Finland Takes Fighters Off Base
A major Finnish air drill will bring allied jets into a test shaped by Ukraine’s war—and reach well beyond military airfields.
Finland is preparing to move combat aircraft between military bases, civilian airports and a highway landing strip during Protective Fence 26, its main air force exercise of the year.
Details reported on November 4 by Nordic Defence Sector, citing the Finnish Air Force, put the exercise at approximately 4,100 personnel and more than 40 aircraft. It is scheduled for November 19–27.
The exercise tests a practical requirement of air defense: keeping aircraft operating when their location must change.
