Taken from F-15D, 80-0057 during climbing after an overflight of Reykjavík airport . This woke up the US Embassy in town, which was not happy at not having been informed or asked. The tower controllers were really happy having eagerly granted the visit.
The 57th FIS of course made this into their bicentennial bird, like so many other units did with any aircraft that had 76 somewhere in its serial. 576 arrived in Iceland on February 7, 1975 and left on April 13, 1978 to the ADWC.
This is the real 66-300, not the one that was displayed outside the Air Forces Iceland headquarters from 1993 to 2007 and still exists in Iceland. This aircraft is marked up as the 57th FIS commanders plane, and was the last F-4 to leave Iceland.
F-4E, 66-336 landing on runway 02 in January 1980. At this time the Black Knight marking was in the original position on the tail, and the two checkerboard stripes also.
Here shown about to leave Iceland after its service with the 57th FIS. In this instance it has the partial paintwork that was applied to 63-7589. The third grey F-4C for the 57th FIS. was 63-7685, which came so late that it never received any sqn. marks.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force came to do DACT training with the Hawian ANG. This photo of NoAF 332 Sqn was taken when the last of four F-16s landed in a snowstorm on runway 20.
The last F-4E Phantom waiting to taxi onto the runway for departure at 1100 hours on 18. November 1985 as one of the new F-15Cs takes off. The sun shines horizontally on the aircraft at this time of year and day. 66-0300 was sold to Turkey in 1987.
One of the Dutch F-16s that took part in the Northern Viking 1997 exercise, make a rather spectacular departure on the way home after the exercise finished. He is looking at the photographer.
Imagine my surprise when this PC-7 came in for landing at Keflavik on this sunny day. However it landed on the very little used runway 07, which is not in use now. I just got into place in time. The spot above the canopy is the another turning for final.
Landing on runway 20 at Keflavik. Former East German transport taken on charge by the Luftwaffe. Collided with a USAF C-141 over the coast of Namibia in 9/13/1997!
The first F-4Es to arrive in Iceland were 66-334 and 66-328, here shown with temporary markings applied only to 334 and 328. All the others were painted grey in Iceland before they were dressed up in squadron markings.
Photographed on approach to Keflavik. Fortunately this Shackleton is one of the few that still survive in the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Sad to see these wonderful machines being reduced to scrap, as so many of its contemporaries.