US Military Aircraft through Shannon and Irish Airspace Between 7 Oct 2023 and 17 March 2024
We've put together a list of some of the US military and military contracted aircraft landing at Shannon Airport or travelling through Irish airspace between 7th October 2023 and 17th March (St Patrick's Day). Most of them were going to or from the Middle East.
Over 70 aircraft are listed, but this is unlikely to be the full list.
Shannon Airport and Irish airspace are being used almost on a daily basis to support US military involvement in wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa. By permitting these flights, Ireland is also supporting the war crimes and genocide by Israel against the Palestinian people. The real extent of our complicity in what's happening in Gaza is unknown however, because most US military flights that land in Israel do not show up as landing there.
They tend to turn off their tracking transponders when approaching Israeli airspace, or else they land at other US airbases in the Middle East or Near East that are used as US military distribution centres. We therefore cannot confirm what military flights have passed through Shannon or Irish airspace on their way to Israel.
| Date |
Details |
|---|---|
| 17 Mar |
Omni Air N234AX on contract to the US military landed at Shannon at 09.51am coming from Tbilisi (capital of Georgia) Omni Air N234AX flew on to US Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina |
| 16 Mar |
Omni Air N378AX on contract to the US military landed at Shannon about 04.50am coming from Indianapolis in the US, and took off again at 0726am heading for Sofia in Bulgaria and onwards to US air base Al Udeid in Qatar. This is the largest US base in the Middle East. Both aircraft are likely to have been transporting armed US soldiers. |
| 13 Mar |
US Air Force C40C number 02-0202 landed at Shannon from US Airbase Andrews, Camp Springs, Washington. It then flew on to Amman capital of Jordan before flying towards the Gulf of Aqaba. |
| 12 Mar |
Omni Air N828AX on contract to the US military landed at Shannon on the way from El Paso, and Fort Cavazos TX and Baltimore. It then flew on to Kuwait one of the major distribution points for US troops and munitions around the Middle East. |
| 9 Mar |
US Navy C40 number 16-5833 landed at Shannon at 02.36 am coming from New Orleans Naval Air Station via Dover Portsmouth. |
| 8 Mar |
US Marine Corps KC130J Super Hercules number 16-9532 arrived at Shannon from Milwaukee in the US - a distance of over 5,700 kilometres. It spent the day and overnight at Shannon and took off at 11.58am flying on to Cambridge Airport in England. Its destination after Cambridge is not known. |
| 4 Mar |
Omni Air N846AX landed at Shannon, having come from Baltimore Washington. It then flew on to Sofia Bulgaria and from there to Kuwait. It then flew back to the US through Irish airspace on the 5th March. |
| 3 Mar |
US Air Force Gulfstream 5 executive jet 99-0402 flew through Irish airspace using callsign SAM265 on its way to Frankfurt and from there it flew to Cyrus and to Tel Aviv, Israel on 4th March. On its return journey to the US it landed at Shannon about 17.55 pm on 5th March, stayed overnight, and then took off at about 09.00am on 6th March and flew on to Washington. This type of US Air Force aircraft may well have been carrying senior US administration officials or senior US military officers. |
| 2 Mar |
There were at least 4 US military aircraft at Shannon on 2nd March. Two US Air Force Hercules C140H aircraft landed on 27th February coming from Ramstein US Air Base in Germany. They remained at Shannon until today. Their registration numbers were 89-9106 and 92-3023. They both took off from Shannon at about 11.40am on 2 Mar and then flew to RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk where they spent a few hours before flying on north towards Iceland. US Air force Boeing C40C registration number 02-0201 arrived on 2nd Mar about 04.43am coming from Washington US and took off again about 06.15 am and flew on Brindisi in Italy. US Air Force Boeing C40B number 01-0015 arrived about 16.00pm, coming from Tel Aviv Israel. It took off again about 17.50 heading west towards the USA. Previously on 26th February it arrived at Shannon coming from MacDill air force base in Florida at about 22.00 pm and took off again heading towards the Middle East. It landed in both Cyprus and Israel on 28th February, but its movements otherwise are not clear. This type of aircraft is usually used by senior US Government officials who have been supporting Israeli genocidal attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. |
| 1 Mar |
Omni Air N207AX arrived at Shannon on 28 Feb from US Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, and Tiblisi in Georgia. It returned to Shannon on 1st March about 00.13 AM and took off for Washington DC about 03.07am. |
| 29 Feb |
Omni Air N846AX (on contract to the US military) arrived at Shannon about 01.48 on 29 Feb and then flew on to US base at Poznan in Poland, and to Sofia in Bulgaria and then to the Persian Gulf area. It then returned to Shannon at about 08.44am and took off again about 11.45am on its return journey to the US. |
| 28 Feb |
Two US air force Hercules C130H aircraft landed at Shannon. Number 90-9108 landed at 12.40pm and number 92-3023 landed at 12.58pm. Both were coming from Ramstein US Air Base in Germany. At least one of them made deliveries in the previous days to British Airbase Akrotiri in Cyprus. This is one of the delivery points for Israel. |
| 19 Feb |
US Air force Gulfstream 5, number 01-0029 arrived at Shannon about 10.35 coming from Vienna probably from the Security Conference, and took off again about 11.30am for Washington. On 14th February this aircraft landed at Tel Aviv, Israel. |
| 17 Feb |
US Navy C40A aircraft number 165832 landed at Shannon coming from Bahrain on its way back to the US. It arrived at Shannon on 15th Feb, stayed overnight, and travelled on to Bahrain via Chania in Crete most likely delivering military materials for distribution around the Middle East. |
| 12 Feb |
US Military Beechcraft BE20 registration 84-00162 landed at Shannon coming from Keflavik in Iceland, and stayed overnight. |
| 8 Feb |
Omni Air N846AX on contract to the US military passed through Shannon and flew on to Kuwait which is a US Military distribution point for other locations in the Middle East, including Israel. It then flew on to Oman and also very likely went on Camp Lemonier in Djibouti. It returned to refuel at Shannon on its way back to the USA. |
| 6 Feb |
A US Marine Corps Cessna C580 executive with registration166715 landed at Shannon about 10.54 am coming from Bordeaux in France. |
| 5 Feb |
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's aircraft, US Air Force 99-0004 refuelled at Shannon, as he and the US government are actively complicit and assisting the genocide that is happening in Gaza and the West Bank. The aircraft arrived from Washington at about 04.00 am and took off again about 05.50 am. It was last recorded over the Adriatic Sea on its way to the Middle East. |
| 4 Feb |
Omni Air N342AX on contract to the US military passed through Shannon on its way to Kuwait and Qatar. It also refuelled at Shannon on its return journey to the US on 5th Feb. A US Navy Hercules C130 spent 2 overnights at Shannon. It arrived from Norfolk Naval Air Station Virginia on 2nd Feb. This US Navy aircraft made a quick stopover at Sigonella US Naval Air Station (located at Sigonella Italian Air Base in Sicily). NAS Sigonella is the hub of US naval air operations in the Mediterranean and is also likely to be actively involved in supporting Israeli war crimes in Gaza. This US Navy Hercules C130 also refuelled at Shannon on its return journey to the US. |
| 31 Jan |
US military Beech 200 Super King turboprop number 84-00488 arrived at Shannon coming from an air base near Naples. Prior to that it had been in the Red Sea area where the US has been launching attacks against Yemen. |
| 26 Jan |
Omni Air N234ax refuelled at Shannon having come from Washington, and took off about 05.18am. It flew on to Aviano air base in Italy which is a major logistic distribution base. |
| 23 Jan |
A US Navy C40 aircraft landed at Shannon just after 5am. Its number was 16-6696 and it was coming from Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia and from Naval Air Station Moyport near Jacksonville, Florida. It stayed overnight at Shannon and then flew on to Sigonella Air Base in Sicily. |
| 17 Jan |
US Navy Hercules C130T number 16-5160 landed at Shannon about 13.38 coming from Sigonella Air Base in Sicily. It had been in Bahrain a few days earlier so may well have been supporting US military aggression across the Middle East. |
| 16 Jan |
US Navy Hercules KC130T mid-air refueller, number 16-5315 arrived from Rota naval airbase in Spain about 12.05pm stayed overnight and took off about 10am. US Air force C40 arrived at Shannon about 12.15 coming from Zurich and Bucharest and took off again about 13.00 heading west towards USA. |
| 11 Jan |
At least 3 aircraft associated with US military were refuelled at Shannon on 11th Jan. An aircraft most likely carrying Anthony Blinken US Secretary of State, who has been very actively supporting the Israeli government committing genocide against the Palestinian people, landed at Shannon about 18.05 pm. The aircraft number was 99-0004. During his tour of the Middle East he helped organise air attacks by the US and UK on Yemen, Omni Air N819AX landed at Shannon about 01.32 coming from Bardufoss Air Base in northern Norway. It took off about 17.00 heading west towards the USA. The third aircraft was a Hercules HC130J belonging to the US Marine Corps. This is a multi purpose aircraft with a mid air refuelling capacity. It also came from Bardufoss Air Base and It landed about 19.30pm. Its registration number was 16-9229. |
| 9 Jan |
An Eastern Airlines aircraft number N706KW had been at Shannon for a few days, while on contract to the US military and using US military call sign CMB566. It took off shortly after 8am and flew on to Rzeszow airport in SE Poland which is one of the main supply airports for the Ukrainian military. |
| 8 Jan |
Omni Air N846AX coming from Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, landed at Shannon about 02.05 am and took off again about 05.05, flying on to Kuwait and to the United Arab Emirates using US military call sign CMB554. On its return journey to the USA on Jan 9th it stopped off at an airbase in Jordan and at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. |
| 6 Jan |
A US Marine Corps Super Hercules KC130J number 16-6512 refuelling tanker overflew through Irish airspace, travelling from Stuttgart in Germany probably to Iceland. Omni Air N819AX overflew Irish airspace early this morning heading for Al Udeid air base in Qatar. Omni Air N846AX refuelled at Shannon on its way to Kuwait, and returned to the US flying through Irish airspace at about 11.50am. |
| 5 Jan |
Omni Air registration number N225AX arrived at Shannon yesterday coming from Fort Worth Dallas Texas, refuelled at Shannon and then travelled on to Kuwait and to Al Udeid air base in Qatar. Al Udeid is the largest US air base in the Middle East and is used a major distribution point for distributing US soldiers and military materials (bombs etc) to other locations around the Middle East, including Israel. It also refuelled at Shannon on its way back to the USA. Omni N828AX flew through Irish airspace from Kuwait to El Paso in Texas, and is now on its way again from El Paso to the Middle East and refuelled at Shannon Omni N423AX overflew Ireland on its way to Sofia Bulgaria and probably also to the Persian Gulf. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken probably also passed through Shannon airport in US Air Force aircraft number 99-0004, coming from Camp Springs Andrews air base in Washington and landing at Shannon for refuelling about 10.30 and taking off again about 12 noon. |
| 20 Dec |
At least 3 US air force aircraft refuelled at Shannon on their way back from the Middle East where they were most likely actively supporting the Israeli military. US Air Force C17 Globemaster number 07-7185 arrived at Shannon from Camp Springs Washington on 17 December, and then flew on to Ramstein in Germany and from there most likely to Israel. On 20 December it returned to Shannon about 17.50, refuelled and left Shannon towards the US at about 20.35pm. |
| 19 Dec |
US Air Force C40B number 02-0042 landed at Shannon about 15.40pm coming from a strange location in the Palestinian West Bank, possibly an Israeli air base. It took off again at 17.35pm heading for Camp Springs air base near Washington. |
| 18 Dec |
US Air Force C17 Globemaster number 02-1106 was in Tel Aviv Israel. On 20 Dec., it was in Bahrain and flew from there to Akrotiri British air base in Cyprus and from there to Shannon where it landed about 19.20pm. |
| 17 Dec |
A USAF C32A came from Camp Springs Washington, flew through Irish airspace, landed at Ramstein in Germany and then flew on to the Middle East, most likely to Israel. On 20 December it arrived at Shannon about 19.15, coming from Akrotiri in Cyprus and probably also from Israel. It took off again from Shannon about 20.30 heading west towards the US. A USAF C17 Globemaster arrived at Shannon about 03.40 am coming from Camp Springs Air Base in Washington, and took off again at about 06.45am heading for Ramstein Air Base in Germany.] USAF C40 Boeing 757 number 99-0004 also travelled from Camp Springs in Washington, landed at Shannon about 03.30am and took off again about 05.00 am and went on to Ramstein air base in Germany. Both this and the C17 later travelled on towards the Middle East. |
| 15 Dec |
US Air Force number 01-0015 arrived at Shannon about 6pm coming from Israel and Palestinian West Bank. It may have been transporting Jake Sullivan, the Whitehouse National Security Advisor who met Netanyahu and probably told him that US has approved the sale and immediate delivery of 13,000 more tank shells for Israeli bombing of Gaza. Omni Air N207AX on contract to the US military also landed at Shannon about 9.15pm coming from Kuwait and Oman and possibly also from Djibouti. |
| 14 Dec |
US Air Force C40C registration number 02-0203 arrived at Shannon on Monday 11 Dec from the United Arab Emirates. It took off on 14 Dec heading west towards the USA. |
| 11 Dec |
US military Hercules KC130J mid-air refuelling aircraft number 16-9225 landed at Shannon about 17.10pm, coming from Bardufoss air base in Norway. Earlier, a C40 US military transport aircraft coming from Dubai and a US Air force Gulfstream 5 executive Jet also landed at Shannon. |
| 10 Dec |
US Navy C40 Clipper number 16-5831. arrived at Shannon on 9th Dec about 02.26am and stayed all day and overnight, leaving about 09.10am. It came from Naval Air Station New Orleans and Dover Air Base, Delaware, it went on to land in Bahrain. US Air Force registration number 01-0015 Boeing 737-700, coming from MacDill Air Force base in Tampa Florida landed at Shannon about 19.17pm and took off again about 21.40pm, heading east towards Europe and likely towards the Middle East. |
| 7 Dec |
US Air Force special operations plane number 62-4131 R135W flew through Irish airspace coming from Omaha. It landed at Cambridge UK and then flew on the UAE and Qatar. An almost identical aircraft RC135 number 64-148432 has been doing almost daily reconnaissance type flights and patrols off the coast of Gaza beginning on 7th October, the day the Gaza war began. It used Chania air base in Crete to refuel. It was still on patrol off Gaza today 9th Dec. |
| 6 Dec |
Omni Air N207AX on contract to the US military was refuelled at Shannon coming from air bases in Qatar, Kuwait and Ramstein in Germany. |
| 1 Dec |
Omni Air N846AX on contract to the US military flew through Irish airspace on 29 Nov. landed at Frankfurt Hahn and flew on to Bahrain. It then flew back to Nuremberg and Riga Latvia and landed at Shannon about 01.57am on 1st Dec. Omni Air N819AX flew through Irish airspace about 1400pm coming from Dallas TX. It was last seen flying over Romania probably heading towards the Middle East |
| 29 Nov |
Omni Air N468AX coming from US landed at Shannon about 03.55am and took off again about 07.55 and flew on to Rzeszow in Poland near the border with Ukraine, and also landed in Nuremberg and Romania. On 30th Nov it landed at Shannon about 03.54 and took off the US about 06.09, and then landed at Hunter Army Air Field in Georgia. Omni Air N828AX flew through Irish Airspace coming from Washington DC, and flew on to land at Ramstein air base in German and to air bases in Kuwait and Qatar when are major US distributions bases to other locations in the Middle East, including Israel. It flew through Irish airspace again on 1st Dec. at about 01.34am on its way back to the USA. |
| 28 Nov |
A US Navy aircraft number 16-5829 landed at Shannon, coming from Oceana airbase Virginia Beach. It stayed overnight and on 29 Nov then travelled on to joint air base Chania in Crete and returned to Shannon again later on 29th. |
| 13 Nov |
US Air Force aircraft registration 02-0042 arrived at Shannon coming from MacDill Air Force base in Tampa Florida. It took off again about 9pm heading south east over Europe. |
| 10 Nov |
US Navy C40A aircraft registration number 16-5832 arrived at Shannon from Sigonella Air Base in Sicily. It stayed for two overnights and took off on 12th Nov. and flew on to Portsmouth in the USA. |
| 6 Nov |
Three aircraft on contract to US military refuelled at Shannon. Omni Air N378AX arrived from Fort Campbell in Tennessee, It refuelled and then flew on to land near Constanta in Romania. Omni Air N828AX went on to deliveries to Nuremberg Germany, Tallinn in Estonia and Poznan in Poland. Omni Air N846AX went on to land in Kuwait. |
| 2 Nov |
US Air Force diplomatic aircraft number 98-0002 landed at Shannon at about 23:02 coming from Camp Springs Joint Air base Andrews in Washington DC. It may well have been carrying US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken who was due to visit Israel and possibly other locations in the Middle East. |
| 27 Oct |
Omni Air aircraft number N468AX landed for refuelling about 22.13 pm while on contract to the US military transportation command. It was coming from Oman in the Persian Gulf via Sofia in Bulgaria, but also looks like it had also made a return journey from a location south of Oman, probably to Camp Lemonier in Djibouti. |
| 22 Oct |
US Navy Hercules C130T landed at Shannon yesterday 21st October about 15:45 pm coming from Sigonella in Sicily and Bahrain. It stayed overnight last night and took off about 10:34 this morning heading west towards the USA. |
| 17 Oct |
Eastern Airlines aircraft registration number N705KW which was on contract to the US military passed through Shannon, coming from Bangor Maine USA, and then travelled on to United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. It landed again at Shannon on its return journey on 19th Oct. |
| 7 Oct |
Omni Air N468AX on contract to the US military arrived at Shannon about 5.52 am coming from Pope Army Air Field in North Carolina and from Baltimore Washington. It took off again about 09.33am made a further refuelling stop at Sofia Bulgaria and then flew on to Kuwait. |
These planes are being granted permission to come through Shannon or Irish airspace by our government ministers. There is no proper oversight of what they are carrying, or what military operations they are involved in or supporting. So when those same government ministers say they want to stop the genocide, the first thing they need to do is to put an immediate end to the flow of support through Ireland.
