Naval Air Station Keflavik held a closing ceremony Sept. 8 officially ending its 45-year history in Iceland. To prepare for the transition, the Keflavik and tenant command team cleaned and cleared 500 facilities and shipped 6.6 million pounds of household goods, 850 privately owned vehicles, and 600 government vehicles, according to a Navy press release. Air Force personnel and equipment moved out earlier. The formal transfer back to Iceland is slated for Sept. 30.
The final version of the fiscal 2026 defense policy bill calls for adding $1.2 billion to the Space Force’s research and development accounts, an increase that’s mostly split between two efforts: expanding the service’s low-Earth orbit data transport network and boosting its space-based missile warning and tracking capabilities.
