Portuguese Air Force - Aircraft Inventory

Aircraft Inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Versions Quantity Notes
Fighter aircraft
F-16 Fighting Falcon United States Fighter F-16AM-15MLU
F-16BM-15MLU
~31 12 for sale, two lost in accidents, one preserved
Maritime patrol aircraft
CASA C-295 Spain Maritime patrol aircraft C-295MPA 5
Lockheed P-3 Orion United States Maritime patrol aircraft P-3C CUP 5
Transport aircraft
Lockheed C-130 Hercules United States Transport aircraft C-130H
C-130H-30
3
3
CASA C-295 Spain Transport aircraft C-295M 7
Dassault Falcon 20 France Vip Transport aircraft 1
Dassault Falcon 50 France Vip Transport aircraft 2
Trainer aircraft
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk United Kingdom
Portugal
Trainer Aircraft 6
Aérospatiale Epsilon TB-30 France Basic Trainer 18
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet France
Germany
Advanced Trainer Alpha Jet A less than 15 Convertible to wartime

operations

Fournier RF-10 France Glider Trainer 4
Schleicher ASK 21 Germany Glider Trainer 4
LET L-23 Super Blaník Czech Republic Glider Trainer 3
Helicopters
Aérospatiale Alouette III France Helicopter SA316 less than 10
AgustaWestland AW101 United Kingdom/ Italy Search & Rescue
Fisheries Protection
Combat Search & Rescue
Model 514
Model 515
Model 516
6
2
4

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