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 Segjast hafa skotið niður indverskar herþotur Erlent Moskítóflugur muni koma til Íslands Innlent Vilja að ríkisstarfsmenn starfi til 73 ára aldurs Innlent Auka njósnir og eftirlit á Grænlandi Erlent Segist hafa tryllst þegar Hafdís hótaði forræðissviptingu Innlent Bein útsending: Páfakjör í Páfagarði Erlent Alþingi hafi mistekist að tryggja þjóðinni eðlilegan hlut Innlent Sex evrópskir utanríkisráðherrar skora á Ísrael Innlent Borin út úr Bríetartúni: „Það er búið að ræna mig öllu“ Innlent Misstu aðra herþotu í sjóinn Erlent
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 Segjast hafa skotið niður indverskar herþotur Erlent Moskítóflugur muni koma til Íslands Innlent Vilja að ríkisstarfsmenn starfi til 73 ára aldurs Innlent Auka njósnir og eftirlit á Grænlandi Erlent Segist hafa tryllst þegar Hafdís hótaði forræðissviptingu Innlent Bein útsending: Páfakjör í Páfagarði Erlent Alþingi hafi mistekist að tryggja þjóðinni eðlilegan hlut Innlent Sex evrópskir utanríkisráðherrar skora á Ísrael Innlent Borin út úr Bríetartúni: „Það er búið að ræna mig öllu“ Innlent Misstu aðra herþotu í sjóinn Erlent