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Apr 06, 2016 (newstodate): Keflavik Airport may well see a return of US military operations in response to the Russian military build-up in the Arctic region.
In February 2016, a US website on military affairs reported plans for the stationing of anti-submarine forces including the P-8 Poseidon aircraft to monitor Russian submarine activities in the North Atlantic waters.
In addition to this, USA will deploy 12 F-15C fighters and some 350 airmen in Europe as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, to be based for an initial six-month period at Keflavik and Leeuwarden Air Base, in Holland.
If carried through, the plans call for the reconstruction and upgrading of existing aircraft hangars and implementation of other pertinent infrastructure at Keflavik.
The US air force established Keflavik as an AFB in 1951 during the cold war, but pulled out again by the end of September 2006 as threats of a confrontation with Russia seemed to decline.
In February 2016, a US website on military affairs reported plans for the stationing of anti-submarine forces including the P-8 Poseidon aircraft to monitor Russian submarine activities in the North Atlantic waters.
In addition to this, USA will deploy 12 F-15C fighters and some 350 airmen in Europe as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, to be based for an initial six-month period at Keflavik and Leeuwarden Air Base, in Holland.
If carried through, the plans call for the reconstruction and upgrading of existing aircraft hangars and implementation of other pertinent infrastructure at Keflavik.
The US air force established Keflavik as an AFB in 1951 during the cold war, but pulled out again by the end of September 2006 as threats of a confrontation with Russia seemed to decline.