Air Force chief on major air exercise ACE 23: "Sending signals"

On Monday, the major air exercise ACE 23 (Arctic Challenge Excercise 2023) began.

Several different nations participate

Approximately 120 aircraft and 2,700 participants from 14 different countries will participate in the exercise, which is partly based at Luleå Airport.

Major General Jonas Wikman, head of the Air Force, believes that the exercise is important for the Swedish Armed Forces, especially in view of the current security situation in Europe.

"Given the external situation we have, it is of course even more important that we can meet the world we have and the one we see in the future.

"Important and sends signals"

Wikman believes that the fact that such a large number of nations have gathered in Sweden and Finland for this air exercise sends a clear signal to the outside world.

"It is clear that our joint capability signals an effect and a willingness to meet the world we see, so it is clear that it is important and sends signals," says Wikman.

In the clip you hear more of what Air Force Chief Jonas Wikman thinks about the large flight exercise.