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Straumnes Air Station

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Construction of the air station started in 1953 and it started operations in 1956. After only being in operation for four years, a decision was made to close the site in 1960 due to high operation costs and the last air force and civilian staff left the following year. In 1962, the Icelandic
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After the site was closed, the facility was abandoned. The buildings are difficult to reach and remain in a deteriorating condition, most without windows, abandoned to the elements. In 1991, a major cleaning operation was performed at the site, involving the
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The mission of the station was to intercept and shadow all Soviet aircraft in transit in and from the Gap which passed through the detection range of its radars and pass the information to interceptor aircraft deployed at Keflavik Airfield.
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Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
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General Surveillance Radar station, located at the top of Mount Straumnes and in the former village of Látrar in the bay of
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The Greenland, Iceland and United Kingdom air defense sector, better known as the
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and local SAR units. The site remains a popular hiking destination.
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government took over ownership of the remaining buildings.
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Latrar AS


Air Forces Iceland

Latrar AS is located in Iceland
66°25′49″N 023°05′34″W / 66.43028°N 23.09278°W / 66.43028; -23.09278 (Latrar AS H-4)
United States Air Force
United States Air Force
Aðalvík
Hornstrandir
934th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Air Defense, Later Air Control) Squadron
AN/FPS-3
AN/FPS-8
AN/FPS-4
GIUK gap
Soviet Union
Atlantic Ocean
Arkhangelsk
Murmansk
Cuba
Icelandic Defence Force
United States general surveillance radar stations


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