Abstract: The invention relates to a brake for an aircraft wheel comprising firstly calipers with an outer jaw (103) receiving a stationary brake pad (108) and an inner jaw that is movable under drive from the braking actuator (105) and that receives a movable brake pad (107), and secondly a disk (109) that extends between the brake pads and that includes means (110) for constraining it to move in rotation with the wheel; at least one of the brake pads includes a protrusion (120) projecting from a rear face of the pad to be received in a matching receptacle (123) of the associated jaw and serving both to position the pad on the jaw and to transmit braking forces from the stationary pad to the associated jaw.