List of aircraft of the RAAF
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Fighters and fighter-bombers:
- Sopwith Pup: 1917 - 1925
- RAF SE.5A: 1921 - 1928
- Bristol Bulldog: 1930 - 1940
- Hawker Demon: 1935 - 1942
- Brewster Buffalo: 1941 - 1943
- Bell P-39 Airacobra: 1942 - 1943
- Curtiss Kittyhawk: 1942 - 1946
- Supermarine Spitfire: 1942 - 1945
- CAC Boomerang: 1942 - 1946
- De Havilland Mosquito: 1943 - 1953
- North American P-51 Mustang: 1945 - 1960
- Hawker Sea Fury (RAN): 1949 - 1962
- De Havilland Vampire: 1949 - 1960
- Gloster Meteor: 1951 - 1963
- North American/CAC Avon Sabre: 1954 - 1971
- De Havilland Sea Venom (RAN): 1956 - 1967
- Dassault Mirage III: 1964 - 1988
- McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (RAN): 1967 - 1984
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet: 1985 -
Bombers:
- Bristol Beaufort: 1941 - 1946
- Vultee Vengeance: 1942 - 1946
- Douglas Boston: 1942 - 1945
- Bristol Beaufighter: 1942 - 1957
- North American B-25 Mitchell: 1944 - 1946
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator: 1944 - 1948
- Avro Lincoln: 1946 -1961
- English Electric Canberra: 1951 - 1982
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom: 1970 - 1973
- General Dynamics F-111: 1973 -
Maritime
- Fairey IIID (RAN): 1921 - 1929
- Supermarine Seagull III (RAN): 1926 - 1936
- Supermarine Southampton: 1928 - 1939
- Supermarine Walrus (RAN): 1935 - 1947
- Supermarine Sea Otter (RAN): 1948 - 1953
- Short Sunderland: 1939 - 1946
- Lockheed Hudson: 1940 - 1948
- Consolidated Catalina: 1941 - 1950
- Vought Kingfisher: 1942 - 1948
- Lockheed Ventura: 1943 - 1946
- Martin Mariner: 1943 - 1946
- Fairey Firefly (RAN): 1949 - 1966
- Lockheed Neptune: 1951 - 1977
- Fairey Gannet (RAN): 1955 - 1967
- Grumman S-2 Tracker: 1967 - 1984
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 1968 -
Army Cooperation:
- De Havilland DH.9 & DH.9A: 1920 - 1930
- Auster AOP: 1944 - 1959
- Cessna 180: 1959 - 1974
- Pilatus Turbo Porter: 1968 - 1992
Trainers:
- Avro 504: 1919 - 1928
- De Havilland Moth: 1926 - 1946
- Avro Cadet: 1935 - 1945
- CAC Wirraway: 1939 - 1958
- De Havilland Tiger Moth: 1939 - 1957
- De Havilland Moth Minor: 1940 - 1945
- Fairey Battle: 1940 - 1949
- CAC Wackett: 1941 - 1946
- Ryan STM: 1942 - 1945
- CAC Winjeel: 1955 - 1994
- Macchi MB-326H: 1967 - 2001
- NZAI CT-4 Airtrainer: 1975 - 1993
- Pilatus PC-9: 1987 -
- BAe Hawk: 2000 -
Helicopters:
- Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly: 1947 - 1964
- Bristol Sycamore: 1951 - 1965
- Aerospatiale Squirrel: 1984 -
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois: 1962 - 1990
- Westland Scout: 1963 - 1973
- Bell Kiowa: 1971 -
- Bell Sioux: 1960 - 1977
- Westland Wessex (RAN): 1963 - 1991
- Boeing-Vertol Chinook: 1974 - 1989, 1995 -
- Westland Sea King (RAN): 1975 -
- Sikorsky S70A Blackhawk: 1988 -
- Sikorsky S70B Seahawk (RAN): 1988 -
- Eurocopter Tiger ARH: - on order
Reconnaissance and intelligence
- Boeing Wedgetail: - on order
Transport and utility:
- Westland Wapiti: 1929 - 1943
- Wacket Gannet: 1935 - 1945
- Avro Anson: 1937 - 1955
- Airspeed Oxford: 1940 - 1953
- Lockheed Lodestar: 1940 - 1947
- Douglas DC-2: 1942 - 1946
- Douglas DC-3: 1939 - 1990
- Noorduyn Norseman: 1943 - 1946
- Bristol Freighter: 1949 - 1967
- De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver: 1955 - 1964
- Convair 440: 1956 - 1968
- Lockheed Hercules: 1958 -
- De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou: 1964 -
- Vickers Viscount: 1964 - 1969
- BAC One Eleven: 1967 - 1990
- Hawker Siddeley HS748: 1967 -
- Dassault Falcon 20: 1967 - 1989
- GAF Nomad: 1975 -
- Boeing 707: 1979 -
- Dassault Falcon 900: 1989 -
- Boeing Business Jet: ?
- Bombardier Challenger 604: ?
Omitted from list: various short-term and experimental types, one-off models, civil types impressed into short-term emergency wartime service. Types marked RAN operated by the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm. Categorisation is arbitrary, and dependent on the primary practical use of the type, not its design use. For example, the F-4 Phantom, though designed as a fighter and used as such overseas, served in the RAAF only as a bomber and is listed accordingly.