1954 | Retired 1985 | 15+5 | [49][50][note 29] |
Sikorsky H-34A | CH-126 | US | transport helicopter | 1955 | Retired 1973 | 6 | [49][50] |
Sikorsky Sea King | CH-124 | US | ASW helicopter | 1968 | Retired 2018 | 40 | [49][50][note 30] |
Slingsby Firefly | CT-111 | UK | trainer | 1992 | Retired 2006 | 12 | [50][note 31] |
Sopwith Camel | n/a | UK | fighter | 1924 | Retired 1929 | 10 | [49] |
Sopwith Snipe | n/a | UK | fighter | 1919 | Retired 1923 | 3 | [49] |
Stearman 75 Kaydet | n/a | US | trainer | 1942 | Retired 1943 | 301 | [49] |
Stinson 105 Voyager | n/a | US | transport | 1940 | Retired 1946 | 25 | [49] |
Supermarine Spitfire | n/a | UK | fighter | 1940 | Retired 1950 | 8 | [49] |
Supermarine Stranraer | n/a | UK | patrol seaplane | 1938 | Retired 1946 | 40 | [49][note 32] |
Supermarine Walrus | n/a | UK | reconnaissance/transport | 1943 | Retired 1947 | 8 | [49] |
UMS CU-176 Gargoyle | CU-176 | Canada | surveillance | 2020 | n/a | n/a | |
Vertol Labrador & Voyageur | CH-113 | US | SAR helicopter | 1963 | Retired 2004 | 18 | [15][49] |
Vickers Viking Mk.IV | n/a | UK | patrol amphibian | 1923 | Retired 1931 | 8 | [52] |
Waco AQC-6 | n/a | US | transport | 1942 | Retired 1942 | 1 | [52][note 3] |
Waco CG-15A | n/a | US | transport glider | 1946 | Retired 1950 | 1 | [52] |
Waco Hadrian Mk.II | n/a | US | transport glider | 1944 | Retired 1949 | 32 | [52] |
Waco PG-2A | n/a | US | transport | 1946 | Retired 1947 | 1 | [52][note 33] |
Westland Lysander | n/a | UK/Canada | reconnaissance/trainer | 1939 | Retired 1946 | 329 | [52][note 32] |
Westland Wapiti | n/a | UK | reconnaissance | 1930 | Retired 1944 | 25 | [52] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Airbus A310-304/304F
- ^ 2 examples built in Canada during World War I
- ^ a b c Impressed
- ^ Boeing 707-347C
- ^ loaned from USAF for Arrow engine development
- ^ Canadian variant of Bristol Blenheim
- ^ Canada's first military aircraft
- ^ Northrop F-5 built under licence
- ^ modified Convair CV-240.
- ^ Douglas C-54 re-engined with Merlins
- ^ improved F-86
- ^ improved T-33 trainer, retired from flying 2002.
- ^ modified F-104G
- ^ in active service with 431 squadron as of 2014
- ^ a b c d trials/evaluation only
- ^ first aircraft designed for Canadian conditions
- ^ last example used as an instructional airframe until 1954
- ^ RCAF was first military to operate jet transports
- ^ some converted from FC-2
- ^ CT-102 designation has been used by DND but has not been announced as being official
- ^ Canadian-built Grumman G-23.
- ^ All operational Trackers built under licence by de Havilland Canada for RCN; 1 US-built S2F-1 obtained as pattern aircraft and subsequently used as stationary instructional airframe until 1972[37]
- ^ 451 built in Canada
- ^ Built in Canada as the Canadair Silver Star.
- ^ Used for testing the Helicopter Integrated Navigation System (HINS) intended for the cancelled New Shipborne Aircraft program (NSA) that was initially intended to replace the Sea King.
- ^ two seat attack variant of Harvard with larger engine.
- ^ Pattern aircraft for Canadair Sabre production.
- ^ first all metal aircraft built in Canada.
- ^ Includes 15 R-1340 powered H-19 aircraft built for RCAF and 5 operational R-1300 powered HO4S-3 aircraft built for RCN; 8 other RCN HO4S-2/3 aircraft lost in accidents or placed in storage prior to unification[51]
- ^ ex-Royal Canadian Navy CHSS-2.
- ^ Leased aircraft, designation may not be official.
- ^ a b built in Canada under licence.
- ^ powered Waco Hadrian glider.
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Walker, R.W. Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers CAF February 1968 to present retrieved: 21 January 2014
- ^ Canadian Forces Purchases Mini UAV System accessdate:June 2014
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