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Aviation History
1988
1988 - 1983.PDF
The Irishv Identity The Irish Air Corps is no mere adjunct to the Army and, while expanding its capabilities, joins air forces around the world in the fight to retain trained aircrew and technicians. Eric Beech reports from Eire with photographs by Janice Lowe. The Irish may run the duty-free shop at Moscow Airport, but the Soviets have their own refuelling facility at Shannon. One argument says that this is par for the course for a small neutral country conveniently located on the "milk run" to Cuba. Another might be that it is an inevitable consequence of passive neutrality. While high politics may not directly influence the operational tasking and future of the Irish Air Corps (IAC), regional and domestic politics, together with the realities of economics, will never be from the surface. In recent months the Search and Rescue (SAR) cover provided by the IAC's new Aerospatiale SA.365F Dauphin helicopters has been the subject of considerable controversy within Ireland. Five Dauphins were purchased in 1986, three of which were to be earmarked for day and night SAR operations. However, as Col Pat Cranfield, Group Commander Air Corps Group, tells Flight, "The expectations of the public are in advance of our training requirement". Previously, the IAC operated the Aerospatiale Alouette III in the SAR role, but this FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 30 July 1988 19
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