Finland’s First NATO Deployment Sends F-18 Jets to Romania
June 12th, 2024Via: ZeroHeadge:
NATO’s two newest members – Finland and Sweden – have already seen their militaries quite busy as part of recent joint exercises with the alliance. For the first time this week, another milestone has been achieved as Finland has deployed fighter jets to another NATO country, in a further reversal of the Scandinavian country’s decades-long policy of neutrality.
Seven F-18 fighter jets have been deployed by Helsinki to a base in southeastern Romania. Reuters said based on military statements that the aircraft will “conduct air shielding missions with Romanian and British jets.” Romania has long been dubbed in Western publications as “Russia’s doorstep”.
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