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The UP-3A utility aircraft at NAS KeflavÆk, Iceland, nicknamed Valkyrja, or Val, was used for nearly twenty years to carry more than 22,000 personnel to more than fifteen countries while accumulating just over 10,000 mishap-free flight hours including 5,675 landings. The UP-3A was retired on 26 January to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. Before being stationed at KeflavÆk, the aircraft had been assigned to VP-30, VP-8, VXN-8, VP-94, and the Naval Aerological Support Center in Miami, Florida. From all of its various assignments, the aircraft accumulated 20,108 mishap-free flight hours and was flown more than seven million miles.
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