The F/A-18 Hornet was developed as an all-weather supersonic multirole fighter in the 1970s for the U.S. Navy before being ...

There is no indication that the Arctic conditions had anything to do with the recent F-35 crash in Alaska—but Russia has said ...

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 RAF is providing RC-135 Rivet Joint and P-8 Poseidon MRA1 aircraft from the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target ...

In line with reports earlier this month, the Finnish Air Force has announced that its F/A-18 Hornet fighters have arrived in Iceland to begin their Air Policing Missions. This marks the first time ...

“Basically, we were looking for the Ruskies coming in from Canada,” says Sgt. Marvin Crawford, who was stationed at the Finland Air Force Station from 1965 to 1968. At the height of the Cold War, the ...

The ferrying of the Hornets from Finland to Iceland, will occur in January 2025. Credit: Finnish Air Force. Finland is set to deploy a detachment of four F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets and 50 airmen to ...

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 ...

Following Friday’s interceptions, Finnish Air Force F-18s joined the RAF Typhoons in escorting the Tu-22 and Su-30 through the Gulf of Finland. Swedish Air Force Gripens and Portuguese and Romanian ...

Finland’s four Hornets arrived on January 24, 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 ...