Finnish F/A-18 Jets Arrive in Romania for NATO's Inaugural Air-shielding Mission
Seven Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets landed at Mihail Kog?lniceanu Air Base
The Finnish Air Force will participate in NATO's collective peacetime missions in Romania in summer 2024.
Seven Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets landed at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base on Monday, June 3rd, 2024. This inaugural deployment under NATO’s Air Shielding mission entails conducting both training exercises and operational sorties along the eastern flank of the Black Sea coast.
“For two months the Finnish jets are joining a Royal Air Force Typhoon detachment and will be doing quick-reaction alert duty and flying alongside them and Romanian F-16s collectively securing NATO airspace and assuring the Romanian population,” said Lieutenant Colonel Rami Lindström, the first commander of the Finnish detachment a Mihail Kogalniceanu. “Our objective here in Romania is to enhance our integration into NATO Air Power by honing and deepening our cooperation with the Royal Air Force and the Romanian Air Force”,
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