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Mon, 23 Mar, 2015 12:07:25 AM FTimes – STT Report, Mar 23  File Photo Lehtikuva. Finland, Sweden and the USA will conduct a joint air exercise starting on Tuesday.
Bilateral and trilateral exercises are mainly conducted at a training area in Finland's airspace over the Bothnian Sea and in international airspace, said the Air Force in a statement.
The exercise will last for a week and between 2 to 4 Finnish Hornet jets will be involved in the exercise. The US F-16 fighter jets and Swedish JAS 39 Gripen jets will join the Hornets in the exercise.
The decision of Finland's participation in the exercise was made in February.
The Finnish and Swedish fighters will take part in waves from their home bases and the US fighters from Ämari in Estonia.
Consequently, the Finnish Hornets operate either from Satakunta Air Command in Pirkkala or Karelia Air Command in Rissala. Training sorties will be flown in the daytime, said the Air Force.
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