Finland’s evolving air power strategy fuses modern technology with historic expertise, forging a fighter fleet ready for any ...
The F/A-18 Hornet was developed as an all-weather supersonic multirole fighter in the 1970s for the U.S. Navy before being ...
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 mission in February 2025. The Finnish Air ...
Finland has taken on NATO's air defence of Iceland for the first time, having previously flown alliance training sorties from ...
The last unit to deploy for Icelandic Air Policing was 617 Squadron of the UK Royal Air Force, who provided the air defense service with F-35B Lightning IIs. The detachment will be locally ...
Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets were previously in Iceland in 2014, during a Royal Norwegian Air Force Air Policing Mission in Iceland. (Finnish Air Force) Finland will mark an important moment ...
and are operating from Keflavik Air Base in Iceland, assuming the duties that had been carried out by the Czech Air Force and its Saab JAS 39 Gripen aircraft. The F/A-18s are currently scheduled ...