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Irish Neutrality Temporarily Restored Thanks to Volcanic Ash![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() U.S. military traffic through Shannon was down significantly in April due to the spread of the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland. The ongoing presence of this ash in and around Irish airspace has now resulted in the re-routing of all troop and military cargo flights through different bases worldwide. Since early May there have been no U.S. Air Force cargo or troop carriers at Shannon. Clearly the U.S. military leaders are not prepared to risk having cargo or soldiers that are essential to their wars of occupation sitting on the ground in the west of Ireland. While U.S. military flights continued to used Irish airspace on April 15th after the Irish Aviation Authority announced its closure, Irish airports and the skies over Ireland were completely free of foreign military traffic from April 16th to the 21st inclusive. For six days Ireland's neutrality was restored thanks to an act of nature. The foreign military flights resumed on April 22nd but according to logs maintained by Shannonwatch no U.S. Air Force planes have landed at Shannon since the last day of the month. Omni Air International, which is the commercial carrier that transports U.S. soldiers and their weapons through Shannon, continued to land up until May 3rd but has not used the airport since. |