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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.

30.4.2026 | The multinational air defence exercise Mallet Strike 1/26 will be conducted at the Lohtaja Firing Range and Training Area from 12 - 21 May 2026.

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.

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 ...

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.

20.2.2026 | The Norway-led exercise will take place in March 2026.

The Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest aerial warfare service branches in the world to operate without interruption since its establishment in 1918.

20.2.2026 | The Finnish Defence Forces will participate this spring’s key arctic exercise series during 9.–20.3.2026. The Norwegian-led Cold Response 26 -exercise will convene up to c. 7,500 soldiers in Finland and c. 25,000 soldiers in Norway from altogether 14 nations. In Finland, the exercise activity will focus on the Finnish Defence Forces’ exercise area at Rovajärvi but forces will be on the move across northern Finland.

The Finnish Air Force's Five Units The Finnish Air Force is composed of the Air Force Command, the Air Force Academy – the service branch school – and three operational air wings: the Lapland Air Wing, the Karelia Air Wing, and the Satakunta Air W...

16.3.2026 | This was the first time a NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS has flown a mission in Finnish airspace.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

3.3.2025 | In the middle of the January, the Nordic Division was established at the Norwegian Joint Air Operation Centre (JAOC) in Bodø.

7.4.2025 | The Commander of the Finnish Air Force visited Lockheed Martin's F-35 production line in Fort Worth and the Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith at the end of March. Finland's first F-35 fighter jets are currently in production, and preparations are underway at the training bases for the arrival of Finnish personnel.

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.

7.2.2025 | In January, the Air Combat Centre organised a training event at Satakunta Air Wing, where five U.S. F-35 pilots arrived to inform Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) personnel about the F-35’s capabilities and operating the fighter jet.