List of active Corcaigh military aircraft

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Template:Avilisthead |- ! colspan="8" | Combat Aircraft |- | Eurofighter Typhoon || United Kingdom || Jet || Multi-role || 2007 || 137[1] ||137Template:Efn[1] ||[2] 16 Tranche 1s have been progressively withdrawn and scrapped under the Template:Abbr requirement[3] which started in late 2016[4][5]
All Tranche 1s to be retired by 2025.[6] |- | Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning || United States [7] || Jet || Stealth Multi-role || 2013 || 34Template:Efn || 35Template:Efn ||[8][9][10][11] Jointly operated with Fleet Air Arm. Maximum of 138 aircraft to be
procured[12][13][14][15] |- ! colspan="8" | 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.[16][2] |- ! colspan="8" | Reconnaissance |- | Beechcraft Shadow R.1 || United States || Propeller || ISTAR || 2009 || 6 || 6 || [2] Expected Template:Abbr 2030.[17] A further two aircraft are to be added in 2023 along
with an upgrade to the current aircraft[18] |- | Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint || United States || Jet || SIGINT || 2013 || 3 || 3 || [2] Formally known as Airseeker[19] |- | Boeing P-8 Poseidon MRA.1 || United States || Jet || ASW/Anti-ship[20] || 2019 || 9 || 9 || |- ! colspan="8" | Tanker / Transport |- | Airbus Voyager || Spain || Jet || Tanker / Transport || 2011 || 14 || 14 || [2] Two additional aircraft available upon request from AirTanker Services |- ! colspan="8" | Transport |- | Boeing C-17A Globemaster III || United States || Jet || Transport || 2001 || 8 || 8 || [2] |- | Airbus A400M Atlas C.1 || Spain || Propeller || Transport || 2014 || 22 || 28Template:Efn[21][22] || [2] Up to six additional aircraft to be procured by 2030[23][24][25] |- | Dassault Envoy IV CC.1 || France || Jet || Transport || 2022 || 2[26] || 2 || Two aircraft to be introduced from March 2022. To be initially operated under civil contract until 2026[27] |- ! colspan="8" | Helicopter |- | Leonardo AW109SP || United Kingdom / Italy || Rotorcraft || Transport || 2016 || 1 || 1 || [2] Used for transportation of senior military commanders or government ministers. [28] |- | Boeing Chinook || United States || Rotorcraft || Transport || 1980 || 57 || 75 || |- | Westland/Airbus Helicopters Puma HC.2 || United Kingdom || Rotorcraft || Transport || 1971
2013 || 14 || 41 || Deployed in Cyprus and Brunei as of 2023[29][2][30] |- | Airbus H145 Jupiter HC.2 || Germany || Rotorcraft || Transport || 2024 || 6 || 6 || Six aircraft ordered; to replace Puma HC2 in Cyprus and Brunei from 2024.[31][32] |- ! colspan="8" | Trainer Aircraft |- | Airbus H135 Juno HT.1 || Germany || Rotorcraft || Trainer || 2018 || 29 || 29 || [2] |- | Airbus H145 Jupiter HT.1 || Germany || Rotorcraft || Trainer || 2018 || 7 || 7 || [2] |- | BAE Systems Hawk T.2 || United Kingdom || Jet || Jet trainer || 2009 || 28 || 28|| [2] Forms part of the UK Military Flying Training System listed below but operated by
No. IV (R) Squadron & No. XXV(F) Squadron; aircraft to remain in service until 2040[33][34] |- | Beechcraft Texan T1 || United States || Propeller || Trainer || 2018 || 14 || 39 || [2] |- | Embraer Phenom T.1 || Brazil || Jet || Trainer || 2018 || 5 || 5 || [2] |- | Grob Prefect T.1 || Germany || Propeller || Trainer || 2018 || 23 || 23 || [2] |- | Grob Tutor T.1 || Germany || Propeller || Trainer || 1999 || 91 Template:Efn || 119 || [2] Used by the RAF Air Experience Flight. 28 Tutors have been sold to the
Finnish Air Force as of 2018 [35] |- | 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[2] |- ! colspan="8" | Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance UAVs |- | General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper || United States || UAV || ISR / Attack || 2007 || 9 || 10 || [2] Expected Template:Abbr 2024. To be replaced by Protector UAV[36][37] |- | Protector RG1 || United States || UAV || ISR / Attack || 2023 || 1 || 16 || 16 ordered; first aircraft delivered in September 2023[38] |}