File:Flag lowering iceland.jpg

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English: This image shows the flags of Iceland and the US lowered as the US hands over the former en:Naval Air Station Keflavik to Icelandic control in 2006. The image was found at the US embassy in Iceland website. According to the embassy: U.S. Navy personnel and Icelandic police lower the U.S. and Icelandic flags outside the U.S. Naval Air Station-Keflavik on Sept.30 as the U.S. handed over the base area to Iceland, ending nearly 60 years of U.S. military presence in the country. In the background standing at attention are: Mr. William Garland, U.S. Ambassador Carol van Voorst and the last Commanding Officer of NASKEF, Captain Mark Laughton. Photo by Sally Hodgson.
Date Taken on 30 September 2006
Source US embassy in Iceland
Author Sally Hodgson

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Public domain This image is a work of a United States Department of State employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain per 17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105 and the Department Copyright Information.

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current19:41, 5 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 19:41, 5 October 2006144 × 180 (45 KB)HoshieThis image shows the flags of Iceland and the US lowered as the US hands over the former en:Naval Air Station Keflavik to Icelandic control. The image was found at the [http://reykjavik.usembassy.gov/ US embassy in Iceland website]. According to the

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