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17.6.2025 | A joint flyover coincides with the U.S. Independence Day celebrations in the U.S. Embassy in Finland. The flyover aircraft are participating in the ongoing Atlantic Trident 25 exercise.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/allies-flyover-in-helsinki-on-17-june
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5.9.2025 | The Air Force Academy organised the first F/A-18 Hornet Aircraft Cross Servicing Basic Course for Allied mechanics from 1 to 5 September 2025. The course brought together airmen from the Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian and German air forces.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/allied-mechanics-on-a-hornet-course-at-the-air-force-academy
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6.3.2025 | Two U.S. B-52 Stratofortress bombers dropped guided JDAM bombs on targets in Rovajärvi firing range area on 6 March. Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet fighters escorted the bombers to the target area.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/united-states-b-52-bombers-conducted-air-to-ground-drops-in-rovajarvi-firing-range-duplicate-1
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22.4.2025 | The British Army’s AH-64E Apache and AW159 Wildcat helicopters will take part in the Finnish Army’s exercise activity in Finland between 24 April and 1 June 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/air-activity-in-the-finnish-army-s-spring-exercises
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11.4.2025 | Finland participated in NATO’s large-scale live-fly exercise alongside Allied nations.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/ramstein-flag-25-enhanced-integration-between-4th-and-5th-generation-fighter-jets
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8.7.2024 | The Finnish Air Force will participate with five F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighters in the FWIC 24 flight operations exercise in Norway from July 10 to August 2, 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-hornet-fighters-cooperating-with-fifth-generation-fighters
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16.4.2024 | The Finnish Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets will fly training missions with the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit’s A330 MRTT tanker aircraft on 16–17 and 23–24 April 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/air-to-air-refueling-training-with-the-multinational-multirole-tanker-transport-unit
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1.3.2024 | Nordic Response 24, hosted by Norway on 4‒15 March 2024, is the Finnish Defence Forces’ most important international exercise of the year. Twelve Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters and approximately 250 airmen will take part in the exercise.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-nordic-response-24-in-norway
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25.10.2024 | The Finnish Air Force took part in the air operations of the Royal Navy’s Strike Warrior exercise between 14 and 25 October 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/air-maritime-force-integration-in-the-strike-warrior-exercise
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19.8.2024 | The Finnish Air Force will organise a Joint Fires training event from 19 to 22 August 2024 to research and develop the interoperability of Allied F-35s with Army and Navy weapon systems.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/u.s.-and-norwegian-f-35s-to-participate-in-joint-fires-training-event-in-finland
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9.9.2024 | The Finnish Air Force will deploy six F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the Cobra Warrior 24-2 exercise in the United Kingdom from 16 September to 4 October 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-the-cobra-warrior-24-2-exercise-in-the-uk
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16.8.2023 | The Royal Norwegian Airforce will host the Arctic Fighter Meet 23 at Ørland Air Base from 21 to 25 August. The exercise will bring together the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian Air Forces.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-arctic-fighter-meet-23-in-norway
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25.4.2024 | Air Force Academy will host a visit of Royal Air Force's Eurofighter Typhoon jets at Tikkakoski Air Base on 29 April‒3 May 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/royal-air-force-typhoon-fighter-jets-to-visit-tikkakoski-air-base
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22.8.2024 | Lapland Air Wing will organise the Finnish Air Force’s Baana 24 road base exercise at the Norvatie highway strip in Rovaniemi and the Hosio highway strip in Ranua from 31 August to 6 September 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/baana-24-road-base-exercise-in-rovaniemi-and-ranua
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20.8.2024 | Both the final exercise of the Finnish Air Force’s fighter tactics course and the annual main exercise of the transport and liaison aircraft fleet will take place at the end of August.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-train-actively-at-the-end-of-august
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7.10.2024 | The Royal Air Force’s Cobra Warrior exercise ended on Friday 4 October. Some of the Finnish fighter jets will remain at RAF Waddington to take part in the air operations of the Royal Navy's Strike Warrior exercise, starting on 14 October 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/cobra-warrior-provided-experience-in-large-force-multinational-air-operations
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29.3.2023 | Four Finnish F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters will train together with NATO Baltic Air Policing detachments and visit Ämari Air Base in Estonia on 29 March 2023.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-f-a-18-hornets-to-visit-amari-air-base-in-estonia
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3.6.2024 | The Finnish Air Force will participate in NATO's collective peacetime missions in Romania in summer 2024. Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets arrived at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base on Monday 3 June 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-fighter-jets-arrive-in-romania-to-take-part-in-nato-missions
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21.3.2023 | Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornets will train with a United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft on 21–23 March 2023.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/air-to-air-refueling-exercise-1-23-with-the-united-states-air-force
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12.2.2024 | The Finnish Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters will fly training missions with a United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft on 12–15 February 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/air-to-air-refueling-training-missions-with-the-united-states-air-force