List of aircraft of the Irish Air Corps
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Air Corps AgustaWestland AW139
This list identifies the military aircraft which are currently being operated or have formerly been operated by the Irish Air Corps.
Contents
Active Irish military aircraft
Military aircraft currently in active service with the Irish Air Corps are as follows:
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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| Maritime patrol | ||||||
| CASA CN-235 | Spain | maritime patrol | MPA 100 | 2[1] | ||
| Transport | ||||||
| Learjet 45 | United States | VIP / air ambulance | 1[2] | |||
| Surveillance | ||||||
| Britten-Norman Defender | United Kingdom | police air support | Defender 4000 | 1[1] | flown for the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU) [3] | |
| Cessna Reims FR172 H | France | surveillance / utility | 5[4] | based on the Cessna 172[5] | ||
| Helicopters | ||||||
| AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | utility | 6[1] | |||
| Eurocopter EC135 | France | utility | EC135 P2+/T2 | 4[1] | two P2+s are flown for military purposes,[6] with two T2s for the GASU[7] | |
| Trainer | ||||||
| Pilatus PC-9 | Switzerland | advanced trainer / CAS | PC-9M | 7[1] | armament option include heavy machine gun or rocket pods.[8][9] | |
File:Pilatus Pc-9M Irish Air Corps, Baldonnell (3237218382).jpg
Several Pilatus PC-9M aircraft at Baldonnel
Retired Irish military aircraft
A few examples of former Air Corps aircraft are retained in the Air Corps Museum in Baldonnel. These include an Avro Anson, An Alouette III and a Fouga Magister. A De Havilland Vampire and a Miles Magister are on display in the National Museum in Collins Barracks (Dublin).
Military aircraft which have been withdrawn from service with the Irish Air Corps include the following:
Fighter and attack aircraft
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Air Corps Spitfire T.9 trainer wearing the early post war green colour scheme
- Bristol F.2B Fighter - 8× 1922-1935
- Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard - 4× 1922-1929
- RAE S.E.5a - 1× 1922 (destroyed by the IRA during Civil War)
- Bristol F.2B Fighter Mk II - 6× 1925-1935
- Gloster Gladiator I - 4× 1938-1944 (1× crashed 1938, 1× crashed 1944, 2× retired 1943, 12 more ordered but not delivered due to British embargo on Ireland)
- Hawker Hurricane I - 12× 1940-1946 (1× RAF crash-landed in Ireland 1940 and repaired by Air Corps, 11× delivered 1943)
- Hawker Hurricane IIa - 1× 1941-1943 (RAF force-landed in Ireland)
- Hawker Hurricane IIb - 1× 1941-1943 (RAF crash-landed in Ireland)
- Hawker Hurricane IIc - 6× 1945-1947
- Supermarine V.S. 506 Seafire LF.III - 12× 1947-1955
Bombers
- De Havilland DH.9
- Fairey Battle TT.I
- Hawker Hind and Hind Trainer
- Lockheed Hudson I (also used for maritime patrol duties)
Reconnaissance and patrol aircraft
Transport and liaison aircraft
- Avro 652A Anson I and C19
- Avro 626 Prefect (also served as a navigation trainer)
- Hawker Siddeley HS.125-600B and -700B
- Beechcraft Super King Air 200T
- De Havilland DH.84 Dragon 2
- De Havilland DH.104 Dove Mk 4, Mk 5, Mk 7, and Mk 8A
- Grumman G1159A Gulfstream III (leased)
- Gulfstream IV [10]
- Hawker Hector
- Martinsyde Type A Mk II
- Vickers Type 193 Vespa IV and Type 208 Vespa V
- Westland Lysander II
Trainer aircraft
File:Newtownards Air Show, June 1990 (01).jpg
Percival Provost Mk 51 in Air Corps colours
- Avro 504K - 6× 1922-1932
- Avro 621 Tutor
- Avro 631 Cadet (also used for coastal patrol duties)
- Avro 636
- De Havilland DH.60 Cirrus I Moth
- De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.20 and T.22A
- De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.55 - 6× 1956-1976
- Fouga CM-170-2 Super Magister - 6× 1975-1999
- Hunting Percival Provost T.51 and T.53
- Miles M.14A Magister
- Miles M.25 Martinet TT.I
- Miles M.9A Master I and M.19 Master II
- Hunting Percival Provost T.51 and T.53
- SIAI-Marchetti SF-260D and SF-260WE Warrior
- Supermarine V.S. 509 Spitfire T.9 - 6× 1961-1961
Helicopters
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Air Corps Alouette III. Retired in 2007
File:Irish Air Corp Helicopter Flying.jpg
Eurocopter Dauphin SA-365F landing. Retired in 2005
- Aérospatiale Alouette III - replaced by AW139s and retired in September 2007
- Aérospatiale SA330J Puma - retired
- Aérospatiale SA342L Gazelle - retired December 2005 + sold
- Aérospatiale SA365Fi Dauphin II - retired + sold
- Sikorsky S-61N - Previously operated by IAC for Search & Rescue/Coast Guard. Since returned to CHC Ireland who operated it in same capacity.
- Eurocopter Twin Squirrel AS355N - Operated by IAC for Garda Air Support Unit until replaced by second EC135-T in January 2008.[11]
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- ↑ Ireland.com - Second Garda helicopter takes to air
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