Finnish Air Force released video, RQ-4D arrived first time in Finland
June 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Finnish Air Force released video, RQ-4D arrived first time in Finland
❗️Two 🇺🇸US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers conducted joint exercises with 🇫🇮Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet fighters and dropped precision-guided munitions (JDAMs) on targets at the Rovajärvi training ground in Finland.
March 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
❗️Two 🇺🇸US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers conducted joint exercises with 🇫🇮Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet fighters and dropped precision-guided munitions (JDAMs) on targets at the Rovajärvi training ground in Finland.
❗️On September 24, Finnish F/A-18 Hornets and Swedish JAS 39 Gripens jointly intercepted and identified Russian military aircraft over the Gulf of Finland for the first time. Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) forces operated under the Finnish Air Force Air Operations Centre
September 25, 2026 at 10:32 AM
❗️On September 24, Finnish F/A-18 Hornets and Swedish JAS 39 Gripens jointly intercepted and identified Russian military aircraft over the Gulf of Finland for the first time. Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) forces operated under the Finnish Air Force Air Operations Centre
A Finnish Air Force officer has flown aboard a NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft for the first time, marking a key milestone in Finland’s integration into NATO air operations.
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Finnish crew joins NATO AWACS for first time
A Finnish Air Force officer has flown aboard a NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft for the first time, marking a key milestone in Finland’s integration into NATO air operations.
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April 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A Finnish Air Force officer has flown aboard a NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft for the first time, marking a key milestone in Finland’s integration into NATO air operations.
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The Finnish Air Force has just released information that a Finnish F/A-18 Hornet has crashed moments ago at Rovaniemi airport - a joint civilian airport and air force base - with the pilot having ejected succesfully and been located.
May 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Finnish Air Force has just released information that a Finnish F/A-18 Hornet has crashed moments ago at Rovaniemi airport - a joint civilian airport and air force base - with the pilot having ejected succesfully and been located.
Dutch F-35s Conduct Highway Operations with Finnish F/A-18s
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are taking part in the Baana 25 exercise underway in Finland.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/05/27/d...
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are taking part in the Baana 25 exercise underway in Finland.
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Dutch F-35s Conduct Highway Operations with Finnish F/A-18s
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are taking part in the Baana 25 exercise underway in Finland. The Royal Netherlands Air Force
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May 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Dutch F-35s Conduct Highway Operations with Finnish F/A-18s
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are taking part in the Baana 25 exercise underway in Finland.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/05/27/d...
Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are taking part in the Baana 25 exercise underway in Finland.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/05/27/d...
🇫🇮A view from flight AY7516 from Zürich to Helsinki. The traditional Finnish Air Force escort for ice hockey champions returning home🏒🇫🇮
June 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
🇫🇮A view from flight AY7516 from Zürich to Helsinki. The traditional Finnish Air Force escort for ice hockey champions returning home🏒🇫🇮
OTD in 1940 Soviet Union shot down a Finnish civil flight from Estonia to Helsinki, killing diplomats from France & USA plus businessmen from our allies in Nazi Germany. We denied it.
Imagine the red Air Force shooting down civil aircraft in this day & age then lying about it.
Imagine the red Air Force shooting down civil aircraft in this day & age then lying about it.
June 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
OTD in 1940 Soviet Union shot down a Finnish civil flight from Estonia to Helsinki, killing diplomats from France & USA plus businessmen from our allies in Nazi Germany. We denied it.
Imagine the red Air Force shooting down civil aircraft in this day & age then lying about it.
Imagine the red Air Force shooting down civil aircraft in this day & age then lying about it.
Swedish and Finnish fighter jets scrambled to identify Russian military aircraft, Finnish Air Force says
September 25, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Swedish and Finnish fighter jets scrambled to identify Russian military aircraft, Finnish Air Force says
❗️The first 🇫🇮Finnish F-35A fighter has arrived at the 🇺🇸U.S. Ebbing Air Force Base to conduct training for Finnish pilots and technical personnel.
January 23, 2026 at 4:37 PM
❗️The first 🇫🇮Finnish F-35A fighter has arrived at the 🇺🇸U.S. Ebbing Air Force Base to conduct training for Finnish pilots and technical personnel.
The Finnish air force had four Mk.I and nine Mk.III Lysanders
June 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The Finnish air force had four Mk.I and nine Mk.III Lysanders
Finnish Air Force, upgraded signals intelligence aircraft in post below.
Not 100% it is the same airframe as this file photo from 2009, but holy antenna forest growth.
Not 100% it is the same airframe as this file photo from 2009, but holy antenna forest growth.
January 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Finnish Air Force, upgraded signals intelligence aircraft in post below.
Not 100% it is the same airframe as this file photo from 2009, but holy antenna forest growth.
Not 100% it is the same airframe as this file photo from 2009, but holy antenna forest growth.
❗️The 🇺🇸American company Lockheed Martin has completed the assembly of the first F-35A fighter jet for the 🇫🇮Finnish Air Force.
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
❗️The 🇺🇸American company Lockheed Martin has completed the assembly of the first F-35A fighter jet for the 🇫🇮Finnish Air Force.
A nice overview of the Finnish Air Force Museum in Tikkakoski. (Own photo)
September 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
A nice overview of the Finnish Air Force Museum in Tikkakoski. (Own photo)
Swedish SIGINT platform S 102B Korpen (a modified Gulfstream IV) keeping an eye on the Leningrad Military District while NATO conducts the major air force exercise ATLANTIC TRIDENT 2025 in Finnish skies.
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Swedish SIGINT platform S 102B Korpen (a modified Gulfstream IV) keeping an eye on the Leningrad Military District while NATO conducts the major air force exercise ATLANTIC TRIDENT 2025 in Finnish skies.
Vintage Friday: SAAB Drakens in Finnish service taxiing on a roadway. These aircraft were in service in the Finnish AF in a number of variants from 1974-1995, with an exceptionally solid safety record.
March 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Vintage Friday: SAAB Drakens in Finnish service taxiing on a roadway. These aircraft were in service in the Finnish AF in a number of variants from 1974-1995, with an exceptionally solid safety record.
Finnish Air Force back from Poland.
February 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Finnish Air Force back from Poland.
Finnish Air Force Pilatus active in the archipelago.
November 23, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Finnish Air Force Pilatus active in the archipelago.
A 1976 letter of appreciation from the Royal Air Force to the Finnish Defence Forces concerning the participation of four Finnish Air Force DC-3/C-47s and their crews into Exercise NEW MARKET in filming 'A Bridge Too Far'(1977).
September 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM
A 1976 letter of appreciation from the Royal Air Force to the Finnish Defence Forces concerning the participation of four Finnish Air Force DC-3/C-47s and their crews into Exercise NEW MARKET in filming 'A Bridge Too Far'(1977).
Scale models at the Finnish Air Force Museum. (Photos own)
August 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Scale models at the Finnish Air Force Museum. (Photos own)
🇫🇮🇺🇦 The Finnish Air Force made a mistake in identifying the drones that crashed in the country at the end of March, - Militarnyi
It’s not An-196 "Liutyi" attack drone, it was a decoy called "Chaika".
Ukraine uses such budget drones as decoys to overload enemy air defense systems.
It’s not An-196 "Liutyi" attack drone, it was a decoy called "Chaika".
Ukraine uses such budget drones as decoys to overload enemy air defense systems.
April 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
🇫🇮🇺🇦 The Finnish Air Force made a mistake in identifying the drones that crashed in the country at the end of March, - Militarnyi
It’s not An-196 "Liutyi" attack drone, it was a decoy called "Chaika".
Ukraine uses such budget drones as decoys to overload enemy air defense systems.
It’s not An-196 "Liutyi" attack drone, it was a decoy called "Chaika".
Ukraine uses such budget drones as decoys to overload enemy air defense systems.
4/ Finland, Estonia and Italy were all involved in the response: "The aircraft were first intercepted by Finnish Air Force fighters, which were then joined by Italian Air Force F-35 fighters to escort the border violators out of Estonian airspace ... to the Kaliningrad region."
September 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
4/ Finland, Estonia and Italy were all involved in the response: "The aircraft were first intercepted by Finnish Air Force fighters, which were then joined by Italian Air Force F-35 fighters to escort the border violators out of Estonian airspace ... to the Kaliningrad region."
Finnish Air Force pilots disciplined for drawing genitalia in the sky #UPI
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Finnish Air Force pilots disciplined for drawing genitalia in the sky - UPI.com
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April 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Finnish Air Force pilots disciplined for drawing genitalia in the sky #UPI
ANALYSIS TIME - The Aviationist's Elia Silvestris Presents:
#Finnish Air Force to Participate in #Icelandic Air Policing for the First Time (Now that's a good #NATO neighbour!)
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#Finnish Air Force to Participate in #Icelandic Air Policing for the First Time (Now that's a good #NATO neighbour!)
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Finnish Air Force to Participate in Icelandic Air Policing for the First Time
The Finnish Air Force will secure NATO skies by deploying four F/A-18 Hornets to Keflavik Air Base for the next rotation of the Icelandic Air Policing
theaviationist.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ANALYSIS TIME - The Aviationist's Elia Silvestris Presents:
#Finnish Air Force to Participate in #Icelandic Air Policing for the First Time (Now that's a good #NATO neighbour!)
theaviationist.com/2025/01/12/f...
#Finnish Air Force to Participate in #Icelandic Air Policing for the First Time (Now that's a good #NATO neighbour!)
theaviationist.com/2025/01/12/f...
Zelensky in Finland, arrived today.
Finnish Hornets ecorted Ukrainian Air Force Airbus to Helsinki-Vantaa airport, heavy presence of Finnish Defence Forces and police providing security.
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Finnish Hornets ecorted Ukrainian Air Force Airbus to Helsinki-Vantaa airport, heavy presence of Finnish Defence Forces and police providing security.
www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/7d...
Kaksi Hornetia saattoi Zelenskyin Helsinki-Vantaalle – Katso video
Helsingissä ja Helsinki-Vantaalla mittavia turvatoimia.
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March 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Zelensky in Finland, arrived today.
Finnish Hornets ecorted Ukrainian Air Force Airbus to Helsinki-Vantaa airport, heavy presence of Finnish Defence Forces and police providing security.
www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/7d...
Finnish Hornets ecorted Ukrainian Air Force Airbus to Helsinki-Vantaa airport, heavy presence of Finnish Defence Forces and police providing security.
www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/7d...