F/A-18 Hornets of the Finnish Air Force are now operational for NATO’s Icelandic Air Policing mission, with the Finnish aircraft based at Keflavik Air Base for Quick Reaction Alert duties.… Continue reading "Finland’s Air Force On Duty For Icelandic Air Policing"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important news. As we enter the second half of November we have covered a variety… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (15-19 November)"
The Icelandic Coast Guard’s new Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), ICGV Freyja, arrived in Reykjavík on November 8. Freyja, a former commercial vessel built in South Korea, was bought by the… Continue reading "Icelandic Coast Guard’s Latest Vessel Arrives Home"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (23-27 August)"
The United States Air Force has announced the arrival of three B-2 Spirit strategic bombers of the 509th Bomb Wing at Keflavik Air Base in Iceland. The Bomber Task Force… Continue reading "B-2 Spirits Deploy To Iceland For Bomber Task Force Mission"