The patrol vessel Þór has arrived in Neskaupstaður, but the crew tied up the mooring just before midnight last night. This is confirmed by Ásgeir Erlendsson, the information officer of the Icelandic Coast Guard.
The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO), the Icelandic Coast Guard and the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Northern Norway invited expedition cruise operators and SAR entities for the annual Joint Arctic SAR Event held last week. “We want to ensure the safest possible cruise operations in the Arctic,…
The NATO Air Policing will begin its operations in Iceland on Monday with the arrival of the Royal Norwegian Air Force air force squadron. The operation is scheduled to be completed in mid-February.
NATOs Allied Air Command delivers Air and Space Power for the Alliance.
It is in charge of all Air and Space matters from northern Norway to southern Italy and from the Azores to eastern Turkey. All missions support NATO s strategic concepts of Collective Defence, Crisis Management and Cooperative Security.