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"Will become" eyes and ears "in the Barents Sea": forward air force base under construction in Norway

"Will become" eyes and ears "in the Barents Sea": Forward Air Force base under construction in Norway
Forward operating base of the Norwegian Air Force in Evenes (Narvik) begins to take shape. Barracks and military buildings are continuously being completed.

Soon the airfield will become the "eyes and ears" of the country's armed forces in the north
– consider in the Ministry of Defense of the country.

I mean, what in 2023 five new P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft will be stationed here this year (purchased to replace P-3 Prion, stationed on Andøya), the first one is already in January 2022 of the year, embarking on maritime patrols in the summer 2023 of the year. In January next year, the airfield in Evenes will also be ready to operate with F-35s under the NATO QRA program. ("quick response warning").

In fact, the new infrastructure is being created on the site of the old air base, where, since the end of the Cold War, daily activities have come to a standstill: to 2017 only two people were constantly here - a military and a civilian. The cost of work is $610 million.

Now we have a modern base. With brand new buildings [shelters and hangars] for our new fighters and maritime patrol aircraft […] We will become the "eyes and ears" of the country's armed forces in the North, while focusing on the Barents Sea
– explains the commander of the 133rd air base, Colonel Eirik Guldvog.

To protect the R-8 and F-35, the object is covered by an air defense battalion, armed with long-range missiles.

"Will become" eyes and ears "in the Barents Sea": Forward Air Force base under construction in Norway1

used photos:Website of the Norwegian Ministry of Defense

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