Few countries in the developed world are without fighter jets. Combat aircraft fast enough to intercept an aerial threat are considered the backbone of a capable air defense, and most nations maintain ...
Ireland’s planned purchase of combat jets and the development of a long-overdue national radar system mark a historic turning ...
Simon Harris says he is convinced of need to acquire combat jet aircraft to ‘deter and detect’ airborne threats as part of ...
For the past 50 years, the Republic of Ireland has relied on the United Kingdom to provide air cover in the face of an ...
Even the Irish Air Corps primary helicopter force of six AW139s ... While the narrowest part of the Irish Sea, and closest part to the submarine base, is administered solely by the United Kingdom ...
The escalating row has caused medics who work at the Cork and Athlone bases to request a return ... run operation involving NAS and the Irish Air Corps, whereas Cork is managed by Malta-based ...
Search and rescue (SAR) air crew with the State’s four Irish Coast Guard helicopter bases have expressed fears that lives are ...
The meeting, which was held at the Air Corps base at Baldonnel during the week ... A source told the Irish Examiner: “The Air Corps may pass this off as a routine inspection and that planes ...