Arctic Challenge Exercise 2017

Ilmavoimat F/A-18C serials HN-447 and HN-450 approach a tanker during ACE 17. Further coverage of the exercise will appear in the August issue. Erik Bruijns and Mark de Greeuw ELEVEN NATIONS gathered in Finland, Norway and Sweden for the third biennial joint Arctic Challenge Exercise (ACE 17) between May 22 and June 2. Over 100 aircraft took to the skies of Northern Europe during the two-week exercise, led for the first time by the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force). ACE 17