The Irish Air Force is the air component of the Irish Defense Force providing support to the Army and Navy, together with military and non-military air services such as search and rescue, air ambulance and the Ministerial Air Transport Service. The principal airbase is Casement Aerodrome located at Baldonnel. The Irish Air Force has 15,800 active duty personnel and 8,600 reserve personnel.
List of Aircraft[]
Combat Aircraft[]
Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D x 48 (Multirole Fighter)
Alenia AC-27J Stinger x 4 (Aerial Gunship)
Transport Aircraft[]
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Airbus A310 x 6 (Transport Aircraft, Aerial Tanker)- / Airbus A350 x 4 (Strategic Airlifter)
- Canadair Challenger 600 x 3 (VIP Transport)
- De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash-8 x 8 (Transport Aircraft)
- De Havilland Canada DHC-9 Bison x 8 (Transport Aircraft)
Search and Rescue Aircraft[]
- Canadair CV-131 Dynavert x 16 (SAR Tiltrotor)
- Fairey Rotodyne x 12 (Medavac Tiltrotor)
- Westland Lynx x 32 (Search and Rescue Helicopter)
Helicopters[]
- Aérospatiale SA330 Puma x 22 (Medium Lift Transport Helicopter)
- / AgustaWestland AW139 x 35 (Search and Rescue Helicopter)
- BHI CH-146 Griffon x 16 (Utility Helicopter)
- Eurocopter EC135 x 24 (Light Utility Helicopter)
- Westland Lion x 15 (Heavy Lift Transport Helicopter)
Trainer Aircraft[]
- Hawker Hawk x 20 (Jet Trainer)
- Kawasaki T-4 x 18 (Lead in Fighter-Trainer)
- Pilatus PC-9M x 30 (Trainer)
Munitions[]
- Air-to-Air Missiles: Red Flash, ASRAAM, Meteor
- Air-to-Ground Missiles: ALARM, Brimstone, Green Eagle, Storm Shadow, Taurus KEPD 350
- Bombs: ?