| 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] | Tender listed in November 2023 for a replacement jet aircraft.[3] | |
| Maritime patrol | |||||
| CASA CN-235 | Spain | Maritime Patrol | MPA 100 | 2[4] | To be replaced by two CN-295 MPA in 2023[5] |
| CASA C-295 | Spain | Maritime Patrol | MPA | 2[6][7][8] | A third C-295 was ordered in 2023 for troop and cargo transport.[9] |
| Surveillance | |||||
| Pilatus PC-12 | Switzerland | ISTAR / Utility | PC-12NG | 4[10] | |
| Britten-Norman Defender | United Kingdom | Police Air Support | 4000 | 1[11] | Flown for the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU)[11] |
| Helicopters | |||||
| Eurocopter EC135 | France | Utility / Training | P2+/T2 | 2[12] / 2[13] | Of which the T2s are flown for the GASU[14] |
| AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | Utility | 6[15] | ||
- ^ a b "Pilatus PC-9M". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Learjet 45". military.ie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Tender Notice Published for New Government Jet". Flying in Ireland. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Irish Department of Defence orders two Airbus C295 aircraft". Airbus. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "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] (17 October 2023). "Monday saw the arrival at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel of the 2nd of two Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol Aircrafts [sic]" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Third Airbus Defence C295 Confirmed for the Air Corps". Flying in Ireland. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "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.