Icelandic Air Policing

Gestart door Sparkplug, 21/03/2017 | 11:55 uur

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Italy's F-35s Have Completed The NATO's Icelandic Air Policing Mission

https://theaviationist.com/2019/10/25/italys-f-35s-have-completed-the-natos-icelandic-air-policing-mission/


Close up view on one of the F-35s of the 13° Gruppo. (Image credit: David Cenciotti)
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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Up Close And Personal With The F-35s Securing The NATO Skies Over Iceland

https://theaviationist.com/2019/10/14/up-close-and-personal-with-the-f-35s-securing-the-nato-skies-over-iceland/


An Italian Air Force F-35A sits in front of the shelter at Keflavik. Note the AIM-120 missile visibile in the weapon bay.


Iceland makes for an unbelievable background for this shot of two ItAF F-35A Lightning II deployed to Keflavik.
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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The Italian Task Force At Keflavik Has Achieved The FOC And The F-35s Have Started Safeguarding Iceland's Airspace

https://theaviationist.com/2019/10/04/the-italian-task-force-at-keflavik-has-achieved-the-foc-and-the-f-35s-have-started-protecting-icelands-airspace/


The Italians proudly show the certification they have achieved in Iceland. They are now ready to carry out QRA missions in support of NATO's Icelandic Air Policing. (Image credit: Troupe Azzurra/ItAF)
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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#6
The Italian Lightnings have already arrived at Keflavik International Airport, Iceland. (naast de KC-767 gaan ook een C-130J en een P-72A MPA mee)

https://theaviationist.com/2019/09/25/first-among-all-the-partner-nations-italy-deploys-f-35s-to-iceland-for-nato-air-policing-mission/

Edit. Onderstaand artikel is van NATO Allied Air Command.

Italy first Ally to deploy F-35 fighter aircraft to NATO mission in Iceland

https://ac.nato.int/archive/2019/italy-first-ally-to-deploy-f35-fighter-aircraft-to-nato-mission-in-iceland-?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=natodepspox&utm_campaign=20190928_aircom
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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#5
Italy deploys F-35 on first NATO mission

https://www.janes.com/article/91542/italy-deploys-f-35-on-first-nato-mission


One of six Italian Air Force F-35s that deployed to Iceland on 26 September, where they will perform the type's first NATO air surveillance and air policing mission Source: NATO Allied Air Command
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

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Italy deploys Typhoons for Icelandic air policing and training

Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly - 20 March 2017


The view from the supporting KC-767 tanker of one of the eight Typhoon fighters that the AMI has deployed to Iceland. Source: AMI


The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana: AMI) has deployed six Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft to Iceland in support of NATO's air policing and training mission.

The aircraft from the 4th Fighter Wing in Grosseto in Tuscany flew to Keflavik Air Base in Iceland with support from a Boeing KC-767 tanker, arriving on 17 March.

Deployed under the auspices of NATO's 'Airborne Surveillance and Interception Capabilities to Meet Iceland's Peacetime Preparedness Needs' mission, the AMI Typhoons will spend a week conducting familiarisation flights over Iceland under the control of the Iceland Coast Guard Control and Reporting Centre Loki at Keflavik. The following week will see them certified by NATO's Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem, Germany, to fly air policing missions in the country's airspace.

In all, the AMI will spend three weeks conducting the Icelandic mission, before returning to Italy in mid-April.

For the peacetime preparedness needs mission, alliance members undertake three- to four-week rotations within one of three four-month windows throughout the year. Nations typically contribute four aircraft per deployment, although this number is flexible.

The mission has previously been flown by Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. A planned deployment by the United Kingdom in 2008 was cancelled following its diplomatic spat with Iceland over the Nordic nation's banking crisis. Further to the NATO members, both Finland and Sweden have deployed fighter aircraft to Iceland for training purposes.

It used to be the case that all fighter aircraft deployed to Iceland flew unarmed and were not routinely tasked for Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duties, but this changed soon after 2014 and the breakdown in relations between the West and Russia over the actions of President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

In June 2016 the United States and Iceland signed a security agreement to facilitate future defence co-operation between the two nations.

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http://www.janes.com/article/68839/italy-deploys-typhoons-for-icelandic-air-policing-and-training
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.