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16.5.2025 | Master Sergeant Aleksi Härkönen is the first Finnish crew member on a NATO’s E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/alliance-s-eyes-in-the-sky
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15.5.2025 | The Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Janne Jaakkola, participated in the meetings of NATO and the European Union's defence committees in Brussels on 14-15 May 2025. The chiefs of defence of EU and NATO countries were present at the meetings.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/the-commander-of-the-finnish-defence-forces-participated-in-the-meetings-of-the-military-committees-in-brussels
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19.10.2023 | The Army mechanized exercise Hammer 23 will be organized at the Pohjankangas shooting and training area in Niinisalo from 27 October to 7 November 2023. The exercise enhances the rapid execution capability of the battle group and battalion, cooperation between the branches, provision of host nation support as well as cooperation with Allies. Approximately 2600 soldiers, over half of them reservists, will participate in the exercise led by the Armoured Brigade.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/hammer-23-to-enhance-the-know-how-of-mechanized-troops-in-niinisalo-1
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30.4.2025 | Finland will take part in the Swedish Air Force’s base operations exercise in Uppsala at the beginning of May. The exercise will involve also Finnish reservists.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-basfunktionsovning-25-in-sweden
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15.7.2025 | Swiss Mannerheim Fellow, Major Robin Gubler, visited Finland for three weeks at the turn of May and June. The purpose of the visit was to familiarize himself with Finland and the Finnish Defence Forces. The visit was part of the Mannerheim Fellowship Programme between the Finnish and Swiss Armed Forces. The fellowship programme began in 1949, offering Finnish officers the opportunity to spend ab...https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951210/swiss-mannerheim-fellow-visited-finland-for-three-weeks
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10.4.2025 | The Armoured Brigade will lead the Army mechanized exercise Mighty Arrow 25 at the Pohjankangas Firing Range and Training Area in Niinisalo from 24 April to 13 May. Approximately 2800 persons will take part in the exercise, most of them conscripts and about 700 international troops.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/mighty-arrow-25-to-strengthen-immediate-execution-capability-of-alliance-s-mechanized-forces
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22.5.2023 | Kainuu Brigade hosts US troops’ exercises in Kajaani and Vuosanka from 2 June to 19 June 2023, as a part of the Finnish Army’s training exercise entity.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/kainuu-brigade-hosts-us-troops-northern-belt-23-exercise-activities-in-kajaani-and-vuosanka
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11.4.2025 | Finland participated in NATO’s large-scale live-fly exercise alongside Allied nations.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/ramstein-flag-25-enhanced-integration-between-4th-and-5th-generation-fighter-jets
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22.4.2025 | Lapland Air Wing hosts a detachment of three French Air and Space Force Mirage 2000 fighter jets at Rovaniemi Air Base between 22 and 30 April 2025.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/french-mirage-2000-fighter-jets-to-visit-lapland-air-wing
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16.4.2026 | All brigade-level units of the Army will rehearse joint operating with allied countries’ contingents in the course of May. Several exercises executed simultaneously are aimed at strengthening the Army’s defence capability across Finland, conscripts’ know-how and joint operating with Allies. During the spring, a total of approximately 19,000 allied soldiers from Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, France, United Kingdom, United States, Italy, Hungary and Poland will take part in the exercises.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/allied-troops-from-ten-different-countries-rehearse-defending-finland-under-the-command-of-the-finnish-army
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5.9.2023 | The Utti Jaeger Regiment’s Helicopter Battalion will participate in a flight training event held by the Swedish Air Force during 11 - 15 September 2023.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/finnish-defence-forces-helicopters-to-sweden-s-fell-area
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13.12.2021 | By the decision of the President of the Republic on 3. December 2021, Finland will participate in the European Union military training mission in Mozambique. Finland’s participation will start in practice at the beginning of December when the personnel selected and trained will be deployed to the area of operation.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/web/kansainvalinen-kriisinhallinta/-/1948673/the-finnish-defence-forces-participation-in-the-european-union-military-training-mission-in-mozambique-will-start-in-december
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16.5.2025 | Exercise Narrow Waters 25 to be led by the Finnish Navy will be held in the Archipelago Sea, the Gulf of Finland and on Finland’s southern coast from 21 - 28 May.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/navy-s-spring-main-exercise-to-begin-narrow-waters-25-will-bring-together-allies-from-the-baltic-sea-region
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10.4.2025 | The Vice Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (VCHOD), Major General Karol Dymanowski visited Finland 8 -10 April 2025. The visit was hosted by the Chief of the Defence Command, Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/the-vice-chief-of-the-general-staff-of-the-polish-armed-forces-visited-finland
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22.4.2025 | The British Army’s AH-64E Apache and AW159 Wildcat helicopters will take part in the Finnish Army’s exercise activity in Finland between 24 April and 1 June 2025.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/air-activity-in-the-finnish-army-s-spring-exercises
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2.10.2025 | On 16 September 2025, Command Senior Enlisted Leaders (CSEL) of NATO member nations’ land forces familiarised with conscript training of the Army at the Jaeger Brigade during the NATO Land Command conference (LC3).https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/command-senior-enlisted-leaders-csel-of-the-alliance-s-land-forces-familiarised-with-conscript-training-of-the-army-at-the-jaeger-brigade
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2.12.2024 | On 1 December 2024 Brigadier General Timo Herranen assumed the role of Commander of the Finnish Air Force.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951206/introducing-the-commander-of-the-finnish-air-force
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6.8.2025 | During the second half of the year, the United States will take extensively part in military presence and training activities in Finland and the Baltic Sea region.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/presence-of-the-united-states-will-strengthen-in-the-second-half-of-the-year-active-training-in-finland-and-the-baltic-sea-region
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26.8.2025 | The Finnish Army’s major project over the next decade aims for reforming the entire land defence. Implemented between 2025 and 2035, development work is to build on a realistic threat assessment, technological progress, and close cooperation with allies and the defence industry.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/with-the-aim-of-an-even-stronger-land-defence
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19.4.2023 | The Armoured Brigade will lead the Army mechanized exercise Arrow 23 at the Pohjankangas shooting and training area in Niinisalo from 1 to 14 May 2023. Of the total strength of ca. 2200 persons taking part in the exercise, more than one thousand are conscripts and about 850 international troops.https://maavoimat.fi/en/-/army-mechanized-exercise-arrow-23-to-start-in-niinisalo