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List of aircraft of the Irish Air Corps
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This list identifies the military aircraft which are currently being operated, on order, or have formerly been operated by the Irish Air Corps.
Current Irish military aircraft
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Military aircraft currently in active service, or on order, with the Irish Air Corps are as follows:
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Retired Irish military aircraft
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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).[20]
Military aircraft which have been withdrawn from service with the Irish Air Corps include the following:
Fighter and attack aircraft
- Bristol F.2B Fighter – 8× 1922–1935[21][22][23]
- Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard – 4× 1922–1929[24]
- RAE S.E.5a – 1× 1922 (destroyed by the IRA during Civil War)
- Bristol F.2B Fighter Mk II – 8× 1925–1935[23]
- Gloster Gladiator I – 4× 1938–1944 (1× crashed 1938, 1× crashed 1944, 2× retired 1943, 12 more ordered but not delivered during The Emergency)[23][25]
- Hawker Hurricane I – 12× 1940–1946 (1× RAF crash-landed in Ireland 1940 and repaired by Air Corps, 11× delivered 1943)[23]
- 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[23]
- Supermarine V.S. 506 Seafire LF.III – 12× 1947–1955[26]
Bombers
- De Havilland DH.9 – 6× [24]
- Fairey Battle TT.I – 1x Irish Air Corps interned 1 ex-RAF target tug in 1942. It was in use as a target tug from 1944 to 1946.[23]
- Hawker Hind and Hind Trainer[23]
- Lockheed Hudson I (also used for maritime patrol duties)[27]
Reconnaissance and patrol aircraft
- CASA CN-235M-100 – 2x 1994-2023 (as of May 2024, these were out-of-service and "due for disposal")[2]
- Cessna FR172H – 8× FR172H, 1× FR172K 1972-2019
- Fairey IIIF Mk II
- Supermarine V.S. 236 Walrus I – 3× from 1939[28][23]
Transport and liaison aircraft
- Avro 652A Anson I and C19[23]
- Avro 626 Prefect (also served as a navigation trainer)
- Hawker Siddeley HS.125-600B and -700B
- Beechcraft Super King Air 200T - 3x [29]
- De Havilland DH.84 Dragon 2
- De Havilland DH.104 Dove Mk 4, Mk 5, Mk 7, and Mk 8A[29]
- Grumman G1159A Gulfstream III – 1x (leased)
- Gulfstream IV – 1x [30]
- Hawker Hector
- Martinsyde Type A Mk II
- Vickers Type 193 Vespa IV and Type 208 Vespa V
- Westland Lysander II – x6 [23][31]
Trainer aircraft
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- Avro 504K – 6× 1922–1932[32]
- Avro 621 Tutor[33]
- 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[29]
- De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.55[29] – 6× 1956–1976
- Fouga CM-170-2 Super Magister – 6× 1975–1999[29]
- Hunting Percival Provost T.51 and T.53
- Miles M.14A Magister[23]
- Miles M.25 Martinet TT.I
- Miles M.9A Master I and M.19 Master II[23]
- SIAI-Marchetti SF-260D and SF-260WE Warrior – 10x 1977-
- Supermarine V.S. 509 Spitfire T.9 – 6× 1951–1961
Helicopters
- Aérospatiale Alouette III – 8x 1963-2007. Replaced by AW139s[34][35]
- Aérospatiale SA330J Puma – 1x leased from Aérospatiale for 2 years during the early 1980s[36][37]
- Aérospatiale SA342L Gazelle – 2x 1980-2005.[38]
- Aérospatiale SA365Fi Dauphin II – 5x 1986-2006
- Sikorsky S-61N – 1x Previously leased and operated by IAC for Search & Rescue/Coast Guard.[39] Subsequently, returned to CHC Ireland who operated it in a similar capacity for the IRCG.
- Eurocopter Twin Squirrel AS355N – 1x 1997-2008 Operated by IAC for Garda Air Support Unit until replaced by second EC135T in January 2008.[40]
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