Navy spokesman RobertNelson said two more protesters were detained on Monday before the warplanes, based at nearby Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, headed for the range.
The SDLP is seeking public inquiries into the Royal Ulster Constabulary's handling of the Robert Hamill, Rosemary Nelson and Pat Finucane murder cases.
Robert Mugabe, who in 1980 eventually led Zimbabwe to independence, never showed the capacity for reconciliation that Nelson Mandela was later to show in South Africa next door, but neither was he vindictive.