Finland is deploying US F-35 fighter jets in the north-east to increase safety
Finland will deploy US-made F-35 fighters in its northernmost region of Lapland to combat Russian aggression when it applies for membership in the Defense Alliance in NATO. Helsinki is expected to receive the first batch of aircraft in four years, the country’s air force reports.
In his statement, the Air Force Brigadier General Juha-Pekka Keränen said that the F-35 fleet would be deployed for the first time by the Lapland Air Force in Rovaniemi in 2026, says the Russian state aid station. RT. The air base where the fighters will be located is located just seven kilometers north of the city of Rovaniemi, in the Arctic Circle, where the famous Santa Claus village is located. This is Finland’s northernmost base, which hosts fighters manufactured in the United States.
The Finnish Ministry of Defense signed an agreement to acquire a fleet of 64 F-35-Stealth multi-purpose fighters as early as December 2021. The F-35 multi-purpose jets manufactured in the United States will replace the obsolete F / A-18 Hornets in Helsinki. When the fighters arrive at NATO’s national Rovaniemi popularity in 2026, the fleet will be deployed by 2030.
Norway, an ally of NATO, has already received 34 of the 52 52 F-35 fighters from the United States.
Finland applied for NATO membership on 17 May, and the deployment of the F-35 aircraft of the military bloc in Northern Europe will increase the security of the future NATO federation. Norway, an ally of NATO, has already received 34 of the 52 52 F-35 fighters from the United States, and most of the fleet is located at the Orlandet air base in the south, north of the Arctic Circle, at the Evenes air base under NATO control. Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) forces.
U.S. F-15E aircraft concealed and intercepted Russian fighter jets operating near Allied airspace over the Baltic Sea earlier this month. The Russian spy plane IL-20 Coot-A (reconnaissance aircraft) was also caught by Eurofighters on Saturday when it was spotted by Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in the airspace off the German island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. The Moscow spy plane broke the airspace of Sweden and Denmark.
The Combined Air Operations Center Uedem (CAOCUE) had also previously ordered an ambulance from the enhanced air police department at the Estonian Amar air base to respond to and investigate Russian Su-35s and two MiG-31s passing through the airspace near the Baltics.
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