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5 unusual facts about Naval Air Station Keflavik


Frjáls Þjóð

It was opposed to Icelandic membership of NATO and to American bases on Icelandic soil in peacetime.

History of the Jews in Iceland

The Rosh Hashana service in 1944 at the Naval Air Station Keflavik was attended by 500 Jews and a Torah scroll was flown in from the United States.

Kadeco

The catalyst of the foundation was the deactivation of the Naval Air Station Keflavik which had been operated by the United States for the previous 60 years.

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon

Since September 2006, when US forces left Naval Air Station Keflavik, he has strongly opposed any possible development of an Icelandic army seeing the country's need for armed forces as practically non-existent.

Þór Whitehead

He has also written about other episodes in Icelandic history, such as the Icelandic government's rejection of Jewish refugees during the war, and the racist policies of banning black soldiers from the American-garrisoned Naval Air Station Keflavik.



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