Examples on international training and exercise events in which Finland will participate or which will be organised by Finland in 2018
Training Date Location
Multinational special forces training March Finland NORTHERN GRIFFIN (NG) Multinational combined fire exercise Autumn United States BOLD QUEST NATO cyber exercise End of year Estonia LOCKED SHIELDS Bilateral flight operation exercise between Finland and April Finland Sweden FINAL NATO naval command post exercise March Belgium DYNAMIC MOVE NATO command, control and communication (C3) exercise Date open Europe STEADFAST COBALT NATO air force command post exercise Spring Germany RAMSTEIN AMBITION Anti tank troops exercise May Finland ANTI TANK EXERCISE (ATEX) Air defence training and exercise Spring, autumn Finland GBAD EXERCISE 1 and 2 Estonia’s main military exercise May Estonia SIIL Multinational troops exercise June Germany COMBINED RESOLVE NATO C3 exercise May-June Poland TRANSFORMATIONAL COALITION WARRIOR INTEROPERABILITY EXERCISE (CWIX) Multinational troops exercise June Baltic States SABER STRIKE (SBS) Multinational troops exercise June Baltic Sea BALTIC OPERATIONS (BALTOPS) Tactical flight exercise August Finland SORA Flight operation exercise May Finland, Sweden, ARCTIC FIGHTER MEET (AFM) Norway Engineering and clearing exercise September Iceland NORTHERN CHALLENGE Troops exercise October/November Finland, Baltic NORTHERN COASTS (NOCO) Sea Main military exercise of the Swedish air force Spring Sweden FLYGVAPNETÖVNING Air defence command post exercise September Finland NORDIC HELMET Multinational air/land integration exercise September Czech Republic AMPLE STRIKE
Research and testing exercise for the aircraft self protection September/October Slovakia MACE Cyber exercise November Estonia, Finland CYBER COALITION CBRN threats exercise End of year Denmark RECCEX Nordic artillery exercise May Finland NORDIC ARTILLERY EXERCISE (NAX) Naval search and rescue exercise End of year Finland SHARK Army cross border training and exercise Year 2018 Nordic Countries CROSS BORDER TRAINING (CBT) Navy cross border training Year 2018 Nordic Countries CROSS BORDER TRAINING (CBT) Air Force cross border training Year 2018 Nordic Countries CROSS BORDER TRAINING (CBT) Cooperation flights with US air force detachments Dates open Baltic States, Finland, Sweden Training and exercise cooperation in jet primary trainers Dates open Finland JET TRAINING COOPERATION (JTC) Tactical flight operation exercise Dates open Baltic States, RAMSTEIN ALLOY Baltic Sea
Naval mine countermeasure and clearing exercise Date open Baltic Sea OPEN SPIRIT Firing exercise of vessel units Spring Finland BALTIC SHIELD Diving, rescue and clearing exercise Date open Finland FINEST DIVEX Logistical command post exercise Date open Location open JOINT DERBY Air-to-air refuelling exercises Entire year Finland AIR TO AIR REFUELLING (AAR) US squadron visit Date open Finland
EU planning & command and control exercise Spring EU Member EU MILEX States C3 exercise April Finland FIN ENDEAVOR Multinational troops exercise Date open Baltic Sea BALTIC OPERATIONS (BALTOPS) NATO training and exercise entity Entire year Finland, Sweden, FINNISH SWEDISH TRAINING EVENTS, FSTE Baltic Sea Multinational troops exercise October United States RED FLAG EU consultation and decision-making exercise Beginning of year EU Member EU MULTILAYER States
Engineering and clearing exercise September Austria EUROPEAN GUARDIAN NATO troops exercise October/November Norway, TRIDENT JUNCTURE Northern Europe Finnish and Swedish troops exercise Spring Sweden VINTERSOL Finnish and Swedish troops exercise Autumn Sweden KVARN Finnish and Swedish army command post exercise End of year Finland FISE BDE FRAMEWORK CPX/ARCTIC SHIELD Nordic cyber exercise End of year Nordic Countries NORDEFCO CYBER EXERCISE Finnish and Swedish navy command post exercise April Finland SFNTG MAPEX Finnish and Swedish amphibious troops command post January/February Finland exercise SFATU CPX Finnish and Swedish naval exercise Date open Location open SEA CONTROL EXERCISE Multinational cyber exercise Spring United States CYBER FLAG Multinational command and control exercise April Sweden VIKING Multinational medical exercise September Lithuania FIELD SURGICAL EXERCISE Multinational army exercise Beginning of year Germany Allied Spirit Mechanised units exercise May Finland ARROW Combined fire exercise May Finland NORTHER