New figures provided by Shannon Airport show that the number of US troops using the airport was 15,326 from January 1st to the end of June - a drop of 42 per cent on the 26,340 US troops that went through Shannon Airport for the corresponding period last year. Figures provided by Shannon Airport show that 4,949 US troops transited the airport in June, 1,069 in May, 1,291 in April, 3,544 in March, 2,461 in February and 2,012 in January. If the current transiting of US troops going through Shannon is maintained for the remainder of the year, Shannon Airport is on course this year to record the lowest annual number of US troops to transit through the airport this century. Last month, Shannon Airport moved to install high-security ‘anti-ram’ barriers at the airport aimed at combating further unauthorised airfield incursions. The move by Shannon Airport Authority DAC followed five separate alleged airport incursions by Pro-Palestinian activists on five separate dates at the County Clare airport from March 2024 to April of this year.