Britain’s Royal Air Force has sent fighter jets to Sweden and Finland for training exercises as part of the UK’s “increased presence in the region” following the two countries’ application to join the NATO military alliance, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.
Two F-35Bs and four Typhoons conducted “high-end warfighting training” with Finnish F-18 Hornets and Swedish Gripen aircrafts, the ministry said in a statement.
The deployments, which took place over the last month at the request of the host nations, allowed the three air forces to “develop their joint tactics and strengthen their ability to operate alongside each other,” and underlined the UK’s commitment to strengthening collective defence capabilities with Sweden and Finland, said the MoD….