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18.5.2026 | The northern part of the Ramstein Flag 26 live-fly exercise will take place in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark from 8 to 19 June 2026.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/nato-s-ramstein-flag-26-exercise-reaches-from-finland-to-spain
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16.3.2026 | This was the first time a NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS has flown a mission in Finnish airspace.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/a-nato-e-3a-sentry-awacs-flow-a-mission-for-the-first-time-in-finnish-airspace
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13.10.2025 | Finland deploys F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the Steadfast Noon 25 exercise at Skrydstrup Air Base in Denmark from 13 to 24 October 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-nato-s-steadfast-noon-25-exercise
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NATO’s Ramstein Flag 26 exercise reaches from Finland to Spain Type: Press release Publication date: 18.5.2026 12.00 Trust in the Diamond-Strong Midnight Family Type: Press release Publication date: 6.5.2026 16.08 “The best part of being a pilot i...https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/news
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18.5.2026 NATO’s Ramstein Flag 26 exercise reaches from Finland to Spain 28.4.2026 Ramstein Flag 26: Traffic and Movement Restrictions in Tervo, Kuopio and Siilinjärvi 19.3.2026 Command and Control Over the North 20.2.2026 The Finnish Air Force to...https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/exercises
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International co-operation is a part of the daily activities of the Air Force. The objective of co-operation is to share information and expertise with the key actors in the Air Force’s operating environment and to create opportunities for cost-effective training in the service’s main tasks.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/international-cooperation
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19.3.2026 | The flight operations of Exercise Cold Response 26 involve not only fighter aircraft but also NATO’s E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft, operating from Ørland, Norway.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/command-and-control-over-the-north
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The Air Forces of Finland, Norway and Sweden will host multinational Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023 from 29 May to 9 June 2023. More than one 150 aircraft from 14 nations will participate in the air exercise carried out in the airspace over the northern areas of the host countries.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/ace23-en
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9.6.2025 | The Finnish Air Force will host the multinational Atlantic Trident 25 exercise and the deployment of NATO RQ-4D Phoenix remotely piloted aircraft to Finland in summer 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finland-to-host-the-atlantic-trident-25-exercise-and-nato-rq-4-aircraft-in-summer-2025
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20.2.2026 | The Norway-led exercise will take place in March 2026.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/the-finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-exercise-cold-response-26
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24.3.2025 | Finland deploys five F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the Ramstein Flag 25 exercise at Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands from 31 March to 11 April 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-nato-s-ramstein-flag-25-exercise-in-the-netherlands
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28.4.2026 | A Finnish Air Force flight operations exercise will close the regional road between Karttula and Tervo in June 2026.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/ramstein-flag-26-traffic-and-movement-restrictions-in-tervo-kuopio-and-siilinjarvi
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17.4.2026 | Introducing the Air Force F/A-18 Hornet display pilot 2026 Captain Ville Tuomainen from Karelia Air Wing.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/captain-ville-tuomainen-s-2026-hornet-solo-is-a-cohesive-and-dynamic-performance
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16.12.2025 | Finland’s first F-35A multirole fighter, designated JF-501, was presented to the public at a rollout ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth on 16 December.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finland-s-first-f-35a-multirole-fighter-was-presented-to-the-public-at-a-rollout-ceremony
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30.3.2026 | The introduction into service of the F-35 capability progresses, and the first multirole fighters will be flown to Finland this autumn. In this article, the Commander of the Finnish Air Force and the Director of the F-35 Programme explain details of how the service introduction of the fighter jet in the course of the year will take place.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/englanniksi
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14.10.2025 | The Finnish Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force conduct training missions in Finnish airspace in October 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/air-combat-training-with-the-royal-canadian-air-force-in-october-2025
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9.1.2025 | Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets will surveil and protect Icelandic airspace for the first time as a NATO member in February 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-the-nato-icelandic-air-policing-mission
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16.5.2025 | Master Sergeant Aleksi Härkönen is the first Finnish crew member on a NATO’s E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/alliance-s-eyes-in-the-sky
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21.5.2025 | The Nordic Air Forces conducted Nordic Combat Enhanced Training over the Baltic Sea in order to strengthen NATO´s collective defense and deterrence. Fighter jets from Finland, Sweden and Denmark attacked an enemy presence on Swedish territory.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/nordic-air-forces-in-a-joint-air-operation-over-the-baltic-sea
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29.7.2024 | The Finnish Air Force's first major NATO deployment to Romania succeeded as planned and achieved its objectives. F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets returned to Finland on 29 July 2024. Most of the personnel will return to Finland later this week, and the detachment's material will follow in August.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/successful-nato-deployment-to-romania-ends