US Air Force F-16s Deploy to Iceland for NATO Policing Mission
Four fighters and 120 Air Force personnel will operate out of Keflavik Air Base.
Four fighters and 120 Air Force personnel will operate out of Keflavik Air Base.
Six fighter squadrons have deployed to the Middle East since October 7 as part of U.S. deterrence efforts in the region.
Sunday’s drill was the first joint aerial exercise of its kind and occurred as a response to nuclear threats by North Korea.
Denmark and the Netherlands will also instruct fighter pilots, American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced while attending a NATO defense ministers summit in Brussels.
The aircraft assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, will conduct air policing missions of NATO’s eastern flank.
Pilots are using a desktop virtual reality flight simulator to familiarize themselves with the fighter before training in the U.S.
Fighter jets scrambled over D.C. before the private airplane went down in northern Virginia on June 4.
The dogfight involved two small, unmanned, fixed-wing aircraft—one operated by AI, and the other controlled by a human from the ground.
The signed letter of offer and acceptance will double Bulgaria’s fleet of F-16s set to replace its fleet of aging MiG-29 fighter jets.
The interception of the Cessna 182 took place over Southern California.