Icelandic Deployments Preparing Italian F-35s For Future Missions

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Credit: USMC
Deployments by Italian Air Force F-35s to Iceland have provided a template for how the country will use the fifth-generation fighter in the future. Italy sent six F-35As to Keflavik airbase in late June to support NATO’s Icelandic Air Policing mission. The Northern Lightning 2 deployment is the...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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