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Two Danish F-16s to visit Karelia Air Command

Karelia Air Command
Publication date 2.8.2022 11.45
Press release
Royal Danish Air Force F-16
Royal Danish Air Force F-16. Photo: Finnish Air Force / Minna Pyykönen.

Karelia Air Command will host a step out visit of two Royal Danish Air Force F-16 fighters at Rissala Air Base on 3‒4 August 2022.

The visit will be part of the bilateral cooperation between the Finnish and Danish air forces.

‒ Nordic defence cooperation enables flexible implementation of step out visits. During the event, our F/A-18s will fly training missions together with the Danish F-16s, says Lieutenant Colonel Tomi Böhm, Chief of Staff, Karelia Air Command. 

The Danish F-16s will participate in the Finnish Air Force’s daily flight training activity together with Karelia Air Command’s F/A-18 Hornets. The air activity will take place in the training areas located in the vicinity of Rissala Air Base on 3‒4 August 2022. 

More information: Karelia Air Command Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Tomi Böhm, tel. +358 299 800 (switchboard).

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