Airbus C-295 to replace Casa C-235

They will retain the Irish paint scheme, they are putting it in the museum because it has the highest flight hours of the type in the world.

Which museum is it - in France or Spain?

I like how “air force” is starting to leak into articles, who knows when it’s official of course, but let’s be honest the General is slightly exaggerating the past and current capabilities of the AC.

I suppouse it goes back to the point should you be putting troops and cargo in with millions of euros worth of technolgy

The Times have a Video up today as part of the PR excercise yesterday. In the Video the outgoing CoS saying we currently have no subsea survliance ability but that may change in the Future. Is there a change coming and Could we have this ability in the Future.

RTE in there version of yesterdays PR day are saying the two 295s are fully operational.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0606/1453332-air-corps-changes/

Anyone know why 284 has apparently been sitting in Spain for the last 3 months (Nov last year)?

What that 284 thing?

Thank you!

”little option but to move”? Space issues in Baldonnel? The ATC issue impacting operations? What about the security breaches in Shannon?

I mean great if it’s a long term plan for the fixed wing airframes but still questions?

I think its clear from Bomber Harris' pronouncements that there is the genesis of a plan for a squadron of fighter interceptors to be based at Shannon, so it would make sense to do a soft launch of the Air Corps presence there, whether that be a 295 and a couple of PC-12s, especially after the new Garda plane arrives, and maybe a couple of rotary also.

An initial presence wouldn't need a huge amount of hangar space, but they would need to think about security, accommodation for flight and ground crew, fuel services, general stores etc.

I know this came up before in the discussions about fast jets, but Shannon Airport do own a large landbank outside of its existing north perimeter, and an Air Corps (Force) facility, running along the same line as the Atlantic Aviation block would be easy enough to do.

Well if there is as big an issue in casement as some are making out there may have to be other aircraft moving to the midwest as well.