Fighter USA could not fly on joint military exercises with Finland

The F-16 U.S. air force for technical reasons could not fly with military bases in Estonia for a total of U.S.-Finnish Exercises near the town of Pori on the West coast of Finland, said the General Finnish air force Antti Koskela.
in the end, the Finnish pilots of combat aircraft Hornet had to conduct maneuvers on their own, the news Agency referring to the newspaper " Satakunnan cans "." I won't say what the problems were. Finnish aircraft were in full readiness. Teaching is expected to continue tomorrow. I am sure that technical problems will be by this time resolved, " writes the print edition. Before Tuesday it was announced that the Finnish and U.S. air force to proceed to General military exercises near the town of Pori on the West coast of Finland. The upcoming week will join the Swedish air force. The training will end on April 1, in the process they air forces of the three countries will use both Finnish and international airspace. They will be mostly over the sea, however, explained in the Finnish air force, if necessary, the flights are Able to also performed over the territory of southern and Central Finland. Combat missiles fighters of the three countries will not be provided. The possibility of making common military exercises Finland, Sweden and the United States was agreed upon at the beginning of February of the current year. Remember, March 20th fighter squadron of the U.S. air force - 14 cars F-16 arrived in Estonia to participate in the General doctrines of the air forces of several countries. March 9, the U.S. announced plans to send in the Baltic States about 3 thousand Soldiers and 750 units of military equipment. The Baltic States and Poland has in the past expressed the wish that the us military were deployed in the area on a permanent basis. The USA told that advocate that more frequent military Exercises with the Baltic States, but do not presume to place in the field of a permanent contingent. After the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine, the head of the Ministry of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu announced an "unprecedented" increase in activity of the military power of the USA and NATO in Eastern Europe at the Russian border.


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