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The Status of the F-35 Programme

Air Force 15.9.2023

The Finnish Defence Forces are experiencing a time of great changes. Finland gaining NATO membership in April has been the main story, but much more is going on. The Commander of the Air Force, Major General Juha-Pekka Keränen, tells us what is curre...

Finnish Air Force F/A-18 at a road base during Baana 22.

Air Force Exercise Baana 23 in Tervo

Air Force 13.9.2023

The Air Force road base exercise Baana 23 is organised in Tervo, North-Savo, on 18-22 September 2023. Aircraft from allied nations will also take part in the exercise.

Four Finnish F/A-18 Hornets and a German A400M

Finnish Air Force to participate in Air Defender 23 in Germany

Air Force 12.5.2023

The Finnish Air Force will deploy four F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters to the multinational Air Defender 23 exercise in Germany on 12‒23 June 2023.

The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II is Finland’s next multi-role fighter

Air Force 29.4.2021

The Government of Finland has 10 December 2021 authorised the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign a procurement contract with the Government of the United States on Finland’s next multi-role fighter. The fighter replacing the Hornet fleet’s capability is the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II.