NATO Fighter Jets Land on Highway Near Russia in Exercise – US F-35, Finnish F/A-18, German Typhoon

NATO fighter jets, including the U.S. Air Force's F-35A Lightning II, the Finnish Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet, and the German Air Force's Eurofighter Typhoon, landed on the Hosio highway strip during a Finnish-hosted exercise in Ranua, Finland, on September 4, 2024.

0:00 Intro
0:29 German Typhoon
2:13 Finnish F/A-18
4:09 U.S. F-35A
6:48 Slow-mo

Film Credits: U.S. Army and Finnish Air Force

The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

[ayajparahinog]

What i can see for this exercises is, it is sending a message to any party that anywhere, as long as there is a nice pave road, fighter jets can land and refuel anytime.

[joshuaamado]

The best way to prevent war is to do things like this. Train together, demonstrate Unity between allies, and demonstrate ability to fight anywhere at anytime.

[tubeToBeFree]

Finnish version of aircraft carrier. Emergency landing and take off areas if russia destroys the air bases. When sending a message to russia these videos are important ones.

[AllanSitte]

Ground Crew: Are those tree branches sticking out of your landing gear?
Pilot: Just making sure that the landing path was clear for my friends. 😁

[wyaldkingdom]

Me:(late to work) So I was on my way to work and this guy just cuts me off.
Boss: Really, was it a BMW?
Me: No it was an F-35 I swear.
Boss: Good luck at your next job!

[modelrailwaynoob]

I was in an exercise in Germany in around 1990. We had to get to a grid and stop for the night. It was pitch black. At dawn, there was a racket next to us and two Harriers took off. Incredible site.

[mike.]

Those F35A Lightning II are based at RAF Lakenheath 48th FW, just down the road from my house. I hear them flying around the area, along with the F15 Strike Eagles who are based there also.

[sasiuru]

"Puolustusvoimat - Försvarsmakten - The Finnish Defence Forces", official channel of Finnish defence forces released TopGun-ish feel good reel from this. Called "BAANA24 – IMMINENT FIELD 24". Worth to watch also. :)

Living in a such place that almost everytime there is a some sort of training, those jets goes over the house (if they are using Tampere Pirkkala airfield, which they often do). It is fun to watch and listen - as long as the planes flying are allies. Last summer Apaches, year earlier couple of times CH-47 Chinook. By sound, I guess Typhoons/F-35s did go over this area, those sounds sounded familiar...

[rhensontollhouse]

Typhoon pilot dropping in slow barely over the trees to land on a narrow strip of highway = Balls of Steel

[martinmiessler]

Training, Training, Training, Back to the 1980er Combat Level !
🇺🇦🇺🇲🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦

[willberry]

finland is a great addition to nato. Glad to have you guys

[BenSharp-hume]

USA has been doing a lot of it over here room. F-35s in California and Kansas.
2 C-130s and a C27 tanker, ammo carrier set up on an Arkansas highway to service a C-130J SOCOM "Ghostrider" Gunship that flew in, was refueled, crew fed, replenished, and the support aircraft then took off too

[JustTweetAway]

We have these so called highway Landing strips everywhere here 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[ankitjain]

In my country, even the bicycles can't ride smoothly. 😂

[LoveeDooUniverse]

FA-18, F-22, F35, Rafale, Gripen, and Eurofighter are my dream jets.

[Evil.Totoro]

The 4th generation of fighters really do look the coolest, it’s gonna be sad when they stop flying,

[thezanzibarbarian]

If this happened in the UK, the UK would have to send this message.
_"Hello NATO. Sorry about this but training has been aborted today because two Just Stop Oil protestors are sitting on the road we were going to use and our police force won't remove them."_

[KelliEagle]

They are a family right in front of Putler's house😅

Worry about them

[roberthuff]

Much like the alternate use case of the US interstate system built in the 50s and 60s.

[chrismitchell]

NATO needs to stop playing games and get logistics sorted to the front line in Ukraine for the win! By now delivery should be increasing every day!