On 11 March 2026, the NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) announced that Flygvapnet (the Swedish Air Force) had completed its deployment to Keflavík Air Base in Iceland. During this assignment, the Swedish fighter jets successfully […]
As reported by Allied Air Command (AIRCOM), during the first week of March a NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft conducted its first mission in Finnish airspace. The mission of the Boeing […]
In February this year, the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat) will, for the first time, participate in the NATO Iceland Air Policing mission. The Finnish deployment will consist of four F/A-18 Hornet fighters and about 50 […]
In the first week of September 2024, F-35 Lightning II of the United States Air Force and the Eurofighter EF-2000 of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) combat aircraft performed their first highway landing operations. That […]
Panavia PA-200 Tornado ECR (c/n 860, ´46+40´ of Luftwaffe / the German Air Force), taking-off for the COMAO mission during the NATO Tiger Meet 2024, Fliegerhorst Schleswig/Jagel, June 2024. Exactly fifty years ago, on 14th […]
As part of the international exercise BALTOPS 24, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) deployed a detachment of the US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jets to Ronneby air base in Sweden. The Harrier […]
On 13th May 2024, a joint NATO airborne operation was executed in Romania. The parachute drop was part of exercise Swift Response 2024, one of multinational trainings within Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO´s largest collective defence […]
On 15th November 2023, NATO officially announced that the Alliance finally selected Boeing E-7A Wedgetail as its new Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) platform. The new aircraft should replace the existing but ageing fleet […]
10th August 2023 marked conclusion of German Air Force ´lean and mean´ exercise over Iceland. For two weeks, six Eurofighters from the 73rd Tactical Air Wing were deployed to Keflavik Air Base within a training […]
On 6th March, this year´s largest military training activity in Norway began. Within the exercise codenamed Joint Viking, the country´s armed forces, their allies and civilian partners will train on defending Norway. Joint Viking is […]
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