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Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 05:55:28 MT

AEROTIME · DEFENSE

FINLAND PRESENTS FIRST F-35S AS TRANSITION TO OPERATIONAL SERVICE BEGINS...

The Finnish Air Force formally presented its first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters at an arrival ceremony at the Lapland Air Wing in Rovaniemi on October 1, 2026, 13 days after the aircraft landed in Finland.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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