Template:Active Irish Air Corps Aircraft

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Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Trainer / Light Attack
Pilatus PC-9 Switzerland Trainer / CAS PC-9M 8[1] Can be armed with machine guns or rocket pods.[1]
Transport
Learjet 45 United States VIP / Air ambulance 1[2] Tender listed in November 2023 for a replacement jet aircraft.[3]
Maritime patrol
CASA C-295 Spain Maritime Patrol MPA 2[4][5][6] Replaced two CASA CN-235 Aircraft in 2023. A third C-295 was ordered in 2023 for troop and cargo transport.[7]
Surveillance
Pilatus PC-12 Switzerland ISTAR / Utility PC-12NG 4[8]
Britten-Norman Defender United Kingdom Police Air Support 4000 1[9] Flown for the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU)[9]
Helicopters
Eurocopter EC135 France Utility / Training P2+/T2 2[10] / 2[11] Of which the T2s are flown for the GASU[12]
AgustaWestland AW139 Italy Utility 6[13]


  1. ^ a b "Pilatus PC-9M". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Learjet 45". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Tender Notice Published for New Government Jet". Flying in Ireland. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Irish Department of Defence orders two Airbus C295 aircraft". Airbus. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Third Airbus Defence C295 Confirmed for the Air Corps". Flying in Ireland. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Pilatus PC-12". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b "PBN Defender". military.ie. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  10. ^ "EC135 P2". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  11. ^ "EC135 T2". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  12. ^ "The Garda Air Support Unit". garda.ie. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  13. ^ "AW 139". military.ie. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
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