Shannon airport
Hi there
i realise that not many people know about this probably except the whole country of Ireland the reason being for the last week the Irish national newspapers have been highlighting the fact that Shannon airport has been in constant use by both the US military aircraft and commercial chartered aircraft and there are over 10flights per day landing in EINN for the purpose of refueling etc.
There is a huge protest in progress on a daily basis at the airport and last night the minister for Foreign Affairs admitted that over 78,000 troops have passed through the airport.
So i don't think it's really that much of a secret.
Also presumably most of the US air bases in the UK and Europe are by now quite active with flights both military and commercial with troops on board flying in/out.
The question from an Irish point of view is "do all these transport flights infringe on the country's neutrality"
Also in times of war the US gov is able to charter commercial aircraft from airlines for the purpose of personnel transportation just like the Brits did during the Falklands war.
So yes it is a possibility but no doubt the US gov and security services have already considered this and acted accordingly.