Irland: Pilatus PC-12NG für das Irish Air Corps

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theoderich
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Irland: Pilatus PC-12NG für das Irish Air Corps

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Ireland funds procurement of aircraft and armoured vehicles
Equipment procurement in 2020 includes replacements for two CASA CN235s, which are reaching the end of their service lives. Irish media reports indicate that Airbus is a contender to offer two C-295s for EUR60 million.

Five Cessna 172H Skyhawks, used by the Irish Air Corps in a utility role, were taken out of service in September 2019; they will be replaced by three Pilatus PC-12NGs in 2020 for EUR32 million.
https://www.janes.com/article/91763/ire ... d-vehicles


Irish Air Corps Stand Down Reims Rocket Fleet After 47 Years
These aircraft will be replaced by three state-of-the-art multi-role 'Pilatus PC-12NG Spectre' aircraft equipped with sophisticated surveillance equipment and also capable of carrying out air ambulance and logistics flights. The aircraft is specifically designed to integrate and work seamlessly with the Army, Naval service and other government agencies.
https://www.military.ie/en/news-and-eve ... years.html




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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 24 Sep 2019
Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions
The purchase of three Pilatus PC-12 aircraft is at an advanced stage and they are due for delivery in early 2020.
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/de ... -09-24/11/



It was a significant day for us in #CasementAirbase as the Minister with Responsibility for Defence Mr. Paul Kehoe T.D., accompanied by General Officer Commanding the Air Corps, Brigadier General Sean Clancy, signed a contract for the provision of three new fixed-wing utility aircraft.

The Pilatus #PC12 is a single-engine turboprop passenger and cargo aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd of Switzerland.

These aircraft are being purchased in line with the 2015 White Paper on Defence which specified that “The existing five Cessnas, which are currently due for replacement, will be replaced with three larger aircraft suitably equipped for ISTAR tasks.”
The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in early 2019. The second aircraft will follow later in 2019, with the third to be delivered in 2020.
https://www.facebook.com/IrlAirCorps/vi ... 230904023/
m.ileduets
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Re: Irland: Pilatus PC-12NG für das Irish Air Corps

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Eindrücklich ist die Kostenentwicklung: Die Skyhawks haben im 1972 £ 20'000 pro Stück gekostet. Für die PC-12NG Spectre bezahlt Irland nun mehr € 10'000'000 pro Stück, also fast das 500-fache!.
Allerdings: Bei der Überwachung macht man damit den Schritt in die Moderne und das Einsatzspektrum des IAC wird allgemein stark erweitert, keine Frage.
theoderich
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Re: Irland: Pilatus PC-12NG für das Irish Air Corps

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6. April 2020

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Unexpectedly, the Irish Air Corps (IAC) purchased a fourth PC-12!

The aircraft was first seen on 1 April 2020 (not a joke) with Pilatus test registration HB-FXT (construction number 1898), IAC serial 280 and carried proudly the Irish Tricolour on its tail.

On 2 April 2020, the PC-12 departed without test serial birthing grounds Stans-Buochs (Switzerland) for Ireland. This PC-12 will be used for VIP transport, training flights and for medical assistance / ambulance missions.

The fourth PC-12 for the IAC was once ordered by a Chinese client but that order was cancelled, afterwards Pilatus offered the aircraft to Ireland. The aircraft will be added to the three PC-12NG Spectres that were already bought in December 2017. These three aircraft are currently in the States (in Denver Colorado) for conversions and will be used, besides ferrying troops and equipment, for intelligence gathering, targeting and reconnaissance tasks too.
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Bisher wurde nur IRL280 geliefert. Die ISTAR-Flugzeuge sind noch in den USA:

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m.ileduets
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Re: Irland: Pilatus PC-12NG für das Irish Air Corps

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Die 3 PC12 NG Spectre Modelle sind mittlerweile auch in Irland eingetroffen:
https://aerobuzz.de/militar/das-irish-a ... bernommen/

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