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RAF Ballykelly
RAF Ballykelly was a Royal Air Force airbase near Limavady, Northern Ireland. It is now known as Shackleton Barracks.
RAF Ballykelly opened in 1941 as a base for RAF Coastal Command. It was closed at the end of World War II, but re-opened in 1947 as the home of the RAF Joint Anti-Submarine School training flight, flying mainly Avro Shackleton aircraft.
Some Fleet Air Arm units moved onto the base in 1962, who referred to it as HMS Sealion. The runways were extended in 1963 to allow for potential dispersal of the V-bomber force. The base was closed in 1971 and handed over to the British Army, who renamed it Shackleton Barracks. The base is now used for helicopter flying by the Army Air Corps.
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