Finland and Sweden continue integration training with NATO partners

During combined flights and air-to-air combat drills over the Baltic Sea and in Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian airspace at the end of March, Finnish and Swedish fighter pilots trained with their colleagues from France, Belgium, Germany and Poland.

In addition to Finnish F/A-18s, the mission involved Swedish, French, Belgian, German and Polish fighter jets as well as a NATO AWACS aircraft. The fighter jets refuelled from German A400M and Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit’s A330 MRTT.

Under the responsibility of the Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem, NATO has conducted Finland-Sweden Training Events for several years aiming at integrating the two Nordic Allies when they were Partners.

The continuation of this regular training opportunity supports firming up integration and enables constant close cooperation among Allied Air Forces in the Baltic Sea region.