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Several sources have recently announced further details on Nordic Response (4 - 15 March). Lulea-Kallax Air Base - SwAF JAS39 F7 & F21 (media day 6-3) Vidsel Air Base - active Kiruna civil airport - SwAF & FinnAF helicopters (media day 7-3) Andoya AIr Base - FinnAF F-18 Bardufoss Air BAse - SwAF JAS...

The Finnish Air Force will arrange the Hanki 24 air exercise from 26 February to 2 March 2024. Approximately 40 aircraft and 3,800 airmen will participate in the exercise. The main operating bases of the exercise will be Tikkakoski in Jyväskylä and Rovaniemi including highway strips adjacent to the ...

According to below quotes, US C-130Js will participate in Ramstein Flag in Greece September 2024. "The presentation of the carrier [C-130J, red] to the Greek staff is expected to take place by next September at the latest, when American C-130Js will be stationed in Greece for the Ramstein Flag 24 ex...

Maybe a bit late, but I haven't seen this info pass by yet ... Royal Netherlands Air Force Helicopter Detachment to a flight training exercise in Finland PRESS RELEASE by Utti Jaeger Regiment - Publication date18.1.2024 15.30 The Utti Jaeger Regiment’s Helicopter Battalion will exercise with the Roy...

Finnish Defence Forces’ participation in Nordic Response 24 [...] The Air Force will deploy to the exercise 12 F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighters. [...] The Air Force activity will concentrate on the operating base at Rovaniemi, whereas air activity will cover all of Lapland. Source: https://maavoimat...

With the support of funding from Luxembourg, the runway at Amari (Estonia) will get new surfacing, the fighter jet hangar apron will be renovated, the drainage system will be renovated, and the runway markings will be replaced. The total cost of the renovation of the airside of the Amari Air Base is...

Finnish Government publication on 2 February 2024 "In 2024, Finland is participating in NATO's peacetime joint defense tasks with one ship of the navy and a flight detachment of up to eight fighters of the air force. For the navy, it is about the tasks of the permanent mine countermeasures detachmen...

CAF assets that will be participating [in exercise Steadfast Defender, red.] include Canadian patrol frigate HMCS Charlottetown with an embarked CH-148 Cyclone helicopter , and the Canadian-led enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Latvia, including for the first time, a Canadian Leopard 2 Main ...

"Ook België zal met enkele honderden militairen deelnemen aan de operatie.
[...]
Zo zullen enkele F-16's en fregatten deelnemen aan een Britse oefening."

Bron: vrt.be

Skrydstrup AB in Denmark is one of the training locations for Ukrainian F-16 pilots. According to multiple sources on 5 January 2 RNoAF F-16B were ferried from Bodo to Skrydstrup. Foto's show serial 689 in front of a Skrydstrup HAS after landing. Source: https://www.forsvaret.no/en/news/articles/nor...

bron: https://e-dimotes.gr/volfa-24 The large French interdisciplinary exercise "VOLFA-2024" with Greek participation is expected to be held at the Mont de Marsan Air Base in southwestern France. During Exercise "VOLFA", objects of complex air missions covering the entire range of air operations, in...

Spent some time 14:15-15:30LT here in the rain, plus another try @17:00LT when the weather improved. Numbers read off in order of parking front to back (spot 1). Some black serials were too hard to read, but from the generic 1 CAB-list posted elsewhere I am sure you can fill in the blanks... 163 HH6...

Anyone an idea when the 312 sqn F-16s wiil return from Aviano?

16:30-17:00LT local F-16s landing:
352/SP/52 FW, 338/SP (grey)
403/SP, 343/SP
407/SP, 361/SP

On deck:
6615(8) C-17 AMC Travis (adsb 66155)
66160 C-17 AMC Travis
71483 KC-135 AMC
38025 KC-135 AMC Fairchild
+ one more C-17

29-9 noon
91515 KC-135 AMC Fairchild
+ one more KC-135

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