Finland Air Force

Finland’s Patria Group says it has begun making forward fuselages for Lockheed Martin F-35s as part of an agreement by Helsinki to order the single-engine fighter.

Joint efforts between four Nordic air forces to be able to seamlessly fight as one are making steady progress, says Sweden’s air chief, Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman.

Finland is preparing for the SEAD/DEAD mission by acquiring Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile–Extended Range (AARGM-ER).

Sweden has a notional plan to buy four of the Saab AEW aircraft.

Finnish F/A-18 Hornets have deployed to Romania’s Mihail Kogălniceanu AB, where they will be on QRA duty alongside UK RAF Eurofighter Typhoons.

Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will be able to muster a front-line fighter fleet of 250 aircraft by 2030.

The last of NATO’s 30 member states to approve admission, Turkey voted in favor of Finland’s accession on March 30.

Finland has begun allowing allies to conduct surveillance flights along the country’s 1,300-km border with Russia.