Naval Air Station Keflavik to cope with increasing Russian military activity around Iceland. In 2016 the United States began preparations to re-occupy the base, and in 2017 announced its intention to construct a modern air base on the peninsula. Naval Air Station Keflavik Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) is a U.S. Navy base at Keflavík International Airport, Iceland. It is located on the Reykjanes peninsula on the south-west portion of the island. Built during World War II by the United States Army as part of its mission to maintain the defense of Iceland and secure northern Atlantic air routes, it served to ferry personnel,
Soledad International Airport major hub in the nation. By the summer of 1940, SCATDA had changed to Avianca, and Barranquilla became its first major hub. Soledad International Airport Soledad International Airport was the main airport of Barranquilla, Colombia from 1936 to 1981 when it was replaced by Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport. It was the main international hub in the country from 1936 to 1959. In the early 1930s, the airline SCADTA based its main hub at the Airport of Veranillo which was a seaplane port on the Magdalena River and had been operating since 1919. The airline operated several Fokker Universals and Sikorsky