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    Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) is a United States Navy air station at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland, located on the Reykjanes peninsula...
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    flights, especially during World War II. During the Cold War, Naval Air Station Keflavik played an important role in monitoring marine and submarine traffic...
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  • Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. It was closed on 28 June 2006 as part of the closure of United States military facilities in Iceland. Keflavik Air...
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    returned to Iceland's control and were renamed Naval Air Station Keflavik, named after the nearby town of Keflavík. In 1949, a passenger terminal was built...
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    treaty with the United States, which until 2006 maintained the Naval Air Station Keflavik, regarding the defence of Iceland. The base, now operated by the...
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    IDF was formally headquartered at Naval Air Station Keflavik, though its base was actually at Miðnesheiði near Keflavík. The initial personnel of the Iceland...
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  • Yokota Air Base, Japan Closed Stations (GHFS and HFGCS) Thule Global, Thule Air Base, Greenland Keflavík Global, former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavík, Iceland...
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    Patterson Field (Iceland) (category United States Naval Air Stations)
    Reykjavík/Reykjanesbær (Reykjanes), Iceland. The Airfield placed near the Naval Air Station Keflavik (NAS Keflavík) or can be called Meeks Field. Iceland served as a crucial...
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  • miles (4.7 km) west-northwest of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. It was closed on in 1998. Rockville Air Station was established in early 1952, although...
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  • started an English-language television service broadcasting from Naval Air Station Keflavik, which operated until 2006. The first Icelandic-language television...
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    Fleet Air Keflavik, at what was Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. Naval aviation has always played a large role in the operations at Keflavik, especially...
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  • located 231.4 miles (372.4 km) east of Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. It was closed on 30 June 1992. Hofn Air Station was established as a North Atlantic...
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    Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jacksonville) (IATA: NIP, ICAO: KNIP, FAA LID: NIP) is a large naval air station located approximately eight miles...
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    Naval Base Camp Lemonnier Naval Support Activity Souda Bay Naval Air Station Keflavík Naval Support Activity Naples Naval Air Station Sigonella Naval...
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    Forces in Europe at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, assigned as a unit of the 48th Fighter Wing whose home station is at RAF Lakenheath, UK. It was...
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    57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (57 FIS) was previously stationed at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, between 1954 and 1995, from where it policed...
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    flying from Hofn Hornafjördur Airport to Naval Air Station Keflavik, after delivering supplies for the radar station at Stokksnes. En route the aircraft encountered...
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  • commonly called by Icelanders, was the radio station of the Armed Forces at the Naval Air Station Keflavík station in Suðurnes, which operated from 1951 to...
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  • policies of banning black soldiers from the American-garrisoned Naval Air Station Keflavik. Thor received a BA degree from the University of Iceland, an...
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    ending this presence. Since September 2006, when US forces left Naval Air Station Keflavik, he has strongly opposed any possible development of an Icelandic...
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    Iceland (section Air travel)
    end of the Cold War and the U.S. Air Force maintained four to six interceptor aircraft at the Naval Air Station Keflavik until they were withdrawn on 30...
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    listed are former military airports and airbases Naval Air Station Keflavik (which is now Keflavik International Airport), RAF Reykjavik (which is now...
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    and Recovery Squadron United States Air Force (USAF), from the Iceland Defense Force at Naval Air Station Keflavik, crashed with three of the injured from...
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    redesignated and reassigned October 1, 1994, when it inactivated at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland and was reactivated the same day at Misawa where the...
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    Reykjanesbær (category Keflavík)
    (Víkingaheimar). In 2006, when the United States Navy closed Naval Air Station Keflavik, the site was taken over by the development agency Kadeco, and...
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    established in late 2006, after the departure of the U.S. Navy from Naval Air Station Keflavik. A second location opened in the Ártúnshöfði part of Reykjavík...
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  • airfields are designated as Naval Air Stations or Naval Air Facilities, with Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) and Naval Auxiliary Landing Fields (NALF)...
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  • for strategic reasons. At one time, the establishment of coaling stations for naval ships was important. During the Cold War, the United States and the...
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    VP-5 (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons)
    1979 VP-5 deployed to Naval Air Station Bermuda with squadron detachments sent at different times to Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland; Lajes Field...
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    center Naval Air Facility Midway Island (Battle of Midway) Wake Island Airfield (Battle of Wake Island) Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland Naval Station Argentia...
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