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    RAF Iceland is a former Royal Air Force command which controlled RAF units within Iceland. The command was operational between July 1941 and July 1945...
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    This is a list of airports in Iceland. There are no railways in Iceland. Driving from Reykjavík to Akureyri takes 4–5 hours compared to 45 minutes flight...
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    The Occupation of Iceland during World War II began with a British invasion intent on occupying and denying Iceland to Germany. The military operation...
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  • in purely RAF-context in 1936 when Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Training Command were formed. Since that time the RAF has made...
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    Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
    (Operation Azotize), Black Sea (Operation Biloxi), and Iceland (Icelandic Air Policing). The RAF has seven front-line Typhoon squadrons, plus an Operational...
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    and Icelandic governments, the RAF was scheduled to undertake an air policing deployment to Iceland in 2019. Fighter aircraft deployed to Iceland are...
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  • RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was founded in 1936, when the RAF was restructured into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal...
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    mission to RAF Reykjavik, specifically to fly Prince George, Duke of Kent, to Iceland. The aircraft took off from a seaplane base at RAF Invergordon...
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    Kaldadarnes or more simply RAF Kaldadarnes is a former Royal Air Force station at Kaldaðarnes, near the town of Selfoss, Iceland. The station was built in...
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    Operations Group, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom Naval Air Station Keflavik was the host command for all U.S. defense activities in Iceland. The major commands...
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    Vágar Airport (redirect from RAF Vágar)
    first built Reykjavík Airport in Iceland in 1940, then known as RAF Reykjavik, following the British Occupation of Iceland. After the war, Vágar airfield...
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    and 14 others took off in a RAF Short Sunderland flying boat W4026 from Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, to fly to Iceland on non-operational duties. The...
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    Akureyri (redirect from Akureyri, Iceland)
    Akureyri (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈaːkʏrˌeiːrɪ], locally [ˈaːkʰʏrˌeiːrɪ] ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous municipality...
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    the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2014. "RAF deploys Typhoons to Iceland | Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019. "1...
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    Establishing the Iceland Base Command Historical buildings and sites in Iceland AFHRA Document 00240544 AFHRA Document 00097383 AFHRA Document 00007547 RAF Valley...
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    mission in Iceland". Airforce Technology. Retrieved 25 April 2024. "RAF Typhoons have begun a NATO Air Policing mission in Lithuania". raf.mod.uk. Royal...
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    Air Force Reykjavik or more simply RAF Reykjavik is a former Royal Air Force station, at Reykjavík Airport, Iceland. The station was built in 1940 by the...
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    Royal Air Force Valley or more simply RAF Valley (Welsh: Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali) (IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV) is a Royal Air Force station on the island...
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    The British invasion of Iceland (codenamed Operation Fork) by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and Royal Marines occurred on 10 May 1940, during World...
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    more simply RAF Fairford (IATA: FFD, ICAO: EGVA) is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. While being an RAF station, Fairford...
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    Royal Air Force Croughton or more simply RAF Croughton is a Royal Air Force station which is currently a United States Air Force communications station...
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  • Lumpur. In the RAF, Wigglesworth reached the rank of air commodore. By some accounts he was the original of Biggles. He served in Iceland during the Second...
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    novel, Red Storm Rising, as a base for RAF operations over the North Atlantic and against Soviet-held Iceland. Later the displaced carrier air wing from...
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    This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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    Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or more commonly RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a military airfield located on the western edge of the town of...
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    Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force (RAF SARF or RAF SAR Force) was an official unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF) which provided around-the-clock aeronautical...
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  • Stations: RAF Waddington – 34 EAW (ISTAR) RAF Brize Norton – 38 EAW (Air Transport) RAF Coningsby – 121 EAW (Fighter) RAF Leeming – 135 EAW RAF Marham –...
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    The Riga Autobus Factory (RAF; Latvian: Rīgas Autobusu Fabrika) was a factory in Jelgava, Latvia, making vans and minibuses under the brand name Latvija...
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    Reykjavík Airport (category Civilian airports with RAF origins)
    Reykjavík Field, or RAF Reykjavik, which was mostly fully operational from March 1941. After the end of the occupation of Iceland, on 6 July 1946 the...
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    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 inactivated...
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