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] | ||
Maritime patrol | |||||
CASA CN-235 | Spain | Maritime Patrol | MPA 100 | 2[3] | To be replaced by two CN-295 MPA in 2023[4] |
CASA C-295 | Spain | Maritime Patrol | MPA | 2[5][6] | |
Surveillance | |||||
Pilatus PC-12 | Switzerland | ISTAR / Utility | PC-12NG | 4[7] | |
Britten-Norman Defender | United Kingdom | Police Air Support | 4000 | 1[8] | Flown for the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU)[8] |
Helicopters | |||||
Eurocopter EC135 | France | Utility / Training | P2+/T2 | 2[9] / 2[10] | Of which the T2s are flown for the GASU[11] |
AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | Utility | 6[12] |
- ^ a b "Pilatus PC-9M". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Learjet 45". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "CASA CN-235". military.ie. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ "Minister Kehoe Awards Contract for two New Maritime Patrol Aircraft for the Air Corps". Department of Defence. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "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] (October 17, 2023). "Monday saw the arrival at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel of the 2nd of two Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol Aircrafts [sic]" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "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.