
Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen (Centre) talked to reporters about current security policy issues in the Parliament House in Helsinki on Thursday, 23 March 2023. Kaikkonen viewed that Finland’s F-18 Hornet jets might not be too useful for Ukraine at the end of their life cycle. (Antti Hämäläinen – Lehtikuva)
MINISTER of Defence Antti Kaikkonen (Centre) on Thursday viewed that Finland will need its Hornet fighter jets in the coming years.
“If you look further into the future, when we get the new equipment at the end of the decade, the Hornets will be at the end of their life cycle. Their use value is starting to be pretty low,” he was quoted saying by Helsingin Sanomat.