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Codenamed Iceland Fighter Meet 2014 (IFM14), the air defense MILEX will take place from February 3-21. The event will bring together fighter aircraft from NATO member Norway (F-16 Fighting Falcon), and from partner countries Finland (F-18 Hornet) and Sweden (JAS Gripen), to conduct a wide range of air defense-related flying activities.

The activities conducted during IFM14 will include air combat training between dissimilar aircraft types, defensive and offensive counter-air operations and high-value airborne asset attack and protection.

IFM14 will be supported by air-to-air refueling tanker aircraft, NATO AWACS radar aircraft and Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopters. It will be held in the context of the training component of Norway's deployment to Iceland to conduct the periodic NATO 'Peacetime Preparedness Mission'.

NATO will act as the overall coordinator for the event from its Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Uedem, Germany. Control of the fighter aircraft will be shared by Control and Reporting Center (CRC) Loki in Iceland and a NATO AWACS radar aircraft operating from Norway.

Under standard NATO practice, all training missions during IFM14 will be flown unarmed.