Finland Air Force Losses, Crashes & Deliveries
Recorded aircraft losses, crashes, shoot-downs and deliveries for the Finland air force, each with a date and source. See the Finland air force overview.
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Events per year
2022โ2026
2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 31 Oct 2026.
By event type
5 events logged ยท 2 airframes lost
These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.
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Finland air force losses, crashes & deliveries
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OCT 232026
2× F-35 Lightning II
Delivered
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ยท Second pair of F-35As, JF-509 and JF-511, landed at the Lapland Air Wing in Rovaniemi via Lajes, bringing Finland's in-country F-35s to four.
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SEP 182026
2× F-35A
Delivered
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ยท The first two F-35As delivered to Finnish soil landed at the Lapland Air Wing in Rovaniemi.
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JAN 202026
F-35A
Delivered
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ยท First F-35A (JF-501) delivered to Ebbing ANGB; Finnish pilot training begins May 2026.
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MAY 72025
F/A-18C
Crash
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ยท F/A-18 Hornet crashed near Rovaniemi Airport; the pilot ejected and was hospitalised.
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MAY 152023
Hawk 51/66
Crash
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ยท Crashed south of Keuruu during training; both pilots ejected safely.