# List of aircraft of the Irish Air Corps

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

Military aircraft currently in active service, or on order, with the Irish Air Corps are as follows:
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Maritime Patrol ||||||
| Airbus C295 | Spain | Maritime patrol | MSA | 2 | An additional C295W is on order for transport use. |
| Reconnaissance ||||||
| Pilatus PC-12 | Switzerland | Surveillance | PC-12NG | 3 | Three 'SPECTRE' surveillance variants |
| Transport ||||||
| Learjet 45 | United States | Executive transport | | 1 | To be replaced by a Dassault Falcon 6X which is on order for planned delivery in 2025. |
| Pilatus PC-12 | Switzerland | Surveillance | PC-12NG | 1 | One utility variant |
| Helicopter ||||||
| Eurocopter EC135 | Germany | Utility / trainer | EC135 P2 | 2 | |
| AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | Utility | | 6 | |
| Airbus H145 | Germany | Utility / trainer | EC145M | | Four on order for delivery from 2027 to replace the EC135. |
| Trainer ||||||
| Pilatus PC-9 | Switzerland | Trainer / CAS | PC-9M | 8 | One hull lost in 2009 was replaced in 2017 |
| Police air support ||||||
| Britten-Norman Defender | United Kingdom | Police air support | 4000 | 1 | Flown for the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU) Due to be replaced by a DHC-6 Twin Otter. |
| Eurocopter EC135 | Germany | Police air support | EC135 T2 | 2 | Flown for the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU) |

## 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Military aircraft which have been withdrawn from service with the Irish Air Corps include the following: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

* 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 – 8× 1925–1935
* Gloster Gladiator I – 4× 1938–1944 (1× crashed 1938, 1× crashed 1944, 2× retired 1943, 12 more ordered but not delivered during The Emergency)
* 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 – 6×
* 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.
* Hawker Hind and Hind Trainer
* Lockheed Hudson I (also used for maritime patrol duties)

### Reconnaissance and patrol aircraft

* CASA CN-235M-100 – 2x 1994-2023 (as of May 2024, these were out-of-service and "due for disposal")
* Cessna FR172H – 8× FR172H, 1× FR172K 1972-2019
* Fairey IIIF Mk II
* Supermarine V.S. 236 Walrus I – 3× from 1939

### 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 - 3x
* De Havilland DH.84 Dragon 2
* De Havilland DH.104 Dove Mk 4, Mk 5, Mk 7, and Mk 8A
* Grumman G1159A Gulfstream III – 1x (leased)
* Gulfstream IV – 1x
* Hawker Hector
* Martinsyde Type A Mk II
* Vickers Type 193 Vespa IV and Type 208 Vespa V
* Westland Lysander II – x6

### Trainer aircraft

* 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
* 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
* Aérospatiale SA330J Puma – 1x leased from Aérospatiale for 2 years during the early 1980s
* Aérospatiale SA342L Gazelle – 2x 1980-2005.
* Aérospatiale SA365Fi Dauphin II – 5x 1986-2006
* Sikorsky S-61N – 1x Previously leased and operated by IAC for Search & Rescue/Coast Guard. 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.