Originally Posted by
KiloB
As always, the devil is in the detail. Ireland doesn’t currently have an Airforce (it’s the Irish Air Corps) so many of the Trades and skills required in a ‘fighting’ airforce would need to be created from scratch. Just buying a dozen AD aircraft is only the headline event.
Certainly, a lot of the skills required are ‘nascent’ at best. Even ones that previously existed have left with the holder without replacement. Aer Lingus, for example, has more FAC trained personnel than the Air Corps😢