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Czech fighters on aerial surveillance mission over Iceland

(B2) Five Czech Air Force Jas-39 Gripen fighter jets will monitor Icelandic airspace for the next 9 weeks. 75 soldiers are mobilized for the operation. Estimated cost = 1,2 million euros, funded by the Icelandic state, according to Czech media.

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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