RCAF - Aircraft - The Royal Canadian Air Force

Canadian Aircraft


Type	1968 CF	Origin	Primary	Introduced	Status	No.
Type	designator	Origin	role(s)	Introduced	Status	No.
Advanced Ceramics Research Silver Fox	CU-167	UK	UAV	2004	?	4+
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
Airbus CC-150 Polaris	CC-150	France	transport/tanker	1992	5 In service	5
Airbus CC-295 Kingfisher	CC-295	Spain	SAR	2019	1 In service	16
Airco DH.4	n/a	UK	bomber	1920	Retired 1928	12
Airco DH.9A	n/a	UK	bomber	1920	Retired 1929	12
Airspeed Horsa	n/a	UK	transport glider	1948	Retired 1950	3
Airspeed Oxford	n/a	UK	trainer	1939	Retired 1947	819
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas	n/a	UK	reconnaissance	1927	Retired 1942	16
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin	n/a	UK	fighter	1926	Retired 1940	12
Auster AOP.6 & T.7	n/a	UK	reconnaissance	1948	Retired 1958	42
Avro 504	n/a	UK	trainer	1920	Retired 1934	97
Avro 552 Viper	n/a	Canada	forestry patrol	1924	Retired 1928	14
Avro Avian Mk.IVM	n/a	UK	transport/trainer	1929	Retired 1936	29
Avro 621 Tutor	n/a	UK	trainer	1931	Retired 1945	7
Avro 626 Prefect	n/a	UK	trainer	1937	Retired 1945	12
Avro Anson	n/a	UK/Canada	bomber/trainer	1940	Retired 1947	4,413
Avro Lancaster	n/a	UK	bomber	1944	Retired 1965	229
Avro Lincoln	n/a	UK/Canada	bomber	1946	Retired 1947	3
Avro Wright	n/a	Canada	forestry patrol	1925	Retired 1930	1
Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow	CF-105	Canada	fighter	1958	Retired 1959	5
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck	CF-100	Canada	fighter	1951	Retired 1984	692
BAE Systems Hawk	CT-155	UK	trainer	2000	Retired 2024	22
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
Beechcraft Expeditor	CT-128	US	transport/trainer	1941	Retired 1972	394
Beechcraft Harvard II	CT-156	US	trainer	2000	24 in service	26
Beechcraft King Air	CT-145	US	transport/trainer	1992	7 in service	8
Beechcraft Mentor	n/a	US	trainer	1954	Retired 1956	25
Beechcraft Musketeer	CT-134	US	trainer	1971	Retired 1992	46
Bell 47D & G	n/a	US	transport helicopter	1948	Retired 1965	9
Bell Griffon	CH-146	Canada	transport helicopter	1994	85 in service	100
Bell Iroquois	CH-118	US/Canada	transport helicopter	1968	Retired 1997	10
Bell Jet Ranger	CH-139	US	transport helicopter	1981	Retired 1993	14
Bell Kiowa	CH-136	US	transport helicopter	1971	Retired 1997	74
Bell Twin Huey	CH-135	US	transport helicopter	1971	Retired 1999	50
Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker	n/a	US	transport	1929	Retired 1944	13
Blackburn Shark Mk.II & III	n/a	UK	bomber	1936	Retired 1944	26
Boeing 247D	n/a	US	transport	1940	Retired 1942	8
Boeing CC-137	CC-137	US	transport/tanker	1970	Retired 1997	5
Boeing Fortress Mk.II	n/a	US	patrol/transport	1943	Retired 1946	6
Boeing Globemaster III	CC-177	US	transport	2007	5 in service	5
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle	CU-169	US	UAV	2008	in service	?
Boeing Stratojet	n/a	US	engine testbed	1956	Retired 1959	1
Boeing CH-47C Chinook	CH-147	US	transport helicopter	1974	Retired 1991	8
Boeing CH-47D Chinook	CH-147D	US	transport helicopter	2008	Retired 2011	6+1 Leased
Boeing CH-47F Chinook	CH-147F	US	transport helicopter	2013	15 in service	15
Brewster Bermuda	n/a	US	bomber	1943	Retired 1946	3
Bristol Beaufort	n/a	UK	bomber	1941	Retired 1944	15
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV	n/a	UK	bomber/trainer	1941	Retired 1945	1
Bristol F.2B Fighter	n/a	UK	fighter	1920	Retired 1922	2
Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke	n/a	Canada	bomber/trainer	1939	Retired 1947	626
Bristol Freighter	n/a	UK	transport	1952	Retired 1967	6
Burgess-Dunne	n/a	US	reconnaissance	1914	Retired 1914	1
Canadair Argus	CP-107	Canada	patrol	1957	Retired 1988	33
Canadair C-5 North Star	n/a	Canada	transport	1950	Retired 1967	1
Canadair CF-5 Freedom Fighter	CF-116	Canada	fighter/ground attack	1968	Retired 1995	133
Canadair Challenger	CC-144	Canada	transport/trainer/patrol	1983	4 in service	18
Canadair Cosmopolitan	CC-109	Canada	transport	1960	Retired 1994	13
Canadair CL-84 Dynavert	CX-131	Canada	experimental VTOL	1969	Retired 1975	3
Canadair North Star	n/a	Canada	transport	1947	Retired 1966	24
Canadair Sabre	n/a	Canada	fighter	1950	Retired 1977	1,184
Canadair Silver Star	CT-133	Canada	trainer/EW	1953	Retired 2005	656
Canadair Starfighter	CF-104	Canada	fighter	1961	Retired 1988	200
Canadair Tutor	CT-114	Canada	trainer	1963	11 in service	190
Canadair Yukon	CC-106	Canada	transport	1959	Retired 1971	12
Canadian Vickers Vancouver	n/a	Canada	patrol	1929	Retired 1940	6
Canadian Vickers Vanessa	n/a	Canada	transport	1927	Retired 1927	1
Canadian Vickers Varuna	n/a	Canada	patrol	1926	Retired 1930	8
Canadian Vickers Vedette	n/a	Canada	forestry patrol	1925	Retired 1941	44
Canadian Vickers Velos	n/a	Canada	patrol	1927	Retired 1928	1
Canadian Vickers Vigil	n/a	Canada	trainer/transport	1928	Retired 1930	1
Canadian Vickers Vista	n/a	Canada	patrol	1927	Retired 1931	1
Cessna L-182	CO-119	US	transport	1961	Retired 1973	10
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog	CO-119	US	transport	1954	Retired 1983	25
Cessna Crane	n/a	US	trainer	1941	Retired 1949	826
Consolidated Catalina/Canso	n/a	US/Canada	patrol	1941	Retired 1962	254
Consolidated Courier	n/a	US	transport	1928	Retired 1941	3
Consolidated Liberator	n/a	US	patrol	1943	Retired 1948	148
Consolidated Privateer	n/a	US	patrol	1946	Retired 1949	1
Curtiss Canuck	n/a	Canada	trainer	1920	Retired 1923	10
Curtiss H-16	n/a	US	patrol	1922	Retired 1924	2
Curtiss HS-2L	n/a	US	patrol	1920	Retired 1928	30
Curtiss Kittyhawk	n/a	US	fighter	1941	Retired 1946	134
Curtiss Seamew	n/a	US	transport	1943	Retired 1944	82
Curtiss Tomahawk	n/a	US	fighter	1943	Retired 1946	4
Curtiss Warhawk	n/a	US	fighter	1942	Retired 1943	9
Curtiss-Reid Rambler	n/a	Canada	trainer/transport	1929	Retired 1954	9
Dassault Falcon	CC-117	France	transport	1967	Retired 1989	8
de Havilland Comet	n/a	UK	transport	1953	Retired 1965	2
de Havilland Dragonfly	n/a	UK	transport	1940	Retired 1945	6
de Havilland Fox Moth	n/a	Canada	transport	1941	Retired 1945	1
de Havilland Genet Moth	n/a	UK	trainer	1928	Retired 1932	2
de Havilland Hawk Moth	n/a	UK	transport	1929	Retired 1935	3
de Havilland Menasco Moth	n/a	Canada	trainer	1941	Retired 1947	136
de Havilland Mosquito	n/a	UK	bomber/fighter-bomber	1943	Retired 1951	444
De Havilland Moth	n/a	UK	trainer	1928	Retired 1948	89
de Havilland Puss Moth	n/a	UK	transport	1931	Retired 1944	19
de Havilland Sea Hornet	n/a	UK	fighter	1948	Retired 1948	1
de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth	n/a	Canada	trainer	1938	Retired 1948	1,410
de Havilland Vampire	n/a	UK	fighter	1946	Retired 1958	86
de Havilland Canada Buffalo	CC-115	Canada	transport	1967	Retired 2022	15
de Havilland Canada Caribou	CC-108	Canada	transport	1960	Retired 1971	9
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk	CT-120	Canada	trainer	1948	Retired 1972	100
de Havilland Canada Dash 7	CC-132	Canada	transport	1979	Retired 1987	2
De Havilland Canada Dash-8	CT-142	Canada	transport/trainer	1989	4 in service	6
de Havilland Canada Otter	CSR-123	Canada	transport	1953	Retired 1984	69
de Havilland Canada Twin Otter	CC-138	Canada	transport	1971	4 in service	9
Douglas Boston	n/a	US	bomber	1941	Retired 1945	3
Douglas Dakota	CC-129	US	transport	1943	Retired 1988	169
Douglas Digby	n/a	US	bomber	1939	Retired 1946	20
Douglas MO-2B	n/a	US	transport/patrol	1927	Retired 1930	1
EADS Eagle 1	CU-160	Netherlands	UAV	2003	Retired 2003	1
Elbit Skylark	CU-168	Israel	UAV	2006	5 in service	5
Fairchild 51 & 51A	n/a	US/Canada	transport	1930	Retired 1946	9
Fairchild 71, 71B & 71C	n/a	US/Canada	transport	1929	Retired 1942	23
Fairchild Argus	n/a	US	transport	1940	Retired 1945	2
Fairchild Cornell	n/a	US	trainer	1942	Retired 1948	1,555
Fairchild FC-2, 2L & 2W	n/a	US/Canada	transport	1927	Retired 1938	27
Fairchild KR-34	n/a	US	transport	1930	Retired 1936	1
Fairchild Super 71	n/a	Canada	transport	1936	Retired 1940	2
Fairchild Flying Boxcar	n/a	US	transport	1952	Retired 1967	35
Fairey III.C & III.F	n/a	UK	bomber	1920	Retired 1930	2
Fairey Albacore	n/a	UK	bomber	1943	Retired 1949	6
Fairey Battle	n/a	UK	bomber/trainer	1939	Retired 1946	740
Fairey Swordfish Mk.II & III	n/a	UK	bomber	1943	Retired 1947	105
Felixstowe F.3	n/a	UK	patrol	1921	Retired 1923	11
Fleet Fawn	n/a	Canada	trainer	1931	Retired 1947	51
Fleet Finch	n/a	Canada	trainer	1939	Retired 1947	431
Fleet Fort	n/a	Canada	trainer	1941	Retired 1945	101
Fleet Freighter	n/a	Canada	transport	1942	Retired 1944	2
Fokker Super Universal	n/a	US	transport	1929	Retired 1929	1
Ford 6-AT Trimotor	n/a	US	transport	1929	Retired 1937	1
General Aircraft Hotspur Mk.II	n/a	UK	trainer glider	1942	Retired 1945	22
General Atomics Altair	CU-163	US	UAV	2004	Retired 2004	1?
Gloster Meteor	n/a	UK	fighter	1945	Retired 1955	4
Grob G-120A	CT-102	Germany	Trainer	2013	13 in service	14
Grumman Albatross	CSR-110	US	SAR	1960	Retired 1971	10
Grumman Goblin	n/a	US/Canada	fighter	1940	Retired 1942	15
Grumman Goose	n/a	US	transport	1938	Retired 1956	31
Grumman CS2F Tracker	CP-121	US/Canada	patrol	1968	Retired 1994	73
Handley Page Hampden	n/a	UK	bomber	1941	Retired 1944	96
Handley Page Harrow	n/a	UK	bomber/transport	1940	Retired 1941	2
Handley Page Halifax	n/a	UK	bomber	1944	Retired 1947	5
Hawker Audax	n/a	UK	reconnaissance	1933	Retired 1943	6
Hawker Hart	n/a	UK	bomber	1937	Retired 1943	3
Hawker Hind	n/a	UK	instructional airframe	1942	Retired 1943	4
Hawker Hurricane	n/a	UK	fighter	1939	Retired 1948	502
Hawker Sea Hurricane	n/a	UK	fighter	1942	Retired 1943	1
Hawker Tempest Mk.VI	n/a	UK	fighter	1946	Retired 1947	1
Hawker Tomtit	n/a	UK	trainer	1930	Retired 1943	2
Hiller Nomad	CH-112	US	transport helicopter	1961	Retired 1973	27
IAI Heron	CU-170	Israel	UAV	2008	2 in service	3
Keystone Puffer	n/a	US	crop duster/transport	1927	Retired 1934	2
Lockheed Arcturus	CP-140A	US	trainer/patrol	1992	Retired 2011	3
Lockheed Aurora	CP-140	US	patrol	1980	14 in service	18
Lockheed Electra	n/a	US	transport	1939	Retired 1946	15
Lockheed Electra Junior	n/a	US	transport	1940	Retired 1945	10
Lockheed Hercules	CC-130	US	transport	1960	12 in service	44
Lockheed Martin CC-130J Hercules	CC-130J	US	transport	2010	17 in service	17
Lockheed Hudson	n/a	US	bomber	1939	Retired 1948	247
Lockheed Lodestar	n/a	US	transport	1943	Retired 1948	18
Lockheed Model 212	n/a	US	transport	1940	Retired 1946	1
Lockheed Neptune	CP-122	US	patrol	1955	Retired 1970	25
Lockheed Shooting Star	n/a	US	trainer	1951	Retired 1955	31
Lockheed Starfighter	CF-104	US	fighter	1962	Retired 1986	39
Lockheed Starlifter	CC-141	US	transport	n/a	n/a	0
Lockheed Ventura	n/a	US	patrol/trainer	1942	Retired 1947	286
Martin Baltimore	n/a	US	bomber	1942	Retired 1942	1
Martinsyde F6	n/a	UK	fighter	1922	Retired 1925	1
MBB/Kawasaki BK 117	CH-143	Germany	transport helicopter	1989	Retired 1990	1
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet	CF-188	US	fighter	1982	80 in service	138
McDonnell Voodoo	CF-101	US	fighter	1963	Retired 1987	132
Mil Mi-8	CH-8	Russia	transport helicopter	2008	Retired 2011	6
Mil Mi-17-V5	CH-178	Russia	transport helicopter	2008	Retired 2011	4
Meggitt Vindicator II	CU-162	Canada	UAV (Target)	?	2000s?	1
Noorduyn Norseman	n/a	Canada	transport	1940	Retired 1957	100
North American AT-6D Texan	n/a	US	trainer	1951	Retired 1954	100
North American Harvard	n/a	US/Canada	trainer	1939	Retired 1968	2,156
North American Mitchell	n/a	US	bomber	1942	Retired 1963	164
North American Mustang Mk.IV	n/a	US	fighter	1947	Retired 1961	130
North American NA-26	n/a	US	trainer	1940	Retired 1942	1
North American NA-44	n/a	US	fighter/trainer	1940	Retired 1944	1
North American Sabre	n/a	US	fighter	1951	Retired 1953	1
North American Yale	n/a	US	trainer	1940	Retired 1946	119
Northrop Delta	n/a	Canada	transport/patrol	1936	Retired 1945	20
Northrop Nomad	n/a	US	bomber	1940	Retired 1945	32
Percival Prentice	n/a	UK	trainer	1948	Retired 1948	1
Piasecki H-21A	CH-125	US	transport/SAR helicopter	1954	Retired 1973	18
Piasecki Model 44A	CH-127	US	transport/SAR helicopter	1960	Retired 1972	5
Pitcairn Mailwing	n/a	US	transport	1928	Retired 1932	1
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
SAGEM Sperwer	CU-161	France	UAV	2003	Retired 2009	31
Schweizer 2-12	n/a	US	trainer glider	1946	Retired 1949	2
Sikorsky Cyclone	CH-148	US	ASW helicopter	2015	17 in service	28
Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly	n/a	US	transport/SAR helicopter	1947	Retired 1965	7
Sikorsky H-19	n/a	US	transport helicopter	1954	Retired 1985	15+5
Sikorsky H-34A	CH-126	US	transport helicopter	1955	Retired 1973	6
Sikorsky Sea King	CH-124	US	ASW helicopter	1968	Retired 2018	40
Slingsby Firefly	CT-111	UK	trainer	1992	Retired 2006	12
Sopwith Camel	n/a	UK	fighter	1924	Retired 1929	10
Sopwith Snipe	n/a	UK	fighter	1919	Retired 1923	3
Stearman 75 Kaydet	n/a	US	trainer	1942	Retired 1943	301
Stinson 105 Voyager	n/a	US	transport	1940	Retired 1946	25
Supermarine Spitfire	n/a	UK	fighter	1940	Retired 1950	8
Supermarine Stranraer	n/a	UK	patrol seaplane	1938	Retired 1946	40
Supermarine Walrus	n/a	UK	reconnaissance/transport	1943	Retired 1947	8
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
Vickers Viking Mk.IV	n/a	UK	patrol amphibian	1923	Retired 1931	8
Waco AQC-6	n/a	US	transport	1942	Retired 1942	1
Waco CG-15A	n/a	US	transport glider	1946	Retired 1950	1
Waco Hadrian Mk.II	n/a	US	transport glider	1944	Retired 1949	32
Waco PG-2A	n/a	US	transport	1946	Retired 1947	1
Westland Lysander	n/a	UK/Canada	reconnaissance/trainer	1939	Retired 1946	329
Westland Wapiti	n/a	UK	reconnaissance	1930	Retired 1944	25

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