page_title: List of aircraft of the Irish Air Corps
section_title: Helicopters
hierarchical_section_title: List of aircraft of the Irish Air Corps / Retired Irish military aircraft / Helicopters
caption_attribution_description: English: Aérospatiale SA 316B, 212 3opswgat, at RNAS Yeovilton. Taken with Canon EOS 620.
context_page_description: This list identifies the military aircraft which are currently being operated or have formerly been operated by the Irish Air Corps.
context_section_description: Aérospatiale Alouette III - replaced by AW139s and retired in September 2007
  Aérospatiale SA330J Puma - leased from Aerospatiale for 2 years during the early 1980s
  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. Subsequently returned to CHC Ireland who operated it in a similar capacity for the IRCG.
  Eurocopter Twin Squirrel AS355N - Operated by IAC for Garda Air Support Unit until replaced by second EC135-T in January 2008.
caption: Air Corps Alouette III. Retired in 2007
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