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
Chinggis Khaan International Airport Chinggis Khaan International Airport Chinggis Khaan International Airport (, "Çingis hán olon ulsîn niseh búdal", ) is the international airport serving Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, situated southwest of the capital. It is the largest international air facility in the country. The airport was first established as "Buyant-Ukhaa airport" (, "Buyant-Uhá niseh onğocnî töw búdal") on 19 February 1957. In 1958, international flights began with flights to Irkutsk and Beijing using Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft. Regular flights from the airport started in 1961. The terminal was upgraded to make it suitable for international traffic in 1986. Between 1994 and 1997 a further major upgrade