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Light ground-attack aircraft
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly is a light ground-attack aircraft originating in United States. It was built by Cessna. Current inventory lists document it in Guatemala, Honduras.
United StatesCessna A-37 Dragonfly
TSGT KEN HAMMOND · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedLight ground-attack aircraft
United States
Cessna
Limited service in Central American and South American air forces
United States Air Force (historical) Republic of Vietnam Air Force (historical) Chilean Air Force (historical) Peruvian Air Force
577
1963–1975
October 1964
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28 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (8.617 m)
35 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (10.935 m) (over tip tanks)
8 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (2.705 m)
183.9 sq ft (17.08 m 2 )
6.2:1
NACA 2418 (modified) at root, NACA 2412 (modified) at tip
6,211 lb (2,817 kg)
14,000 lb (6,350 kg)
507 US gal (422 imp gal; 1,920 L) usable internal fuel (including tip tanks)
2 × General Electric J85 -GE-17A turbojet , 2,850 lbf (12.7 kN) thrust each
507 mph (816 km/h, 441 kn)
489 mph (787 km/h, 425 kn) (max. cruise)
113 mph (182 km/h, 98 kn) at maximum landing weight, wheels and flaps down
524 mph (843 km/h, 455 kn)
460 mi (740 km, 400 nmi) (with maximum payload)
1,012 mi (1,629 km, 879 nmi) (with 4× 100 US gal (83 imp gal; 380 L) drop tanks
41,765 ft (12,730 m)
6,990 ft/min (35.5 m/s)
1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) GAU-2B/A minigun in nose with 1500 rounds Provision for SUU-11/A gun pods under wings
8 with a capacity of inner four: 860 lb (390 kg), two intermediate: 600 lb (270 kg), two outer: 500 lb (230 kg)
LAU-3/A rocket pods
AIM-9 Sidewinder
250 lb (110 kg) Mark 81 , 500 lb (230 kg) Mark 82 or 750 lb (340 kg) M117 bombs BLU-32B or BLU-1C/B fire bombs CBU-12, CBU-22 or CBU-24 cluster bombs SUU-14 bomb dispenser
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
El SalvadorAir Force exact named equipment holdings: A-37B Dragonfly. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Cessna A-37 Dragonfly. Service scope: Salvadoran Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): inventory: 15. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
GuatemalaReported count for A-37 Dragonfly. Service scope: Guatemalan Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 3. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
HondurasAir Force exact named equipment holdings: A-37B Dragonfly. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
PeruReported count for Cessna A-37 · A-37B. Service scope: Peruvian Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 20. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. 2023 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
UruguayAir Force exact named equipment holdings: A-37B Dragonfly. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / ATK. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Cessna A-37. Service scope: Honduran Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 9. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. 2023 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.