US Sends Bomber Task Force to Iceland
The task force will spend the next couple of weeks conducting exercises with allied nations.
A Bomber Task Force (BTF) from the US Air Force deployed to Iceland yesterday 13 August, according to a press release from the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The task force will conduct exercises with allied nations in Northern Europe, and will be operating out of the Keflavik airport. The BTF includes three nuclear-capable B-2 Spirit aircraft which are accompanied by some 200 airmen. This is the third time that a BTF of this type has deployed to the country.
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