Iceland radar mission comes to close

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  • By Master Sgt. John Lasky
  • Air Force Print News
RAMSTEIN AIR FORCE BASE, Germany (AFPN) --  Radar stations operated by Airmen from the 932nd Air Control Squadron at the four corners of Iceland are no longer active following a ceremony bringing the unit's mission to a close.

After more than 54 years as Iceland's first line of defense, Air Force and host nation officials determined to inactive the 932nd ACS in a ceremony at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, May 25.

Airmen operating the four radar sites in defense of the island were responsible for covering more than 250,000 square miles, from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea. In the absence of a Cold War threat, the last time an F-15 was scrambled in response for a TU-95 Russian Bear Bomber was in 1999.