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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.

Discover the role and resposibilities ot the Finnish Air Force Command, overseeing air operations, training, and development to ensure national security.

13.8.2025 | Finland and Norway began educational cooperation in autumn 2023 when the first Norwegian student pilots arrived at the Air Force Academy for training.

Protecting Airspace over Northern Finland and Entire Nation Lapland Air Wing provides round-the-clock surveillance and air policing of Finland's airspace and its adjacent areas. With Colonel Tuukka Karjalainen at the helm, the air wing employs aro...

29.5.2026 | Norwegian student pilots who completed the Hawk training phase at the Air Force Academy have now graduated from F-35 training in the United States.

22.5.2026 | The Finnish Air Force conducted an evaluation of a cyber team composed of active-duty personnel and reservists together with the Virginia Air National Guard in April 2026.

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.

17.4.2026 | Introducing the Air Force F/A-18 Hornet display pilot 2026 Captain Ville Tuomainen from Karelia Air Wing.

Long-term development is the key to sustained air defence capability Maintenance and enhancement of the nation's air defence is among the primary tasks of the Finnish Air Force. This requires the continuous development of air defence capabilities ...

The Finnish Air Force will take part in Ramstein Alloy 3/20 with two F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters from 21 to 23 September 2020.

The Finnish Air Force will take part in Ramstein Alloy 2/20 with two F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters from 29 June to 1 July 2020.

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.

20.1.2026 | The ferry flight of JF-501 from Lockheed Martin, Texas, to the training base in Arkansas begins Finnish Air Force’s F-35 fighter deliveries.

14.10.2025 | The Finnish Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force conduct training missions in Finnish airspace in October 2025.

11.9.2025 | The Finnish Air Force will conduct the Protective Fence 25 exercise from 22 to 26 September 2025. The exercise will involve a total of around 50 aircraft and 1,200 personnel.

24.7.2025 | Since autumn 2023, three Norwegian student pilots have been studying at the Air Force Academy, concluding their Hawk training phase in May. Next, they will proceed to F‑35 training in the United States.

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.

30.4.2025 | Finland will take part in the Swedish Air Force’s base operations exercise in Uppsala at the beginning of May. The exercise will involve also Finnish reservists.

22.4.2025 | Lapland Air Wing hosts a detachment of three French Air and Space Force Mirage 2000 fighter jets at Rovaniemi Air Base between 22 and 30 April 2025.

16.5.2025 | Master Sergeant Aleksi Härkönen is the first Finnish crew member on a NATO’s E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft.