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Finnish Defence Forces

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Finland to take part in major Nato exercises in March

Foreign policy
21.1.
Large four-engine propeller-driven military plane on an icy airfield, with several men in bright yellow vests next to it on the right side of the photo.
News

Finland's Defence Committee supports increasing reservist numbers

Domestic news
27.11.
A reservist firing a Nato-compatible assault rifle at a Finnish Defence Forces demonstration in June 2023.
News

Finland's first F-35 fighter jet taking shape in US

Foreign policy
30.10.
A mint-green coloured Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet parked beside an airplane factory.
News

Finnish Air Force plans to remove swastikas from unit flags

Domestic news
28.8.
Air Force officers lined up for a ceremony. A blue flag with the Air Force emblem flies in the background.
News

Finnish Defence Ministry launches programme to boost fitness of incoming conscripts

Defence
19.8.
Officer candidate Jesper Linden jumps over a concrete barrier on an army obstacle course.
News

Defence minister: Situation in Gaza won't affect Finland's arms trade with Israel

Defence policy
2025
Photo shows Finland's Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen (NCP)
News

Russian-built Indian warship leaves Finnish waters

Security
2025
A gray warship in a choppy sea.
News

Helsinki appeal court convicts two HS journalists of disclosing state secrets

Crime
2025
Tuomo Pietiläinen ja Laura Halminen.
News

Finland honours Defence Forces at Flag Day parade in Kuopio

Domestic news
2025
Large crowds of people standing on the sides of a road, most of whom are looking upwards to see a military airshow.
News

Teen spends conscription in Finnish Army tinkering with military drones

Domestic news
20253
A conscript wearing sunglasses holds a black drone in his hands.
News

Finnish volunteers in Ukraine: Finland isn't prepared to defend itself from Russia

Foreign policy
2025
Finnish flags at the memorial of the fallen in the war in Ukraine on Maidan Square in Kyiv.
News

Finland bans property sales to non-resident Russian citizens

Foreign policy
2025
Portrait of a man with dark suit and blue checked necktie.
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Finnish Air Force takes part in Nato exercise in Netherlands

Foreign policy
2025
The cockpit of a Hornet fighter jet, seen from the side.
News

Fewer conscripts drop out of Finnish military training as motivation rises

Defence
20251
Airmen Eeli Mättö and Rasmus Reinikainen wearing camouflage suits and helmets, assault rifles in hands. Their faces are painted white.
News

Finnish Air Force commander dismisses concerns over F-35 'kill switch'

Foreign policy
2025
Photo shows a F-35 fighter jet.
News

Finnish Reservists' Association: Plenty of volunteers for Ukraine peacekeeping mission

Foreign policy
2025
A group of reservists looking at a map in a forest.
News

Defence Minister: Nato troops will be stationed in Rovaniemi, Sodankylä

Domestic news
2025
Antti Häkkänen and Pete Hegseth in conversation, with photographers and a Nato official in the background.
News

Finnish jets patrol Iceland's airspace in Nato operation

Foreign policy
2025
An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet on a snowy tarmac, with personnel in bright yellow vests working on the plane, as a man in military uniform walks in front of it.
News

Defence Ministry prepares legislation to increase age limit for reservists

Defence policy
2025
A group of reservists looking at a map in a forest.
News

Finnish military revamps sniper training with lessons learned from war in Ukraine

Defence
2025
A conscript aims a sniper rifle at the firing range in Santahamina.
News

Finland concludes Isis operation in Iraq

Foreign policy
2024
Finnish soldiers board a military aircraft in Iraq.
News

Ministry of Defence increases daily allowances for conscripts

Domestic news
2024
Two soldiers in the forest, armed and dressed in military gear, fist bump as a sign of cooperation and good team spirit.
News

FDF terminates leases for 64 family homes near critical airfields

Domestic news
2024
A fighter jet refuelling at the Joensuu airfield.
News

One in five young men exempt from military service due to health concerns

Domestic news
2024
New lighter combat equipment for conscripts.
News

Finland co-hosts Nato's largest-ever artillery exercise in Europe

Foreign policy
2024
Photo shows a soldier in a snowy landscape.
News

Finland to host part of Nato's 'largest ever' artillery exercises in Europe

Foreign policy
2024
Around nine soldiers in military gear marching on a cobblestone street.
News

Finnish ministers attending EU defence, foreign affairs meetings in Brussels

Foreign policy
20237
Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Elina Valtonen with shoulder length blonde hair, wearing a bright green and yellow-flowered dress speaking into a microphone, in front of a blue background
News

Finnish Defence Forces acquiring new Jorma-class personnel landing vessels

Domestic news
2023
Troops in camouflage uniforms on the shore, disembarking a Jurmo-class personnel landing vessel in cold weather.
News

Finland's Patria signs deal with Lockheed Martin to assemble F-35 fuselages

Business
2023
A Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet flying in the air.
News

Finland begins international cooperation on domestic airspace surveillance

Foreign policy
2023
Map showing the route of the Jake 11 surveillance airplane.
News

Finland to unveil possible tank delivery to Ukraine on Thursday

Security
2023
Panssariprikaatin Leopard 2A6-panssarivaunu Parolannummella
News

More women interested in voluntary military service; application period ends Sunday

National defence
2023
personer i militärklädsel
News

Finland sending 10th military aid package to Ukraine

Russian attack on Ukraine
2022
Ukrainan sotilaat ampuvat 203 mm:n Pion-tykillä  Khersonin alueella Ukrainassa 09.11.2022.
News

Conscript suffers gunshot wound to head in suspected accident

Disaster
2022
Suomen lippu liehuu Kainuun prikaatin pihamaalla.
News

Nato ships dock in Helsinki this weekend, but away from public eyes

Nato
2022
Kuvassa on Helsingin eteläinen kärki eli Jätkäsaari ja Hernesaari toukokuussa 2020.
News

Finland to take part in Joint Protector 22 drills

UK Joint Expeditionary Force
2022
Joint Expeditionary Forcen kokoontuminen pyöreän pöydän äärellä.
News

Wednesday's papers: Defence spending, stormy weather, pesticide-spraying drones

Weather
2022
Drooneja pellolla
News

Swedish jets play defensive role in Finnish Air Force exercises

Sweden
2022
Kaksi hävittäjää
News

Finnish military procuring light anti-tank weapons for €58m

2022
Nammo
News

British and Swedish troops to join Finnish military exercise in Lapland

Foreign policy
2022
Raskas raketinheitin Ps529-16 ajaa hiekkatiellä Rovajärven harjoitusalueella. Vaunun luukussa seisoo patterin esimies reservin alikersantti Juha Kinnari.
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