This list of aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force also includes aircraft that were operated by the Portuguese Army and Portuguese Navy aviation services, prior to the creation of the Air Force in 1952.
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The Army's Aeronáutica Militar was the first military aviation service created in Portugal and much of the Portuguese aviation origins date back to it.
The Navy's Aviação Naval (Naval Aviation) was created in 1917. In 1993, the Naval Aviation was reborn with the creation of the Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha (Navy's Helicopter Squadron), which operates the helicopters that serve on board the Navy's ships.
| Aircraft | Qty | In service | Retired | Origin | Notes |
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| F.B.A. Type B | 3 | 1917 | 1918 | ||
| Donnet-Denhaut D.D.8 | 18 | 1918 | 1923 | France | Left by the French Aeronavale at Aveiro |
| Tellier T.3 | 5 | 1918 | 1928 | ||
| George-Levy 40HB-2 | 2 | 1918 | ? | France | Left by the French Aeronavale at Aveiro |
| Felixstowe F.3 | 3 | 1920 | 1922 | United Kingdom | |
| Curtiss HS-2L | 4 | 1921 | 1931 | United States | Left by the United States Navy at Horta. Started flying in 1923 |
| Fairey IIID/IIID Mk.2 | 6 | 1922 | 1931 | United Kingdom | |
| Fokker T.IIIW | 4 | 1924 | 1933 | Netherlands | |
| Avro 504K | 3 | 1925 | 1927 | United Kingdom | The first wheel aircraft |
| C.A.M.S.37A | 8 | 1927 | 1935 | ||
| Hanriot HD.41H | 8 | 1927 | 1935 | ||
| Macchi M.18 | 9 | 1928 | 1934 | ||
| de Havilland DH-60HG Gipsy Moth | 8 | 1929 | 1942 | United Kingdom | Bought four directly from de Havilland. Other four were built from parts after the loss of the first four in accidents |
| Fleet F-10 | 26 | 1933 | 1953 | Several batches | |
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| Fleet F-10G | |||||
| Junkers K 43W | 5 | 1933 | 1941 | Germany Sweden |
Manufactured in Sweden |
| Hawker Osprey III | 8 | 1935 | 1942 | United Kingdom | |
| Blackburn Shark IIA | 6 | 1936 | 1938 | United Kingdom | |
| G.A.L.Monospar S.T.12 | 1 | 1936 | 1943 | ||
| Avro 626 | 12 | 1939 | 1950 | United Kingdom | |
| Grumman G-21B Goose | 12 | 1940 | 1952 | United States | Transferred to PoAF |
| Grumman G-44 Widgeon | 12 | 1941 | 1952 | United States | Transferred to PoAF |
| Short Sunderland I | 1 | 1941 | 1944 | United Kingdom | Interned after force landing in Portugal due to storm |
| Fleet 16 | 5 | 1942 | ? | United Kingdom | |
| Miles Martinet T.T.1 | 4 | 1943 | 1952 | United Kingdom | Transferred to PoAF |
| Airspeed Oxford II | 12 | 1943 | 1952 | United Kingdom | Transferred to PoAF |
| Bristol Blenheim IVF | 12 | 1943 | ? | United Kingdom | |
| de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth | 30 | 1943 | 1952 | United Kingdom | Transferred to PoAF |
| Bristol Beaufighter TF.X | 17 | 1945 | 1946 | United Kingdom | |
| Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan | 7 | 1947 | 1952 | United States | Transferred to PoAF |
| Beechcraft D-18S | 5 | 1948 | 1952 | United States | Transferred to PoAF |
| North American SNJ-4 | 8 | 1950 | 1952 | United States | Transferred to PoAF |
| Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver | 14 | 1950 | 1952 | United States | Used only for spares |
| Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver | 24 | Transferred to PoAF | |||
| AgustaWestland Super Lynx Mk.95 | 5 | 1993 | United Kingdom | The first aircraft of the reborn Naval Aviation |
The Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) was founded in 1952 as the result of the amalgamate of the Aeronáutica Militar and Aviação Naval. With the merger many aircraft were transferred from these earlier aviation services to the Air Force, having been in service before 1952.
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