Another back in the day post…

1984 to be exact… 🙂

The ‘military’ side of Keflavik, IC.

The first hangar, center bottom, was the VP hangar. Needless to say, this is a ‘summer’ shot! And they were busy, as only 2 birds on the ramp, and probably one or two in the hangar, so 5 or 6 out flying on ‘stuff” or elsewhere…

The four little blue hangars were the 57th FIS alert hangars for F-4s back then. The rest of the transient birds were at the far end of the ramp, where the AWACS and KC-135 were parked.

An aerial view of the ramp areas and facilities of the P-3 and 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron ramps, with other facilities in the background.

Aeroflot used to try to ‘taxi’ through our ramp, by ‘mistaking’ the tower’s directions to the terminal, which is just out of the picture, lower right.

Fuel trucks, airplanes, and occasionally USAF Security Police were used to ‘block’ their access, to prevent them taking pictures of the airplanes and inside of the hangar.

Flying out of Kef in the winter was always fun, considering the closest alternate airport was 772nm away (Kinloss) which was 2 1/2 hours. Made for some LONG days…

One funny note, they actually do have golf courses up there, and in the summer, you could tee off at midnight, and finish in ‘twilight’ about 0400 in the morning. Drinking in the bar was problematic, since you could stagger out at 1130 or 2330, and not be able to tell the difference… 🙂