Fighter jet crashes in Finland, pilot ejects
'An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet plunged to the ground in the Rovaniemi airport area,' the Air Force said in a statement.
Finland has 62 Hornet fighter jets bought between 1992 and 2000. The Nordic country in 2021 decided to replace them with Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters.
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