Czech Gripens in Iceland for air policing mission this October

Gripen fighters from Czech Republic will return to Iceland this October for the Icelandic Air Policing operation. The last time Czech Gripens were deployed there was in August last year.

Czech Saab Gripen performing air patrols over Iceland
By Milan Nykodym [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

A total of five aircraft and 75 personnel will be making the trip.

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