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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.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/history
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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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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.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finland-s-first-f-35a-multirole-fighter-arrives-at-ebbing-air-national-guard-base
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Internationellt samarbete är en daglig beståndsdel i flygvapnets verksamhet. Målsättningen med samarbetet är att dela information och kompetens med centrala aktörer i de områden där flygvapnet verkar samt att skapa förutsättningar för att kostnadseffektivt kunna öva försvarsgrenens viktigaste uppgifter.https://ilmavoimat.fi/sv/internationell-verksamhet
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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.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/french-mirage-2000-fighter-jets-to-visit-lapland-air-wing
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29.10.2024 | The production progress of the Finnish Air Force's F-35A fighters was celebrated at a forward fuselage signing ceremony of the first Finnish F-35 fighter, JF-501, in the United States on 28 October.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/production-of-finland-s-first-f-35-fighters-progressing
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30.3.2026 | Ibruktagningen av F-35-prestationsförmågan framskrider och de första multirolljaktplanen flygs över till Finland i höst. Kommendören för Flygvapnet och F-35-projektchefen ger i denna artikel en översikt om hur ibruktagningen verkställs under det pågående året.https://ilmavoimat.fi/sv/-/ruotsiksi
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16.12.2025 | Det första F-35A-multirollflygplanet i Finland, flygplanet JF-501, visades för publik under en rollout-ceremoni vid Lockheed Martins fabrik i Fort Worth den 16 december.https://ilmavoimat.fi/sv/-/finlands-forsta-f-35a-multirollflygplan-visades-for-publik-under-en-rollout-ceremoni
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10.12.2021 | 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.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/the-lockheed-martin-f-35a-lightning-ii-is-finland-s-next-multi-role-fighter
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2.1.2020 | The Finnish Air Force will organise the HX Challenge testing and evaluation event from 9 January to 26 February 2020. The hub of the event will be Pirkkala Air Base.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/hx-challenge-tuo-havittajakandidaatit-suomeen-tammi-helmikuussa
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12.8.2019 | The Royal Norwegian Air Force will host the Arctic Fighter Meet 19 at Bodø Air Base from 19 to 23 August. The exercise brings together airmen from the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian Air Forces.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/arctic-fighter-meet-19-harjoitus-norjassa-19-23-elokuuta
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9.5.2018 | The HX Fighter Programme to find a replacement for the capability of the Air Force Hornet multirole fighter advanced to a stage at the end of April in which Requests for Quotation for a comprehensive solution that would best suit Finland’s operational circumstances and defence system were sent to five companies manufacturing fighters. The Leader of the HX Programme, Colonel Juha-Pekka Keränen te...https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/suorituskykyarviointi-loytaa-suomen-puolustukseen-sopivan-hx-monitoimihavittajan
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26.6.2026 | Finland will participate in the flying phase of the Weapons Instructor Course 26, organised by the Royal Netherlands Air Force, with five F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets from 6 to 10 July 2026.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-weapons-instructor-course-26-flying-phase-in-the-netherlands
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18.6.2026 | Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark acted as joint hosts for the northern part of NATO’s Ramstein Flag 26 exercise, which concludes today.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/ramstein-flag-26-strengthened-nordic-air-power-as-part-of-nato
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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.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/from-finnish-air-force-hawk-training-to-the-f-35-cockpit
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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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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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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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10.11.2025 | The Finnish Air Force’s Imminent Field 25 highway strip exercise will cause changes in traffic arrangements and movement restrictions in the area of the Hiirola highway strip in Mikkeli from 23 to 28 November 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-highway-strip-exercise-in-mikkeli-in-november-2025
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14.11.2025 | Lapland Air Wing will stage the final exercise of the Air Force’s unit training phase (JPH2/25) on 20-29 November in Rovaniemi.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/end-of-unit-training-phase-exercise-of-the-air-force-in-rovaniemi