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Iceland Air Defense Force, 1 April 1952; Re-designated Air Forces Iceland, 1 January 1960 Re-designated 85th Tactical Fighter Wing, 31 July 1985 – 31 May 1993 Re-designated 85th Wing, 29 September 1994 Re-designated 85th Group, 1 July 1995 – 28 June 2006. 667th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 8 August 1956 – 16 April 1957
Iceland Base Command (16 June 1942 – 24 March 1947) 2nd Service Group, 29 March 1943 – 1 October 1945; 14th Air Service Squadron, 1 October-28 December 1945. 1386th Army Air Force Base Unit (1 August 1944 – 18 February 1946)
The Iceland Air Defence System or Íslenska Loftvarnarkerfið was founded in 1987, and operates four radar complexes, a software and support facility and a command and report centre. It is a part of the Coast Guard. Iceland's NATO allies also regularly deploy fighter aircraft to patrol the country's airspace as part of the Icelandic Air ...
Icelandic Air Policing is a NATO operation conducted to patrol Iceland's airspace. As Iceland does not have an air force, in 2006 it requested that its NATO allies periodically deploy fighter aircraft to Keflavik Air Base to provide protection of its airspace.
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]
Reykjavík, Iceland: Built: 1940 () ... Royal Air Force Reykjavik or more simply RAF Reykjavik is a former Royal Air Force station, at Reykjavík Airport, Iceland.
Snowed-up technical huts and airfield at Reykjavik, Iceland, during a lull in the blizzard which hit the island between 21 and 27 February 1945. Consolidated Liberator GR Mark VIs of No.53 Squadron RAF are parked on the airfield. RAF Iceland is a former Royal Air Force command which controlled RAF units