US Military Aircraft Through Shannon Between 1st August and 31st December 2024

  • Posted on: 24 September 2025
  • By: shannonwatch
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This list has been compiled by Shannonwatch based on our records of landings by US military and military contracted flights at Shannon Airport. It covers the period August 1st to December 31st 2024.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the US military related planes that came through Shannon in this period. However it does show the extent to which the airport is facilitating US military operations abroad.

All the flights listed are either US military or US military contracted flights.

his is a continuation of a series of records of landings:

 

28 Dec

US Navy C130 Hercules 16-5159 that landed early in the morning spend all day at Shannon. It took off Sunday morning (29th) about 08.55 and subsequently landed at Chania in Crete which is one of the US Navy's distribution points for the Middle East.

24 Dec

Eastern Airlines B767 N700KW arrived from Kuwait. Prior to that it had been at Shannon on 22 Dec, coming from Kansas City. It flew on to Kuwait on 23 Dec, and returned via Shannon, probably having been providing logistic support for US military war crimes in the Middle East.

23 Dec

Atlas Air Boeing 763 N662GT landed at Shannon about 01.25 coming from Kuwait and Qatar. It took off again about 04.33 heading towards the USA.

21 Dec

US Navy C40 aircraft 16-8981 that travelled through Shannon on 19 Dec going from the US to Sigonella air base in Sicily, travelled back through Shannon this afternoon on its return journey to the US.

20 Dec

Two US diplomatic flights landed at Shannon.

  • US Air Force C32B 00-9001 landed about 11.15 coming from Vienna and took off again towards the US at about 12.25.
  • US air force C40C number 02-0203 landed at about 16.10 coming from Bucharest Romania and took off again about 17.37.

US Navy C40A 16-8981 landed at about 21.40 coming from North Island Naval Air Station, San Francisco with a refuelling stop at Pease airport.

17 Dec

Omni Air N846AX landed at Shannon about 02.45 coming from Biggs US army airfield in El Paso Texas. It later flew on to Burgas which is the biggest naval base in Bulgaria, located on the Black Sea, and which is one of the US delivery points for the Middle East, and from there back to Poznan in Poland where there is large US base.

13 Dec

Omni Air N378AX refuelled at Shannon on 12 Dec on its way from Fort Drum NY, to Kuwait and Qatar. It returned to Shannon about 03.10 on 13 Dec and took off again about 06.35 heading towards the US.

Omni Air N225AX landed at about 04.27 coming from Alezandria US. It then went on to air bases in Poznan Poland and Constanta in Romania.

12 Dec

US Air Force Boeing 737 02-0242 landed at about 7pm coming from the Middle East.

7 Dec

United States Marine Corps C40A Clipper 17-0041 landed at about 18.50, coming from Pease Air National Guard base near Portsmouth New Hampshire.

5 Dec

US Marine Corps Hercules C130J 16-9225 landed two days ago on 3 December about 18.50 coming from Dover US air force base in Delaware with a stop also at Halifax Canada. It stayed overnight on 3 and 4 Dec and took off at 09.56 on 5 Dec heading north east over Scotland.

4 Dec

Omni Air N351AX landed at about 23.10 on 3 Dec, coming from the Middle East and from the Horn of Africa. It took off again about 02.55 (4 Dec) and flew on towards the US.

3 Dec

US Air Force diplomatic aircraft 01-0040 landed at about 07.15 coming from Colorado Springs, and took off at 08.40 and flew on to Pisa in Italy.

US Air Force Gulfstream 5 landed at about 15.07 coming from Pisa in Italy. It took off again about 16.35 and flew on towards the USA.

US Marine Corps Hercules C130J 16-9225 landed at about 18.50 coming from Dover US air force base in Delaware with a stop also at Halifax Canada.

A Ukrainian Government aircraft, number UR-ABA coming from Rzeszow Airport in Poland landed at about 08.25 and took off again about 10.05 and flew on to La Guardia airport New York.

1 Dec

Omni Air N846AX landed at 10.20 coming from Kuwait, It took off again a few hours later heading for the USA.

24 Nov

Omni Air N846AX landed at 02.35 coming from Sofia Bulgaria, and Kuwait. It took off again at 05.28 heading towards the US.

Omni Air N828AX landed at 06.00 coming from Fort Drum NY, and took off again 08.03 heading most likely towards the Middle East.

23 Nov

Omni Air N351AX landed at 07.38 coming from Indianapolis. It flew on to Sofia Bulgaria and from there flew on towards the Persian Gulf, and landed at Al Udeid base in Qatar.

22 Nov

US Air Force Beechcraft 200 16-3838, landed at 13.15 coming from Edinburgh Scotland. It took off again at 14.42 and flew on to Lisbon Portugal.

21 Nov

US Air Force Gulfstream 5 18-1947 landed at about 14.15, coming from Larnaca in Cyprus and from Tel Aviv Israel.

19 Nov

Omni Air N846AX landed at 03.10 coming from Fort Drum NY. It took off 06.34 travelled on to Kuwait.

18 Nov

Omni Air N351AX landed at 21.50 on 17 Nov coming from Kuwait and Sofia Bulgaria. It took off again at 02.08 this morning heading back to USA. US air force diplomatic plane number 05-4613 landing at Shannon about 10.40 am this morning coming from Baku Azerbaijan.

US air force Boeing C40B number 02-0042 landed at Shannon today about 14.40pm coming from Al Udeid air base in Qatar. It took off again about 16.25 heading towards the USA.

 

17 Nov

Omni Air N819AX landed at about 13.35 coming from landings at Kuwait, Jordan, Bulgaria, and Poznan in Poland. It took off again about 17.43 heading towards the USA.

US Air Force Learjet 35 84-0085 coming from Ramstein US air base in Germany.

14 Nov

New England Patriots aircraft N36NE  landed at about 05.05 coming from Marine Corps air station Cherrypoint North Carolina. It took off again about 07.15 and flew on to an airbase in northern Norway. It returned to Shannon again at about 16.00.

The Patriots team planes are operated by Omni Air and are often chartered for other uses. This includes using them as part of their inventory when chartering to the Department of Defense to move military personnel.

US Marine Corps KC130J mid-air refuelled 16-9229 landed at about 20.35 coming from Bangor Maine in the US.

11 Nov

Omni Air N846AX coming from Fort Drum NY, landed at 00.05am and took off again at 02.28am. It flew on to Sofia in Bulgaria and then towards the Middle East.

Omni Air N828AX landed at 02.55 coming from Burgas Airport in southeast Bulgaria with previous landings in Jordan and Kuwait.

9 Nov

Omni Air N468AX landed at about 13.46pm coming from landings in south east Bulgaria and Chania in Crete. It took off again about 18.07 heading west towards the USA.

US Army Cessna C560 number 97-00102 flew from Edinburgh to Shannon where it landed about 14.12. It took off again about 45 minutes later and then flew to Edinburgh. On 8 Nov it had left its US Wiesbaden air base in Germany and flew to Aveleda in northern Portugal and from there Edinburgh.

8 Nov

US Army Beech 200 number 84-00165 landed at about 10.30 coming from Wiesbaden US Army air base in Germany with a stop at Cherbourg in France. It took off about 13.10 and flew on to Edinburgh in Scotland.

7 Nov

Omni Air N819AX landed at about 23.10 coming from Fort Cavazos Kileen Texas. It took off again about 01.55 on 8 Nov and flew on to Poznan in Poland and from there flew on to Kuwait.

Omni Air N468AX coming from Fort Drum in US landed at about 02.08 and took off again about 04.30 and flew on to land Sofia Bulgaria and Kuwait. On 8 Nov it landed at Rzeszow Airport in Poland which the main supply airport for weapons and munitions going into Ukraine. It also landed at |Nurnberg in Germany.

6 Nov

Omni Air N828AX landed at about 02.40 coming from Nurnberg Germany and Poznan Poland. It flew on to the US.

5 Nov

Omni Air N828AX landed at about 12.25 coming from Pope US Army air base in North Carolina. It took off again about 14.50 and flew on to land at Nurnberg in Germany and at Poznan in Poland.

A German Air Force A400 number 54+07 also landed at about 10.58 coming from Wunstorf air base in Germany. It took off about 11.28 and flew on to land at Zaragoza in Spain and then flew on to land in Corsica.

4 Nov

Omni Air N846AX arrived at about 12.21 coming from Baltimore in the US. Having refuelled at Shannon it flew on to Sofia in Bulgaria and from there to Kuwait. On its return journey to the US on 5 Oct it flew through Irish airspace at about 15.00pm and landed at Baltimore.

30 Oct

US Air Force diplomatic aircraft 01-0040 landed from the US and flew on to Israel. On 2 Nov it returned to Shannon coming from Tel Aviv and flew on to MacDill air base in Florida.

Omni Air N225AX returned to refuel at Shannon on its way back to Fort Campbell in Tennessee.

US Air Force diplomatic Boeing 737 number 01-0040 landed at about 07.00 and took off again about 08.10 and travelled on to the Middle East. May have been going to Israel but not trackable after flying over Greece.

US Air Force Boeing 737 number 02-0042 landed at Shannon about 20.15 coming from Camp Springs Joint Air Base near Washington using call sign SAM387, so likely to also be a diplomatic flight to the Middle East. It took off about 21.48 heading east.

29 Oct

Omni Air N225AX landed at about 05.30 coming from Fort Campbell in Tennessee. It took off again about 09.05 and flew to Akrotiri British air base in Cyprus, which has been used extensively for delivering weapons and munitions to Israel as well as for providing British intelligence flights to assist the Israeli military attacks on Gaza.

28 Oct

Omni Air N225AX was back at Shannon for refuelling about 05.00 following its flights on 27 Oct to Kuwait and the UAE.

US Army Beech 200 Super King aircraft landed about 10.32am coming from Bergen in Norway. It began a series of operational flights on 25 Oct when it flew from its base at Wiesbaden US army airfield in Germany to Poznan in Poland from there to Talinn in Estonia and then on to Helsinki in Finland. On 26 Oct it made several stops in different locations in Finland and also in northern Sweden. On 27 Oct it was in Trondheim and in Tromse in northern Norway and on 28 Oct it was in Bergen Norway before flying on to Shannon.

27 Oct

Omni Air N225AX landed at about 01.03 coming from Fort Cavazos in Kileen Texas. It took off again about 04.52 and flew on Kuwait and the UAE.

26 Oct

Omni Air N378AX landed at about 05.50 coming from Djibouti in the Horn of Africa and from Kuwait, with a stop at Sofia in Bulgaria for refuelling. It took off again about 09.40 and then flew on to Baltimore in USA.

24 Oct

Omni Air N468AX arrived at about 11.20 from Sofia Bulgaria, and air bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It took off again about 14.55 heading towards the USA.

23 Oct

Omni Air N486AX arrived at about 11.15 coming from Kosovo, and took off again about 14.58 heading towards the USA.

US Air Force C40 02-0202 landed at about 21.20 coming from Camp Springs air base near Washington. It stayed overnight and took about 12.22 on 24 Oct and flew on to Cairo in Egypt and to Larnaca in Cyprus.

22 Oct

Omni Air N351AX arrived at about 14.94 coming from Fort Cavazos in Kileen Texas. It flew on to the Middle East.

US diplomatic aircraft number 99-0004 landed at about 01.20 and took off again about 02.42 flying on directly to Tel Aviv, Israel.

US Navy C40 16-5833 spent the night at Shannon and took off in the morning heading for Sigonella air base in Sicily,

21 Oct

US Marine Corps Cessna Citation 166474, landed at about 18.21 coming from Camp Springs air base near Washington with refueling stops at St Johns Newfoundland and Keflaik in Iceland.

US Army aircraft, Cessna Citation 99-00102 landed at about 12.23. It was coming from Stockholm.

US Navy C40 16-5833 landed at 01.18 coming from Dover air base in Delaware..

20 Oct

Omni Air N819AX landed at about 11.10 coming from Kuwait and probably also from Djibouti. It took off again about 13.52 heading west towards the US. On its journey to the Middle East on 18 Oct it also refuelled at Shannon.

17 Oct

Omni Air N846AX landed at about 19.40 coming from Moody US Air Force base in Georgia with stops on the way at Norfolk Naval Air Station in Virginia and Baltimore.

16  Oct

Omni Air N846AX refuelled at Shannon coming from Al Udeid airbase in Qatar via Sofia in Bulgaria. It arrived at about 09.50 and took off again about 13.08 heading towards the US.

14 Oct

Omni Air N234AX refuelled at Shannon coming from Ramstein US airbase in Germany and from an airbase near Poznan in Poland. After refuelling it flew on to Cavazos air base at Killeen Texas.

13 Oct

Omni Air N828AX refuelled at Shannon landing about 07.20. It took off again about 10.20 flying on to Baltimore in the US.

9 Oct

A US Navy Hercules C130J that arrived at Shannon 2 day ago at about 04.30 coming from Naval Air Station New Orleans, Louisiana stayed two overnights and took off on 9 Oct about 12.00 heading towards the Middle East.

US Navy C40 16-5831 arrived at about 02.26 coming from the same Naval Air Station New Orleans, Louisiana.

Omni Air N819AX arrived at about 04.30 coming from Fort Worth Dallas TX. It took off again about 12.30 heading towards the Middle East.

8 Oct

N828AX arrived back at Shannon about 03.00, refuelled and took off again about 05.09 and flew on to Baltimore in the US. 

US Army Cessna Citation 97-00102 arrived at about 15.06 coming from Aberdeen in Scotland and from Wiesbaden air base near Frankfurt. It took off again about 16.33 heading back towards Germany.

6 Oct

Omni Air N351AX refuelled at Shannon.

Omni Air N828AX arrived at about 17.15 coming from Naval Air Station Norfolk in Virginia. It took off again about 20.52 flying on to Kuwait and Al Udied US air base in Qatar.

4 Oct

Omni Air N486AM landed at about 19.51 coming from Robert Gray Army airfield in Kileen TX. It took off again about 22.35pm and then flew on to Poznan in Poland and from there to Karmelava air base in Lithuania, and then on to the Middle East.

3 Oct

Omni Air N819AX landed at about 08.30 coming from Naval Air Station Norfolk in Virgina US. It took off again about 11.45 and flew on to land at Kuwait, and at Al Udeid US air base in Qatar, and also landed at an airbase in Saudi Arabia on 4th Oct. From there it went on again to Kuwait, then made a stop in Jordan on its return journey to Shannon. It landed at Shannon about 20.40 on 4 Oct, took off again about 00.30 on 5 Oct, and flew on to Baltimore in the US.

30 Sep

US military Beach 200 Super King Air, 84-00162 arrived at 09.35 from Weisbaden US Army airfield near Frankfurt in Germany. It took off again about 11.30 and flew to Geilenkirchen NATO F3A Air base also in Germany.

28 Sep

US Navy Hercules KC130T 16-4598 landed at about 15.20. On 24 Sept. it was in Mombasa in Kenya. On 26 Sept it flew to Bahrain, and on 27 Sept it flew to Catania air base in Sicily before landing at Shannon on 28th.

24 Sep

Over the past five days Omni Air aircraft registration number N342AX made three refuelling stops at Shannon Airport. On 20 Sep it landed about 11.20 coming from Baltimore in the US. It took off again about 14.15 and flew on to Kuwait in the Persian Gulf and from there it also flew on to an airport in north-west India. On its return journey it landed at Kuwait and Sofia Bulgaria and landed again at Shannon at about 01.35 on 23 Sept. It took off again at about 05.18. and flew on to Bangor Maine in US and from there to an airbase at Fairbanks in Alaska. On 24th Sept it flew from Fairbanks Alaska to Shannon landing at 11.20. It took off again about 14.15 and flew on to Kuwait en route to India.

17 Sep

US Marine Corps Hercules KC130T 16-4441 landed at about 18.40 coming from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida via St John Newfoundland. This is a mid-air refuelling aircraft and is also equipped for transporting cargo and troops.

10 Sep

US Air Force executive aircraft 01-0041 landed from Tel Aviv in Israel. It also passed through Shannon on Saturday 7th Sept coming from Washington on its way to Tel Aviv.

9 Sep

US Air Force Gulfstream 5 18-1947 refuelled at Shannon. It arrived from Washington and flew on to Tel Aviv in Israel.

7 Sep

US Air Force executive aircraft 01-0041 landed at about 08.40 coming from Israel and Jordan. It then flew on to the USA.

3 Sep

US Air Force B737 02-0202 landed at about 13.50. Over the previous week it was in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

2 Sep

Omni Air N225AX arrived from USA at about 08.43 and took off again about 13.28 and flew on to Kuwait.

28 Aug

US Navy Hercules C130 16-4106 landed from Chania in Crete. Prior to that it has been on duty in the Persian Gulf making several journeys between Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. It took off on 29th Aug about 10.30 heading west towards the US.

27 Aug

US Air Force Hercules HC130J 15-5842 landed at about 17.40 coming from Ramstein US air base in Germany. It just made a quick refueling stop and took off again about 19.00pm heading towards Iceland.

US Air Force Learjet 35 also landed at 10.35 coming from Ramstein US air base. Yesterday it was at Rzeszow airport in Poland which is the main supply airport weapons and munitions into Ukraine It was also at Vilnius in Lithuania yesterday.

23 Aug

US Navy Hercules KC130T 16-3311 landed from Camp Springs air base near Washington.

15 Aug

US Navy Hercules C130T 16-4998 landed at about 18.20 coming from McGuire joint air base near New York.

13 Aug

US Navy Hercules C130T landed at about 11.12 coming from Brussels. On 9 August it was patrolling in the Persian Gulf with landings in Bahrain and UAE.

9 Aug

US Air Force aircraft 01-0041 landed at about 07.40 coming from Israel having also been in Jordan. After refuelling it took off again about 10.30 on its return journey to the USA.

8 Aug

US Navy Hercules KC130T 16-4106 arrived at about 06.00, coming from Naval Air Station Port Mugo near Los Angeles CA, with a stop at Pease airport near Boston. On 9 Aug it flew on to the Middle East.

7 Aug

Omni Air N846AX landed at about 20.05 coming from Kuwait with a stop at Constanta Romania. It took off again on 8 Aug. about 01.50 and flew on to Marine Corps air station Cherry Point.

Omni Air N468AX landed at. about 20.05 coming probably from Djibouti via Oman with stops in Crete and Naples. It took off again about 01.05 and flew on to Naval Air Station Norfolk VA.

Omni Air N351AX arrived from Baltimore US at about 13.22 and took off again about 16.30 flying   to Bratislava Slovakia.

6 Aug

Omni Air N225AX landed at about 17.36 coming from Fort Campbell US army airfield. It took off again about 21.15 and flew on to Kuwait. On its return journey it made a refuelling stop at Constanta in Romania.

US Army Aviation BE 20 aircraft 84-0165 landed at about 12.48 coming from Keflavik Iceland and St Johns Newfoundland. After refuelling it took off again about 16.05 heading towards Europe.

4 Aug

Omni Air N351AX landed at about 19.45 coming from Al Udeid in Qatar which it the largest US base in the Middle East. It was also at Kuwait and Sofia in Bulgaria.

3 Aug

US Air Force 01-0041 landed at about 10.31 coming from an air base in Florida, and took off again about 11.00.

Omni Air N351AX landed at about 10.45 coming from El Paso TX via Indianapolis and Baltimore.

Omni Air N234AX coming directly from Kuwait and United Arab Emirates landed at about 11.50.

 

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