Naval Air Station Keflavik The United States provided all the maintenance and operation of the airport through an American civilian contractor. American Overseas Airlines, followed by Airport Overseas Corporation personnel, operated the military portion of Keflavik Airport after its reversion to Icelandic control at the end of March 1947. In 1949, Iceland voted to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) among protests about the US militarizing the country, and the base became a Cold War base. Joining NATO required neither the establishment of an Icelandic armed force, nor the stationing of foreign troops in the country during peacetime. However, with the developing Cold
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (, "Maṭār Bayrūt Rafīq al-Ḥarīrī ad-Dwaliyy") () (), formerly Beirut International Airport, is located from the city center in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, and is the only operational commercial airport in the country. It is the hub for Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (more commonly known as "MEA"). It is also the hub for the Lebanese cargo carrier Trans Mediterranean Airways (more commonly known as "TMA Cargo"), as well as Wings of Lebanon. It is the main port of entry into the country along with the Port of Beirut.