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Irish Air Corps
| Air Corps | |
|---|---|
| An tAerchór | |
 Badge of the Air Corps | |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Country |  Ireland |
| Allegiance | Ireland |
| Type | Air force |
| Role | Aerial warfare |
| Size | 689 active personnel (Establishment: 866) (December 2023)[1]
23 aircraft (+ 3 aircraft in support of the Garda Síochána) |
| Part of | Irish Defence Forces |
| Headquarters | Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel |
| Motto(s) | Irish: Forḟaire agus Tairiseaċt "Watchful and Loyal" |
| Website | Air Corps – Defence Forces |
| Commanders | |
| General Officer Commanding | Brigadier General Rory O'Connor[2] |
| Insignia | |
| Roundel |  |
| Fin flash |  |
| Colours |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Helicopter | AW139, EC 135P2/T2 |
| Patrol | Airbus C295 |
| Reconnaissance | Pilatus PC-12, Britten-Norman Defender |
| Trainer | PC-9M |
| Transport | Learjet 45 |
The Air Corps (Irish: An tAerchór) is the air force of Ireland. Organisationally a military branch of the Defence Forces of Ireland, the Air Corps utilises a fleet of fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft to carry out a variety of duties in conjunction with the Irish Army, Irish Naval Service and Garda Síochána. The headquarters of the Air Corps is located at the Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, Dublin. The Air Corps has an active establishment of 886 personnel. Like other components of the Defence Forces, it has struggled to maintain strength and as of December 2023 has only 689 active personnel.[1] Unlike the Army or the Naval Service, the Air Corps does not maintain a reserve component.[a]
- ^ a b "Defence Forces Strength (Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 January 2024)". Dáil Éireann Hansard. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
As of the 31 December 2023, the strength of the Permanent Defence Force was 7,550 personnel of [sic] 6,136 Army personnel, 689 Air Corps personnel and 725 Naval Service personnel.
- ^ "General Officer Commanding (GOC) Air Corps". Defence Forces Ireland. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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