Template:Active Irish Air Corps Aircraft
Appearance
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Trainer / Light Attack | |||||
Pilatus PC-9 | Switzerland | Trainer / CAS | PC-9M | 8[1] | Can be armed with machine guns or rocket pods.[1]
One hull lost in 2009 was replaced in 2017[2] |
Transport | |||||
Learjet 45 | United States | VIP / Air ambulance | 1[3] | Tender listed in November 2023 for a replacement jet aircraft.[4] | |
Maritime patrol | |||||
CASA C-295 | Spain | Maritime Patrol | MPA | 2[5][6][7] | Replaced two CASA CN-235 Aircraft in 2023. A third C-295 was ordered in 2023 for troop and cargo transport.[8] |
Surveillance | |||||
Pilatus PC-12 | Switzerland | ISTAR / Utility | PC-12NG | 4[9] | |
Britten-Norman Defender | United Kingdom | Police Air Support | 4000 | 1[10] | Flown for the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU)[10] |
Helicopters | |||||
Eurocopter EC135 | France | Utility / Training | P2+/T2 | 2[11] / 2[12] | Of which the T2s are flown for the GASU[13] |
AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | Utility | 6[14] |
- ^ a b "Pilatus PC-9M". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Air Corps receive new Pilatus PC-9M". flyinginireland.com. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Learjet 45". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Tender Notice Published for New Government Jet". Flying in Ireland. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Irish Department of Defence orders two Airbus C295 aircraft". Airbus. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Minister for Defence welcomes the arrival of the first of two Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft". www.gov.ie. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ Department of Defence (Ireland) [@IRLDeptDefence] (17 October 2023). "Monday saw the arrival at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel of the 2nd of two Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol Aircrafts [sic]" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Third Airbus Defence C295 Confirmed for the Air Corps". Flying in Ireland. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Pilatus PC-12". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ a b "PBN Defender". military.ie. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ "EC135 P2". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "EC135 T2". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "The Garda Air Support Unit". garda.ie. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "AW 139". military.ie. Retrieved 2022-04-22.