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Oct 12, 2020 (newstodate): Iceland's Keflavik Airport is seeing brisk military activities returning.
   The USAF 493rd Fighter Squadron, part of the 48th Fighter Wing, has deployed fourteen F-15C/D Eagle fighter aircraft to Keflavik Air Base from its regular base at the UK RAF Lakenheath.
   The squadron's fighters will fly air policing missions over the arctic area within the framework of NATO's arctic monitoring mission in light of growing interest in the region from Russia and China.
   Iceland's Keflavik Airport was an important military base for USAF until September 2006 when the US government announced its decision to close down and dismantle the military installations.
   The US Air Force established Keflavik as an AFB in 1951 during the Cold War, but pulled out as threats of a confrontation with Russia seemed to decline.