Air Corps (Ireland)
The Air Corps (Irish: an tAerchór) is the air component of the Defence Forces of Ireland providing support to the Army and Naval Service, together with non-military air services such as search and rescue and the Ministerial Air Transport Service. The principal airbase is Casement Aerodrome located at Baldonnel.
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