29 March 2006 - Eirjet issued an apology after a flight it operated from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to City of Derry Airport on behalf of Ryanair landed at the wrong airfield, touching down at Ballykelly Airfield, a former RAF base and more recently an Army base some 4 miles away from its intended destination.
It was, until summer 2008, home to an infantry battalion - 2nd Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
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Some days later French President Charles de Gaulle visited Ballykelly to personally award medals to members of the crew.
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The closure eventually took place in March 2008, when the infantry battalion, 2nd Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment moved to Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, London.
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