Irish Air Corps Centenary Video
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2022
- On the 23rd March 2022, the Irish Air Corps celebrates its centenary. This video summarises the last 100 years of military aviation in Ireland, and shows the evolution of the Air Corps.
Visual Imagery courtesy of
On Golden Wings - The Story of the Irish Air Corps
The Air Corps Press Office
Va Pensiero as featured in Verdi's Nabucco performed by The Baldonnell Singers
Recorded by
Luke Maguire
Nicky Maguire
Colm O'Rourke - Авто та транспорт
Amazing job I was in school on the yard as the government jet flew over then the casa and then the 3 pc12s and finally the pc9ms I love your aircraft so much congrats on 100 years!!!🎉🎉🎊🎈🎈😃😃
It's a lovely video but all rather sad. 100 years of Irish independence and this state still hasn't a national primary radar system designed to detect military or criminal elements operating in our airspace and we still have no long range maritime patrol aircraft capable of detecting submarines and patrolling for long periods off our EEZ.
We have no fighter jets and thats what we need and then we can actually have an air force and not an air corps.
Ah so many memories, I grew up with the jangly sound of the Alouette iii 💚
I live right under the Flight Path from the East landing at Baldoonel Areodrom down to 750-500ft all Military types landed over my 40 years living there, the Air Shows were free & Fantastic D24aviation ☘️
For the sake of the Irish people and the sovereignty of the Irish state *PLEASE PURCHASE MODERN FIGHTER JETS* 🇮🇪
we need the mb 339 and p3c first and full neutrality
Agreed!!
Or f-16 f-15
The Irish Army doesn't normally go to war,
Especially in the air,
So they save money to spend it on their
Elite Forces,
Because they mostly fight on land, like the golden days,
When Vikings existed.
Even if there was a war,
Ireland would just keep the enemy off their land.
And thats it.
Even if they keep pushing, they try.
And they also have a small land.
They dont even own Northern Ireland!
Thats just the look if Ireland (And Britans Land)
Unlike the huge contries, like russia, america, canada, brazil,
Ect. Ect.
So there you go,
Please, think more
I believe the RAF look after those type of requirements for the Irish
Great footage, and very well edited, lovely rendition of Va Pensiero also...
Thought my Dad wasn't in the air Corp he flew out on a globemaster C124 from Baldonnell in 1961
Excellent video
Great footage
Well done Air Corps, excellent video.
Congrats lads well done
When I was about 8, I saw a Vampire fly low over the nine arches, and along the Dodder I decided I would be a pilot.
I wish to someday take part in the IDF Air Corps.
I saw the original silver swallows at RIAT in the 1990s.
The originals were the de havlaland DH VAMPIRES jets aircraft we had in many people foget them the were the first jet the got then we got fougas after them
Happy 100 years to the IAC wish you all the best for the next 100. ❤️❤️
Great to see, brought back so much airshow nostalgia. A rich aviation history for our little country.
Crackin' rendition of Va, pensiero.
Thought the thumbnail was a new drone developed by the Corp 😁
Great footage great music love to have seen more old footage and old pictures of aircraft and maybe a bit longer running time but i have to say great job well done to all.
Great video but, why is there a Tiger Moth shown at around .55, which is of course a type that the the Air Corps did not operate? Is this a reference to the filmwork conducted by IAC pilots for WWI films?
The film 'The Blue Max' was filmed in Baldonnel especially the final test flight. Aer Corps pilots flew some of the extras aircraft.
They always fly upside down?
Well done boys. As one pilot to a load of others , it's a real milstone and a great achievement. Enjoy your centenary year.
Whould have been great to see footage of the Garda Puma helicopter seeing as the Garda EC-135 Helicopter is shown.
The Garda never had a Puma, unless you count the three German ones that came to Ireland for the 1979 Papal visit.
The Air Corps leased one for awhile though in the early 1980s. Perhaps thats what the reference was alluding to? @@Shamrock100
@@colmoneill191Yes, maybe that was it. 242 was the serial!
Well edited videos and congratulations to the men and women that represented us. But a country with should a high gdp why are we using propeller aircraft as a front line defence. For a nation that is front line defence in the North Atlantic ocean (on map). Why have we not invested in fighter jets to protect our area of interest or our own land from intruders. A PC12 or 9 is not going to stop a Russian bear or typhoon from entering our airspace? So where do we go from here. Invest or rely on the RAF.
We have friends with jets.
@@Flyingpenthouse " friends with jets." 🤦 Where is your national pride? Ireland needs to be responsible for it's own air defence. Can't rely on the RAF no longer. If still then just rejoin the UK.
Do not want anything to do with the British .... until the brown stuff hits the fan then CALL for HELP
Turbo props are jets…
Nice Flying antique collection!
1.08 They advertised the 2 seater Spitfire's for sale in the early 1960's and some English schoolboys got their names in the UK papers when they sent for tender forms. I do not know who got them but they would be worth a fortune now. One two seater is giving aerobatic flights for hundreds of pounds an hour.
Five of the six survive and fly today but of course have been substantially rebuilt over the years.
@@Shamrock100 That's very interesting I'm curious as to know why they didn't sell them but if they're in flying condition they're worth a fortune. They could probably buy some more Tucanos with the proceeds!
To my knowledge one was bought by businessman Nick Grace who returned it to flying condition only to be killed in a car crash in 1988. His wife Caroline learned how to fly it and retired from flying it in 2017. In a strange and very sad quirk of fate, she was also killed tragically in a car crash in December 2022 aged 70.
And they rely on the RAF to intercept any commercial highjacked aircraft or potential enemy Jets.
It's called Irish neutrality!
Also rely on the R.A.F. for defence of Irish Airspace...thats why they DONT fly jet aircraft...
@@karlmartin2698switzerlands neutral and still has fighter jets. Were not neutral, were defenseless.
@@karlmartin2698Neutral countries still have and fly fighter jets.. We are situated under an air traffic corridor that takes huge volumes off aircraft between Europe, West Asia to North America.. It needs to be policed.. We should be equiped to handle our section..
Were nearly ready for ww2
@@MilitaryandAviation_he means ww2 since we havent used anything that can defend ireland since the bloody 50s
Aer Corps chief ffs buy some fast jets , Saab JAS 39 Gripen would be perfect.
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen E is the perfect fighter jet for the Irish Aer Corps and it’s STOL so would fly out of Casement Aerodrome with no problems at all.
Runways at Baldonnell are plenty long enough for military fast jets. Plus we can't afford and don't need fighter aircraft
Definitely time for a referendum on Irish neutrality. It serves no purpose in these times. Why should we depend on others for protection. Join NATO, be a part of and active in the promulgation of freedom, protection and the right to democratic processes. Love the music and know the air but can't find the title on 'Shazam;.
Irish Air Corps needs drastic changes when it comes to fighter aircraft. At least purchase aircraft from the US. Our defences in general need a severe upgrade.
Russia, China even the UK could take Ireland in number of hours or days.
RAF QRA Typhoons can be here in 10 mins, NATO protects us because we could get an enemy within swimming distance of the UK
Anyways, us aircraft would probably not be the best for us as they have a higher running cost and are usually inferior to some other alternatives with similar or lower running costs.
The SAAB JAS39 Gripen would be a better choice as it is similar to an F-16 in a lot of ways with most features a the same or a bit better as well as amazing radar and technology, it has been shown to be highly effective in war games it has been in as well as can carry both American and European Underwing armaments. It's running costs are pretty low compared to anything close to it and has a decently simple cockpit for a fighter jet.
It has a pretty high cost per unit but Ireland wouldn’t be getting a large force anyway and is more focused on running costs
The Leonardo M-346FA would be my choice of plane. Around €19m per plane and logistically not too much of a headache compared to the Korean alternatives. The Gripen is indeed superior but possibly overkill for Ireland's needs, and 2-3 times the price
Saab gripens would be better than US stuff for Ireland TBH, EU tax breaks and much more economic/updateable systems. Most of Irelands territory is ocean, and some of the busiest commercial aerospace on the planet, we should have a domestic industry for coastal patrol drones, not just for monitoring and defence but for search and rescue and Atlantic meteorology gathering etc.
@@Joker-yw9hl I can see the M346 as a very much viable aircraft but I haven't researched it much so can't really say too much
The only enemy Ireland has is the EU, on the other hand the UK has lots of enemies, do you really want to group yourself with the UK?
Best for Eire to buy its own defensive jet force together with ground radar, and missile defence systems. Plenty of very suitable European armed jets being built today to escort Russian Bears around Irish territory.
Would you plan on sinking Russian or Chinese battleships/carriers too?
What does a policy of aggressive neutrality look like?
Who's fighters are protecting Ireland EU Americans nah it's the British we should be charging you for the privilege
Only need for air craft in thr irsh air corps is just fir a displays team and air shows , but i do belive we getting some one or 2 f16 to train polits due the lack of people joining up the will be decontamination not to carry and ordnance and it be stripped down to basic advance tranning this info came out 2023 1let see if it hapoens a gift from the usa
Imagine how cool it would be if the uk had done this
Joke flying club. Air Sea Rescue by coast guard.
Imagine, 100 years later and we are still using propellor aircraft to defend our skies. Has the govt any shame?
Answer: No! But then neither does the voters.
@@karlmartin2698 We have turned our backs on Almighty God and His laws. Sadly we have the treasonous traitors we deserve. Any Irish army vehicles book part 2 coming out Karl?
The RAF should give the Irish a few fighter jets.. lol
Propeller planes may be obsolete but they still work and were neutral so it doesn't matter
England would scramble it's jet to help us anyway
@@thegunguy7513 so then we don’t be an army or any other defense in that case , exelent great for the tax payer. Dispand everything.
Ireland did not fight against the Nazis in the World War 2 (see the article "Irish neutrality" on Wiki. Ireland was the biggest tax haven in the world in 2015 (see the article "How Ireland became one of the World’s biggest tax havens", posted on the website of Independent on 04/12/2021).
And your point is.....
Excellent video. Nostalgic. However once the Irish Air Corps had vampire jets, then armed Fouga Magister jets, now no fighter or defensive jets that can carry ordinance. Just 50 yo anaemic insect propellor aeroplanes suitable for dropping turf on Russian naval incursions or crime gangs moving drugs by air, we have to phone the RAF if we need terrorists or hijacked aircraft intercepted. We have no air 'force', no means of defending against the modern treat of terrorism or international organised crime. It's an embarrassing national disgrace and a joke. Ireland could afford a squadron of 6 Saab Gripen's. 5th wealthiest nation on earth and we can only send cessna's up to defend our sovereign airspace. Has 9/11 thought us nothing? Even during WW2 as a neutral country we had a squadron of top flight Spitfires akin to today's F16s. Neutral countries such as Switzerland and Sweden have proper air forces with defensive jets. We don't even have proper primary and secondary radar cover, RAF do that.
I dont see anything there capable off intercepting a Russian Tu-95 bomber or Sukhoi / Mig fighter jets..! A PC-9 is a trainer aircraft for beginner fighter pilots.. How the hell can we defend with them. The old Spitfires would be more capable..!! @🤣
The Irish Air Corps may not amount to much but they are LGBTIQA+ compliant
Sad but a fact.
What's the point, if Ireland is a neutral country and only looks in at itself. If they were threatened by another country, they would soon come running to England for help!
I have seen better antique aircraft flying from my local private airfield just for fun
Buy some fighter jets. It's embarrassing in the 21st century
Tax payers money would be better spent paying the RAF additional funds to secure irelands air space & provide security services.
Irish air force?🤣😂😂 what a joke!!🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it more like a clown show
Laughable at best
Wow what an air force. Embarrassing.
The music is better than the equipment ha!ha!ha!ha!………to be effective one must first be equipped.