page_title: Icelandic Air Policing
hierarchical_section_title: Icelandic Air Policing
caption_attribution_description: English: A F-15C Eagle flies over Iceland during Icelandic Air Surveillance and Policing April 22, 2015. IAS is a recurring NATO mission designed to maintain the security of Icelandic airspace by providing a fighter aircraft presence in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt Meredith Mulvihill/Released)
context_page_description: Icelandic Air Policing is a NATO operation conducted to patrol Iceland's airspace. As Iceland does not have an air force, in 2006 it requested that its NATO allies periodically deploy fighter aircraft to Keflavik Air Base to provide protection of its airspace. The first deployment of aircraft took place in May 2008.
context_section_description: Icelandic Air Policing is a NATO operation conducted to patrol Iceland's airspace. As Iceland does not have an air force, in 2006 it requested that its NATO allies periodically deploy fighter aircraft to Keflavik Air Base to provide protection of its airspace. The first deployment of aircraft took place in May 2008.
caption: A USAF F-15C Eagle fighter flying over Iceland during an Icelandic Air Policing patrol in April 2015
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