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Iceland Base Command, 16 June 1942 – 24 March 1947; 342d Composite Group, 11 September 1942 – 18 March 1944; 386th Army Air Force Base Unit, 1 August 1944 – 18 February 1946; 1400th Air Base Group, 23 May 1951 – 1 July 1960; 932d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (ADC), 1 October 1952 – 1 August 1957
From the Second World War, the United States Navy and later, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO had facilities at the Keflavik International Airport. The base was known as Naval Air Station Keflavik or NASKEF. In September 2006, the US military evacuated the base and the Icelandic authorities were given full command over the area ...
Patterson Field is a former military airfield in Reykjavík/Reykjanesbær , Iceland. The Airfield placed near the Naval Air Station Keflavik (NAS Keflavík) or can be called Meeks Field. Iceland served as a crucial link between Europe and North America during WWII. Hitler considered invading Iceland, but British and Canadian forces preempted ...
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Keflavik Air Station (NATO ID: H-1A) is a now-closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northwest of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. It was closed on 28 June 2006 as part of the closure of United States military facilities in Iceland.
The 85th Group was the United States Air Force (USAF) component of U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Iceland Defense Force (IDF). [2] the 85th Group was a tenant unit of U.S. Naval Air Station (NAS) Keflavík, strategically located on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base in the southwest corner of Iceland. [2]
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In 2006, when the United States Navy closed Naval Air Station Keflavik, the site was taken over by the development agency Kadeco, and renamed Ásbrú. A university, Keilir, was founded and now Ásbrú houses the campuses of various educational institutions and also businesses, both newly founded and relocated to the site of the air base. [5] [6]