Keflavik NAS Iceland, US Air Force, 85th Group

By aceofspades2010 on 14/09/2024 in Íslenskir minnispeningar

The 85th Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with United States Air Forces in Europe at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, assigned as a unit of the 48th Fighter Wing whose home station is at RAF Lakenheath, UK. It was inactivated on 28 June 2006. The 85th Group was the United States Air Force (USAF) component of U.S. Joint Forces Command’s (USJFCOM) Iceland Defense Force (IDF) the 85th Group was a tenant unit of U.S. Naval Air Station (NAS) Keflavík, strategically located on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base in the southwest corner of Iceland. Reactivated in 1952, the 85th Group was an Independent Group comprising seven squadrons and 13 staff agencies, with more than 1300 people assigned. 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 was responsible for deterring aggression in the North Atlantic, protecting Iceland’s airspace and supporting contingency operations. This was accomplished through surveillance, air superiority and the use of rescue assets. The 85th Group was responsible for deterring aggression in the North Atlantic and protecting Iceland’s airspace. It also supported contingency operations through surveillance, air superiority and rescue forces.

NATO SATCOM Satellite Communications Satellite Ground Terminal Keflavik Iceland Missile Defense Alliance Ground Surveillance AGS NCI SIGINT Challenge Coin #316L. Measures approx. 1 3/4″ inches