A winter evening at NAS Keflavik, Iceland

This video was taken off the back porch of an apartment at NAS Keflavik back in 1992. The building name was Skua (an Icelandic bird). I then put the tape in the VCR and recorded the base weather channel for a few minutes. What a hoot that "Seasons in the Sun" was playing! Note the windchill on the 2nd line from the top (-13F) and also the sunrise and sunset times on the bottom of the screen. Sunrise was at 11:14 AM and sunset was at 3:57 PM.

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[DaveB4529]

Great post. I don't recall Skua, can you remember its location relative to Little Auk? The opening parking lot shot is VERY familar. We were the first residents of Little Auk 2, 3B, back in March '91. Very nice apartment for a junior NCO and family...

[brown1mm]

Can't say as I knew where little Auk was. If you drove by the commissary and turned left down the hill, took the first left and went around, we were the second drive on the right, second building in on the left. I think. It's been a while.

[AirCargoHeavy]

@rudeone4life I was there as an AMMO troop, too, from 83 - 84. I worked in the Alert Facility and the Patterson Ramp. Supported the F4.

[silveradoLG]

Man I sure do remember this

[rudeone4life]

@holygoat I was an AMMO troop in the 57th FIS. Worked in the little bomb dump on the way to the east end where the jets were.

[holygoat]

Seriously, I remember heading out after particularly bad storms and seeing Skodas flipped over, and dumpsters several yards from where they were previously, all due to the wind. The weather there is no joke.

[holygoat]

@rudeone4life I was there from 86 to 87, near the NCO. what unit were you?

[rudeone4life]

Nice post, especially the video. I was there in 1986 and I lived in the dorm next to the USO. Just seeing the weather channel made me laugh... I remember watching it as well. Late nights at the club on base only to come out in full sunshine at 0300 in the AM. Putting up with the Navy and Marines, poor base facilities and the never ending wind. Highlight of the tour was seeing Ronald Reagan when he spoke to us. Not the best place I ever was but was happy to leave in Jan 87.

[claudius2u]

Ha! 1969 - Feb 1970, I was assigned to Base Ops - the old, drafty WW2 hanger building. I arrived fresh from Danang, Vietnam, and my wife, carrying our first. Life was good that summer, but her pregnancy made travel hard. Navy cut my extension short. A white-out hit two days before our departure in February, 1970. I walked over the top of the 8' chain-link fence my '59 Volvo was parked by, and lost the tow truck driver broke the tranny yanking the snow-filled car out. 18 months I'll remember.

[Chuck88keys]

I was at Kef Feb 1957 to Aug 1958 I think it was Jan 2 or 3 of 1958, huge blizzard, winds over 110mph and that was crazy, but i loved it

[darthmikeyd]

I was there from 91-92. Remember a couple of storms like that. Also remember a couple of nights in the summer when I said I would go to bed when it got dark out, and the next thing I know I look at the clock and it is 3:00 am and still light out, and I had to be up at 6:00 am!!!!!

[chwilliams5]

BTDT in 1985-86 I was with the 960th. Some thing never change