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Wed 04 Apr 2003Baldonnel not now used by US aircraft, Ahern tells House
No US military aircraft has landed at Baldonnel since the summer of 2002, although foreign aircraft occasionally use the facilities there, the Taoiseach told the Dáil.
Mr Ahern said that permission for the landing of foreign military aircraft at Baldonnel was granted subject to the usual stipulations: that the aircraft was unarmed and carried no ammunition, explosives or intelligence-gathering equipment.
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