Departure of US Forces 2. október 2006 10:10 Athöfn við brottför síðustu varnarliðsmannanna á Keflavíkurflugvelli The remaining US armed forces at the Keflavík base left Iceland at an official ceremony yesterday. US officials took down the US flag and handed it over to Mark Laughton, chief officer of the base. Laughton later stepped onto a US military plane and left Iceland. The ceremony marked a historical moment, as the US army has been in in Iceland for fifty-five years. The Icelandic flag was later pulled up by Icelandic police officers to mark Iceland's control of the base. Jóhann Benediktsson, chief of security at Keflavík airport says that Icelanders have to face a new reality in matters of defence and that new exciting times lay ahead. News News in English Mest lesið Magga Stína handtekin í nótt af Ísraelsher Innlent Langþreyttur á TikTok áreiti og rasískum orðsendingum skólakrakka Innlent Átján sagt upp í Seljahlíð Innlent Dullarfull brotlending nærri Area 51 Erlent Engan óraði fyrir framhaldinu Erlent Ákærður fyrir stunguárás á Seltjarnarnesi Innlent Spá mikilli ölduhæð við Faxaflóa í vestan hvassviðri Veður Spyr hvort aflífa þurfi sig vegna mjaðmaskipta Innlent „Það er sárt að þurfa að horfa á eftir þeim“ Innlent Sást blóðugur fyrir utan fjölbýlishús Innlent
The remaining US armed forces at the Keflavík base left Iceland at an official ceremony yesterday. US officials took down the US flag and handed it over to Mark Laughton, chief officer of the base. Laughton later stepped onto a US military plane and left Iceland. The ceremony marked a historical moment, as the US army has been in in Iceland for fifty-five years. The Icelandic flag was later pulled up by Icelandic police officers to mark Iceland's control of the base. Jóhann Benediktsson, chief of security at Keflavík airport says that Icelanders have to face a new reality in matters of defence and that new exciting times lay ahead.
News News in English Mest lesið Magga Stína handtekin í nótt af Ísraelsher Innlent Langþreyttur á TikTok áreiti og rasískum orðsendingum skólakrakka Innlent Átján sagt upp í Seljahlíð Innlent Dullarfull brotlending nærri Area 51 Erlent Engan óraði fyrir framhaldinu Erlent Ákærður fyrir stunguárás á Seltjarnarnesi Innlent Spá mikilli ölduhæð við Faxaflóa í vestan hvassviðri Veður Spyr hvort aflífa þurfi sig vegna mjaðmaskipta Innlent „Það er sárt að þurfa að horfa á eftir þeim“ Innlent Sást blóðugur fyrir utan fjölbýlishús Innlent