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 Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.