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The emblem of the Iceland Defense Force
North American F-51D Mustangs of the 192nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron (Nevada Air National Guard) stationed at Keflavik, 1952–1953
U.S. Air Force F-15 stationed at Keflavik

The Iceland Defense Force (Icelandic: Varnarlið Íslands; IDF) was a military command of the United States Armed Forces from 1951 to 2006. The IDF, created at the request of NATO, came into existence when the United States signed an agreement to provide for the defense of Iceland, which has only limited defense forces.

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Iceland Defense Force

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The Iceland Defense Force (Icelandic: Varnarlið Íslands; IDF) was a military command of the United States Armed Forces from 1951 to 2006. The IDF, created...

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Defence of Iceland

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accurately be described as militarised interstate disputes. The Iceland Defense Force (IDF) was a military command of the United States Armed Forces from...

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Defence Forces

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Army (1944) Iceland Defense Force: (1951-2006) Indian Defence Force: (1917-1920) Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force: (1944) Lofa Defense Force: Liberian...

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Icelandic Coast Guard

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national defense, and law enforcement. The Coast Guard maintains the Iceland Air Defence System which conducts ground-based surveillance of Iceland's air space...

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Naval Air Station Keflavik

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under an agreement with Iceland and the British, U.S. forces withdrew by 1947 but returned in 1951 as the Iceland Defense Force resident on a North Atlantic...

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List of sovereign states without armed forces

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Retrieved 17 June 2012. "Andorra Defense Forces - 1990". CIA World Factbook. 1990. Retrieved 27 February 2008. "Iceland Defense Force". Global Security. Retrieved...

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Iceland Air Defence System

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maintenance of the radar stations of the Iceland Defense Force. Between 2009–2011, it was a part of the Icelandic Defence Agency (Varnarmálastofnun Íslands)...

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Iceland Base Command

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Iceland Base Command (IBC) is an inactive United States Army organization. It was established for the United States defense of the Kingdom of Iceland...

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Icelandic Air Policing

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the U.S. Iceland Defense Force was withdrawn. Following the American withdrawal Russian Air Force 37th Air Army aircraft entered Icelandic airspace on...

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Iceland

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support peacekeeping missions and perform paramilitary functions. The Iceland Defense Force (IDF) was a military command of the United States Armed Forces from...

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85th Group

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Operationally, the group was assigned to the Iceland Defense Force (IDF) as part of Island Command Iceland. As the "Guardians of the North," the 85th Group...

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Joseph Hare

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commander, Naval Base Philadelphia, and assistant deputy to commander, Iceland Defense Force. Hare was promoted to flag rank in October, 1996. Significant billets...

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2006

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United States Armed Forces withdraws its forces in Iceland, thereby disbanding the Iceland Defense Force. July 1 – The Qinghai–Tibet railway begins operation...

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United States Atlantic Command

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defense of the Atlantic sea lanes against Soviet attack, with the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and other subunified commands such as the Iceland Defense Force...

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Outline of Iceland

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Scandinavia and Iceland during World War II Founding of the Republic of Iceland Iceland in the Cold War Iceland Defense Force Accession of Iceland to the European...

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Naval Air Force Atlantic

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1, 1961, Commander Barrier Force, Atlantic moved from Argentia to Keflavik. The duties of Commander, Iceland Defense Force were assumed by the rear admiral...

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Military history of Iceland

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recent developments in Iceland. Iceland has never participated in a full-scale war or invasion and the constitution of Iceland has no mechanism to declare...

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Order of the Falcon

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(Writer) translated some Icelandic sagas Koča Popović (Colonel General, YPA) John W. White, USAF General, Commander Iceland Defense Force Signy Stefansson Eaton...

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Iceland in the Cold War

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Base; this was the Iceland Defense Force. The US military did not leave the country until 2006. To make the US military presence in Iceland more palatable...

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Naval flight officer

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the first NFO and first carrier aviator to command the Iceland Defense Force in Keflavik, Iceland in 1994. He was the first NFO appointed to the position...

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NATO Integrated Air Defense System

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July 29, 2009. "Hellenic Tactical Air Force". Haf.gr. Retrieved July 29, 2009. "Iceland Air Defense System". Icelandic Coast Guard. Retrieved 25 May 2018...

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