The Major Arctic Challenge Exercise 2025 is Cancelled The fighter jet exercise Arctic Challenge was to take place in May-June across Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, with US participation. The decision to cancel the exercise was made in unity by the Nordic air force chiefs, informs the Norwegian Air Force.
US Carrier Strike Group Trained With British and Norwegian Forces in the High North Recently, the world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford with escort vessels, has co-trained with British and Norwegian forces – primarily in the Vestfjord, Northern Norway. An American destroyer has also sailed outside the Finnmark coast and is now docked in Tromsø.
US Strategic Bombers and Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Participates In Arctic Challenge Exercise On Monday, American B-1B strategic bombers and USS Gerald R. Ford's air wing co-trained with Norwegian F-35 fighters in the High North. This took place within the framework of the major Nordic live air exercise Arctic Challenge.
US Strategic Bombers and Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Participates In Arctic Challenge Exercise On Monday, American B-1B strategic bombers and USS Gerald R. Ford's air wing co-trained with Norwegian F-35 fighters in the High North. This took place within the framework of the major Nordic live air exercise Arctic Challenge.
Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023: 150 Aircraft Will Train In the High North At the end of May, the large-scale fighter jet exercise Arctic Challenge Exercise will begin across Norway, Finland, and Sweden. The main activity will take place in the High North – and will include the first major F-35 exercise in Europe.
Norway, Finland, and Sweden Increase Focus on the High North as Joint Operational Area Norway, Finland, and Sweden has entered into an updated defense cooperation agreement with a focus on the High North. "With this update, we can coordinate military operations as if they are NATO members," says the Norwegian Minister of Defense.
