posted on May, 31 2010 @ 05:04 AM
Germany takes a turn at guarding Icelandic airspace
Why is that the German Airforce much watch over Icelands airspace between 7th and 25th June? We now that Iceland has no military on its own.
But is ther a thread or something? I search for answers in Englisch and German languages but nothing to find! So is ther anybody who nows more?
Germany takes a turn at guarding Icelandic airspace
Posted on31 May 2010. Tags: germany, Iceland, luftwaffe, NATO.
The German airforce, the Luftwaffe will protect Icelandic airspace between 7th and 25th June.
The German force will be temporarily stationed in Iceland at the invite of the Icelandic government and its patrols will form part of the NATO
security pact for Iceland, which has no military of its own.
Around 140 German pilots and support crew will be based in Iceland along with several F-4 Phantom aircraft. This is the first time that the Luftwaffe
has participated in protecting Icelandic airspace. Among the other nations which have are France, Denmark and the USA.
The German F-4 Phantom tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bombers will land at Keflavik
Airport on 1st June, Visir.is reports.
The German team members will familiarise themselves with the area and practice landings at Keflavik, Akureyri and Egilsstadir between the 2nd and 6th
June.
www.icenews.is...-15305
[edit on 31-5-2010 by ni91ck]