Naval Station Keflavik, Iceland

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Naval_Station_Keflavik%2C_Iceland

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Properties (66)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	military base
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:U.S._Naval_Forces_Europe
gptkbp:area	3,000 acres
gptkbp:associatedWith	Iceland_Defense_Force
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Iceland
gptkbp:currentUse	civilian airport
gptkbp:elevation	61 meters
gptkbp:facilities	control tower hangars runway
gptkbp:geographicalFeature	63.9964° N, 22.6056° W
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	strategic_location_in_the_North_Atlantic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Naval Station Keflavik, Iceland
gptkbp:location	Keflavik
gptkbp:notableEvent	Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Admiral_William_J._Fallon gptkb:General_John_M._McRae gptkb:General_David_Petraeus gptkb:General_John_M._McMillan gptkb:General_Joseph_Votel gptkb:General_John_M._McHugh gptkb:General_Kenneth_McKenzie gptkb:General_Charles_Brown gptkb:General_Joseph_Dunford gptkb:General_John_M._McWhorter gptkb:General_Michael_Minihan gptkb:General_Mark_Milley gptkb:General_Douglas_MacArthur gptkb:General_John_M._McCarthy gptkb:General_Charles_Q._Brown_Jr. gptkb:General_John_M._McCoy gptkb:General_John_M._McNair gptkb:General_Stephen_Wilson gptkb:General_Richard_Clarke gptkb:General_Martin_Dempsey gptkb:General_John_Raymond gptkb:General_John_W._Handy gptkb:General_Richard_Myers gptkb:General_Norton_Schwartz gptkb:General_Curtis_LeMay gptkb:General_David_Goldfein gptkb:General_Timothy_Ray gptkb:Admiral_James_G._Stavridis gptkb:General_Paul_Selva gptkb:General_John_M._McMahon gptkb:General_John_M._McWilliams gptkb:Admiral_Robert_F._Willard gptkb:General_John_Hyten gptkb:General_Glen_VanHerck gptkb:General_John_M._McKinney General_John_M._McYard General_John_M._McZee General_John_W._McClain
gptkbp:opened	1951 2006
gptkbp:operationalStatus	inactive
gptkbp:partOf	U.S._military_presence_in_Iceland
gptkbp:previouslyKnownAs	gptkb:Keflavik_International_Airport
gptkbp:purpose	support_NATO_operations
gptkbp:servedIn	gptkb:Gulf_War gptkb:World_War_II War on Terror submarine base logistics hub air defense base