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




























