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This article is aimed at documenting all active/past and planned equipment for the [[Corkonian Airforce]]. Including its planes, guns and vehicles, please not this does not include equipment of the [[Fleet Air Arm (cork)|Fleet Air Arm]] and the [[Army Air Corps (cork)|Army Air Corps]].
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! style="text-align: left; width:13%;"|Name
! style="text-align: left; width:10%;"|Origin
! style="text-align: left; width:18%;"|Type
! style="text-align: left; width:7%;"|Number
! style="text-align: left; width:10%; "|Image
! style="text-align: left; width:42%;"|Notes
|-
|-
! colspan="8" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
! style="align: center;" colspan="7" | Fixed Wing Aircraft
|-
|-
| [[Eurofighter Typhoon]] || United Kingdom || Jet || [[Multirole combat aircraft|Multi-role]] || 2007 || 137<ref name="WOTC">{{Cite web |title=Oral evidence: Work of the Chief of the Air Staff, HC 1108 |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/12649/html/ |date=1 February 2023}}</ref> ||137{{efn|Total inventory, including aircraft in maintenance at any given time}}<ref name="WOTC"/> ||<ref name="MODSTAT"/>  16 Tranche 1s have been progressively withdrawn and scrapped under the {{abbr|RTP|reduce to produce}} requirement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/77413/raf-to-scrap-twin-seat-typhoons|title=RAF to scrap twin-seat Typhoons - Jane's 360|website=www.janes.com|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221035642/http://www.janes.com/article/77413/raf-to-scrap-twin-seat-typhoons|archive-date=21 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> which started in late 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2016/12/typhoon-zj815-rtp/|title=Scrapped: Eurofighter Typhoon ZJ815 Sent for RTP - Urban Ghosts|date=12 December 2016|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221035633/https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2016/12/typhoon-zj815-rtp/|archive-date=21 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2020|title=UK armed forces equipment and formations 2020|website=GOV.UK}}</ref> <br/> All Tranche 1s to be retired by 2025.<ref name="airforce-technology.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.airforce-technology.com/features/what-is-in-the-defence-command-paper-for-air-and-space-capabilities/|title = What is in the Defence Command Paper for air and space capabilities?|date = 22 March 2021}}</ref>
|Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.png|25px]] United Kingdom
|VIP/Maritime Patrol/Utility
|14
|[[File:Britten Norman Defender (cork).png|200x200px]]
|The BN-2 Defender is largely used for most maritime patrol missions
|-
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning]] || United States <ref name="F35B">{{Cite web|url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/how-much-of-the-f-35-is-british-built/|title = How British is the F-35?|date = 14 October 2019}}</ref> || Jet || [[Stealth aircraft| Stealth]] Multi-role || 2013 || 34{{efn|Includes the 3 used by No. 17(R) squadron based in the US listed below}} || 35{{efn|Includes the 4 used by No. 17(R) squadron based in the US listed below; also includes one lost in November 2021}} ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-takes-delivery-of-more-new-f-35-stealth-jets/#:~:text=The%20arrival%20of%20more%20F,by%20the%20end%20of%202025. | title=Britain takes delivery of more new F-35 stealth jets |website=UK Defence Journal |last=Allison |first=George | date= 17 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/06/26/uk-f35-fighter-delivery-lockheed/ | title=Lockheed Delivers Two New F-35B Fighter Jets to Royal Air Force |website=The Defencepost |last=Manuel |first=Rojoef | date= 26 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-takes-delivery-of-more-f-35-jets/ | title=Britain takes delivery of more F-35 jets | date=21 November 2022 }}</ref><ref name="21F35">{{cite web |title=F-35 Lightning II |url=https://twitter.com/thef35/status/1453753508734414848 |website=Twitter |access-date=4 November 2021 |quote=The UK’s F-35 fleet has grown to 24 aircraft after  @OC207Sqn  pilots ferried three new jets from the  @LockheedMartin  plant in Fort Worth, Texas.}}</ref> Jointly operated with [[Fleet Air Arm]]. Maximum of 138 aircraft to be <br/> procured<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-looking-at-60-maybe-up-to-around-80-f-35b-jets/|title = UK looking at 'up to 138′ F-35B jets|date = 23 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="nao">{{cite book|title=Delivering Carrier Strike|date=10 March 2017|publisher=National Audit Office|isbn=978-1-78604-110-4|page=32|url=https://www.nao.org.uk/report/delivering-carrier-strike/|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801035732/https://www.nao.org.uk/report/delivering-carrier-strike/|archive-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2017-07-17/HL867/|title=Written question HL867: Lord Campbell of Pittenweem 17-07-2017|website=UK Parliament|access-date=28 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828063028/http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2017-07-17/HL867/|archive-date=28 August 2017|url-status=live}} One F-35B crashed November 2021.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/more-f-35b-jets-being-delivered-to-the-uk/ | title=More F-35B jets being delivered to the UK | date=15 February 2022 }}</ref>
! style="align: center; font-size: 12px" colspan="7" | Fighter aircraft
|-
|-
! colspan="8" | [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]]
|Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.png|25px]] United Kingdom
|VIP/Maritime Patrol/Utility
|14
|[[File:Britten Norman Defender (cork).png|200x200px]]
|The BN-2 Defender is largely used for most maritime patrol missions
|-
|-
| [[Boeing 737 AEW&C|Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW.1]] || United States || Jet || AW&C || 2022 || 0 || 3 || Originally five on order, now reduced to three, to begin operating in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviationsourcenews.com/military/raf-lossiemouth-base-preparing-for-arrival-of-uk-e-7-wedgetail-fleet/|title=RAF Lossiemouth Base preparing for arrival of UK E-7 Wedgetail fleet|first=Piotr|last=Bozyk|date=10 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="MODSTAT"/>
! style="align: center; font-size: 12px" colspan="7"  | Fighter aircraft
|-
|-
! colspan="8" | [[Reconnaissance aircraft| Reconnaissance]]
|Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.png|25px]] United Kingdom
|VIP/Maritime Patrol/Utility
|14
|[[File:Britten Norman Defender (cork).png|200x200px]]
|The BN-2 Defender is largely used for most maritime patrol missions
|-
|-
| [[Beechcraft Super King Air#Model 350ER (Extended Range)|Beechcraft Shadow R.1]] || United States || Propeller || [[Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance|ISTAR]] || 2009 || 6 || 6 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/> Expected {{abbr|OSD|Out of Service Date}} 2030.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=DE&S signs £250 million aircraft deal to sustain the RAF's intelligence-gathering Shadow aircraft fleet|magazine=desider|publisher=Ministry of Defence, DE&S|date=February 2019|issue=127|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/780384/February-desider-v2.pdf|access-date=5 August 2019|oclc=928842222|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726152000/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/780384/February-desider-v2.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> A further two aircraft are to be added in 2023 along<br/>with an upgrade to the current aircraft<ref>[https://www.janes.com/article/91158/dsei-2019-uk-orders-leonardo-thales-protection-system-for-raf-shadow-fleet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913015140/https://www.janes.com/article/91158/dsei-2019-uk-orders-leonardo-thales-protection-system-for-raf-shadow-fleet |date=13 September 2019 }} UK-orders-Leonardo-Thales-protection-system-for-RAF-Shadow-fleet</ref>
! style="align: center; font-size: 12px" colspan="7"  | Fighter aircraft
|-
|-
| [[Boeing RC-135|Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint]] || United States || Jet || [[Signals intelligence|SIGINT]] || 2013 || 3 || 3 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/> Formally known as Airseeker<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/airseeker-rc-135w-rivet-joint/|title= RC-135W Rivet Joint |publisher=Royal Air Force|access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
|Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.png|25px]] United Kingdom
|VIP/Maritime Patrol/Utility
|14
|[[File:Britten Norman Defender (cork).png|200x200px]]
|The BN-2 Defender is largely used for most maritime patrol missions
|-
|-
| [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|Boeing P-8 Poseidon MRA.1]] || United States || Jet || [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]]/[[ASuW|Anti-ship]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/new-poseidon-maritime-patrol-aircraft-lands-in-uk-for-first-time/|title=New Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft lands in UK for first time |work=Royal Air Force|date=4 February 2020}}</ref> || 2019 || 9 || 9 ||  
! style="align: center; font-size: 12px" colspan="7"  | Transport
|-
|-
! colspan="8" | [[Aerial refueling|Tanker / Transport]]
|A400M
|-
|[[File:Flag of Germany.png|25px]] Germany
| [[Airbus A330 MRTT|Airbus Voyager]] || Spain || Jet || Tanker / Transport || 2011 || 14 || 14 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/> Two additional aircraft available upon request from [[AirTanker Services]]
|Utility
|-
|2
! colspan="8" | [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|[[File:A400M (cork coastguard).png|200x200px]]
|-
|One was sourced from the coast guard who gave it to the airforce in 2024. Used by No.1 squadron and No.2.
| [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|Boeing C-17A Globemaster III]] || United States || Jet || Transport || 2001 || 8 || 8 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/>
|-
| [[Airbus A400M Atlas|Airbus A400M Atlas C.1]] || Spain || Propeller || Transport || 2014 || 22 || 28{{efn|Final aircraft in initial batch delivered May 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Atlas transport aircraft delivered to UK |website=UK Defence Journal |last=Dunlop |first=Tom |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-atlas-transport-aircraft-delivered-to-uk/ |date=22 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oral evidence: Work of the Chief of the Air Staff, HC 1108 |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/12649/html/ |date=1 February 2023}}</ref> || <ref name="MODSTAT">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2022|title=UK Armed Forces Equipment and Formations 2022|website=Gov.uk|access-date=|date=11 October 2022|publisher=Ministry of Defence}}</ref> Up to six additional aircraft to be procured by 2030<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oral evidence: Work of the Chief of the Air Staff, HC 1108 |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/12649/html/ |date=1 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=UK Atlas breaks parachute delivery record during DE&S cargo drop trials|magazine=desider|publisher=Ministry of Defence, DE&S|date=December 2018|issue=125|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761467/December-desider-Web-v1.pdf|access-date=5 August 2019|oclc=928842222|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727151535/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761467/December-desider-Web-v1.pdf|archive-date=27 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RAFBrizeNorton/status/1579876246154276866|title=RAF Brize Norton|date=11 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dassault Falcon 900|Dassault Envoy IV CC.1]] || France || Jet || Transport || 2022 || 2<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Air Force's newest aircraft fleet reaches full-service capability |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/royal-air-forces-newest-aircraft-fleet-reaches-full-service-capability/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Royal Air Force |language=en-gb}}</ref> || 2 || Two aircraft to be introduced from March 2022. To be initially operated under civil contract until 2026<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartlidge |first=James |date=2024-02-13 |title=Military Aircraft |url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-02/12757 |access-date=2024-02-13}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="8" | [[Military helicopter|Helicopter]]
|-
| [[AgustaWestland AW109S Grand|Leonardo AW109SP]] || United Kingdom / Italy || Rotorcraft || Transport || 2016 || 1 || 1 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/> Used for transportation of senior military commanders or government ministers. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Sloane Helicopters: Contracts |url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-15/2114 |access-date=2023-11-21}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boeing Chinook (UK variants)|Boeing Chinook]] || United States || Rotorcraft || [[Military transport helicopter|Transport]] || 1980 || 57 || 75 ||
|-
| [[Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma|Westland/Airbus Helicopters Puma HC.2]] || United Kingdom || Rotorcraft || Transport || 1971<br />2013 || 14 || 41 || Deployed in Cyprus and Brunei as of 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title= RAF Akrotiri Helicopter Capability Transfers From Griffin To Puma
|url=https://raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-akrotiri-helicopter-capability-transfers-from-griffin-to-puma/|access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Royal Air Force |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name="MODSTAT"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/puma-hc2/|title= Puma HC2 |publisher=Royal Air Force|access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Airbus H145|Airbus H145 Jupiter HC.2]] || Germany || Rotorcraft || Transport || 2024 || 6 || 6 || Six aircraft ordered; to replace Puma HC2 in Cyprus and Brunei from 2024.<ref> https://www.janes.com/defence-news/defence/latest/uk-to-acquire-h145-helicopters-for-cyprus-brunei-missions </ref><ref> https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/uk-mod-to-buy-six-h145s-in-fresh-blow-to-nmh-plans/155777.article </ref>
|-
! colspan="8" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
|-
| [[Eurocopter EC135|Airbus H135 Juno HT.1]] || Germany || Rotorcraft || Trainer || 2018 || 29 || 29 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/>
|-
| [[EC-145|Airbus H145 Jupiter HT.1]] || Germany || Rotorcraft || Trainer || 2018 || 7 || 7 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/>
|-
| [[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Systems Hawk T.2]] || United Kingdom || Jet || Jet trainer || 2009 || 28 || 28|| <ref name="MODSTAT"/> Forms part of the UK Military Flying Training System listed below but operated by <br/> [[No. IV Squadron RAF|No. IV (R) Squadron]] & [[No. 25 Squadron RAF|No. XXV(F) Squadron]]; aircraft to remain in service until 2040<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mod-confirm-hawk-t2-2040-out-of-service-date/|title=MoD confirm Hawk T2 2040 out of service date|first=George|last=Allison|date=6 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/hawk-t2/|title= Hawk T2 |publisher=Royal Air Force|access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Beechcraft T-6 Texan II|Beechcraft Texan T1]] || United States || Propeller || Trainer || 2018 || 14 || 39 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/>
|-
| [[Embraer Phenom 100|Embraer Phenom T.1]] || Brazil || Jet || Trainer || 2018 || 5 || 5 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/>
|-
| [[Grob G 120TP|Grob Prefect T.1]] || Germany || Propeller || Trainer || 2018 || 23 || 23 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/>
|-
| [[Grob G 115|Grob Tutor T.1]] || [[Germany]] || Propeller || Trainer || 1999 || 91 {{efn|As detailed in source this also includes the 5 Tutor platforms which were operated by the Royal Navy, previously categorised as Tutor (RN Flying Grading)}} || 119 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/> Used by the RAF [[Air Experience Flight]]. 28 Tutors have been sold to the <br/> Finnish Air Force as of 2018 <ref>{{cite news|title=Five More ex-UK Grob Tutors Delivered to Finnish Air Force|url=http://warnesysworld.com/five-ex-uk-grob-tutors-delivered-finnish-air-force/|access-date=1 February 2018|agency=Royal Air Force|date=22 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202072116/http://warnesysworld.com/five-ex-uk-grob-tutors-delivered-finnish-air-force/|archive-date=2 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Grob G103a Twin II|Grob Viking T.1]] || Germany || Glider || Trainer || 1990 || 52 || 91 || The Grob Viking T1 is the RAF's primary aircraft for delivering basic glider and flight training to the [[RAF Air Cadets]]<ref name="MODSTAT"/>
|-
! colspan="8" | [[Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance UAVs]]
|-
| [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper|General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper]] || United States || UAV || [[Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance#ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance)|ISR]] / [[Attack drone|Attack]] || 2007 || 9 || 10 || <ref name="MODSTAT"/> Expected {{abbr|OSD|Out of Service Date}} 2024. To be replaced by [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper#Protector|Protector UAV]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviationweek.com/defense/raf-retiring-reaper-2024-paving-way-protector|title=RAF Retiring Reaper In 2024, Paving Way For Protector|first=Tony|last=Osborne|date=29 July 2019|website=Aviation Week}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/uk-signs-65m-contract-for-first-three-protectors/139302.article |title=UK signs £65m contract for first three Protectors |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715184209/https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/uk-signs-65m-contract-for-first-three-protectors/139302.article |archive-date=15 July 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper#Protector|Protector RG1]] || United States || UAV || [[Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance#ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance)|ISR]] / [[Attack drone|Attack]] || 2023 || 1 || 16 || 16 ordered; first aircraft delivered in September 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Gareth |date=12 October 2023 |title=RAF reconstitutes 31 Squadron as new Protector unit |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/raf-reconstitutes-31-squadron-as-new-protector-unit |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=Janes.com |language=en}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 02:19, 1 June 2024

This article is aimed at documenting all active/past and planned equipment for the Corkonian Airforce. Including its planes, guns and vehicles, please not this does not include equipment of the Fleet Air Arm and the Army Air Corps.

Name Origin Type Number Image Notes
Fixed Wing Aircraft
Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender United Kingdom VIP/Maritime Patrol/Utility 14 The BN-2 Defender is largely used for most maritime patrol missions
Fighter aircraft
Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender United Kingdom VIP/Maritime Patrol/Utility 14 The BN-2 Defender is largely used for most maritime patrol missions
Fighter aircraft
Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender United Kingdom VIP/Maritime Patrol/Utility 14 The BN-2 Defender is largely used for most maritime patrol missions
Fighter aircraft
Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender United Kingdom VIP/Maritime Patrol/Utility 14 The BN-2 Defender is largely used for most maritime patrol missions
Transport
A400M Germany Utility 2 One was sourced from the coast guard who gave it to the airforce in 2024. Used by No.1 squadron and No.2.
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