Del'd: 8 - 1963 to 2007

Aerospatiale Alouette III
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ireland Aer Chór na hÉireann

Irish Air Corps






Aer Chór na hÉireann Alouette III

With its then large rural communities, a particularly bad winter in 1962/63 prompted The Dáil to approve an order for the SAR-equipped Alouette III. It was to be the mainstay of Irish Air Corps rotary wing operations from Nov 1963, when the first two of three initially ordered, were based at Baldonnel; the third was delivered in Apr 1964.

A further 5 airframes were ordered with deliveries over 2 years, commencing 1972. By Aug 1987, the SAR role began to migrate to newer IAC models while the government looked to civilianise more of the SAR services and the Alouette IIIs took on a more Utility role.

The last six airframes were formally retired on 21 Sep 2007, after more than 40 years distinguished service.



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60 years of Helicopter Operations in Ireland

60 years of Helicopter Operations in Ireland

29-Jul-23 - The 16th annual Bray Air Display took place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th July 2023 in Dublin with the Irish Air Corps celebrating 60 years of Helicopter Operations #Ireland



  Units


YearsUnitsBase
1963/07302 squadron Baldonnel






  Platforms


Classes
FS Eithne class



List of Aircraft


C/NModBuiltID     In this OrgIn other Org
1151 se3160 1963 195 ex F-WJDH. Delivered 25 Nov 1963 as 195.
1153 se3160 1963 196 ex F-WKQB. Delivered 25 Nov 1963 as 196.
1194 se3160 1964 197 Delivered 15 May 1964 as 197. Retired from service and stored at Baldonnel by Ma...
1973 w/o 1996 sa316b 1972 202 Delivered 24 Mar 1972 as 202. Crash landing 1996 badly damaged, under repair unt...
1983 sa316b 1972 211 Delivered 4 Feb 1973 as 211. Noted wfu at Baldonnel Aug 2005. Retired from servi...
1984 sa316b 1973 212 Irish Air Corps d/d 29mar73, test serial F-WMHH; wfu and stored at Baldonnel by...
2116 sa316b 1973 213 Irish Air Corps d/d 16dec73 as 213; Aug05 noted wfu at Baldonnel; retired from s...
2122 sa316b 1974 214 Delivered 25 Mar 1974 as 214.




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