Ireland was still facilitating war and war crimes at Shannon Airport last week. On Thursday August 15th a US Navy Hercules C-130T landed at about 18.20 coming from Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst near New York. Its registration number is 16-4998.

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Two days earlier, on August 13th, another US Navy C130T registration 16-5349 landed at Shannon at about 11.12am coming from Brussels. On August 9th it was patrolling in the Persian Gulf with landings in Bahrain and UAE. And on August 11th it flew from Bahrain to Brussels via a refuelling stop at Chania in Crete. 

According to the US and Irish Governments the aircraft were not on a military exercise or military operation, were not carrying weapons or munitions, and were not in breach of Irish neutrality or international laws on neutrality. Would they have us believe they are flying all the way across the Atlantic Ocean and then on to Europe and the Middle East just for fun?

No US military aircraft ever leaves its base in the US or elsewhere unless it is on a designated military operation or exercise. And according to the US Navy, their C-130T's primary function is tactical refueling and other assault support.

So it should be clear to our government and to everyone in Ireland that lies are being told about the US military landings at Shannon.