Two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II jets executed a historic landing on a highway in Finland on Wednesday as part of the Finnish Air Force’s annual road base exercise, dubbed BAANA 2024.

The U.S. Air Force landed an F-35 on a Finnish highway for the first time during a recent NATO exercise. (Air Force video) The Air Force landed two F-35A fighters on a highway in Finland on ...

which is an established part of the Finnish Air Force's routine flying training. One of the two pilots to take part said: "The Finnish have worked hard for decades on disparate operations should ...

Eurofighter jets have been deployed to Finland's border with Russia, according to German media. More Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Also on September 4, two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft ...

Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter jets conducted highway landing operations in Finland, marking the first time U.S. F-35s performed such a mission in Europe. Summary and Key ...

Almost uniquely within the alliance (Finland has a similar system), Sweden ... Carl Bergqvist, a fighter pilot and the Swedish Air Force’s current chief of plans. In addition to the highway ...

Three Eurofighters from Tactical Air Force Wing 71 ‘Richthofen' based at Laage deployed to Exercise ‘Baana 2024' in Finland in early September as the Luftwaffe and the wider NATO alliance look ...

That makes the combined Finnish/Swedish fighter contingent roughly equal to the combat jets of the UK's Royal Air Force and about is only one-third less than the roughly 200 fighter jets apiece ...

A historic moment for the US Air Force happened when a pair of F-35s landed on a highway in Finland during the exercise Baana ...

The agile combat employment concept aims to disperse Air Force bases, making it impossible for adversaries to take them out with a single missile barrage.