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Ireland arms its new Pilatus PC-9 trainers

2004-12-21T00:00:00+00:00

The IrishAir Corps is equipping its recently delivered Pilatus PC-9 trainers with a light armaments package comprising a pod carrying seven rockets and 2in machine gun on each wing. Eight PC-9Ms were acquired last year.

Source: Flight International

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