Two Danish F-35 fighter jets have landed at Kangerlussuaq Airport in Greenland for the first time during a NATO Arctic training operation involving allied aircraft from the United States and Canada. The exercise, part of NATO’s Arctic Sentry mission, focused on surveillance, deterrence and flying in harsh northern conditions, with activity centred around Kangerlussuaq and Narsarsuaq.
The deployment brought about 400 personnel from 10 NATO countries into the Arctic theatre for land, sea and air training. Danish F-16s had previously operated from Kangerlussuaq, but the latest landing extends fifth-generation Danish combat aviation into Greenlandic infrastructure for the first time.
The Danish F-35s flew from Keflavik Air Base in Iceland, while U.S. F-16s and Canadian CF-18s operated from Goose Bay in Canada. The long-range positioning underlined the multinational coordination behind the mission and the growing use of Arctic airfields for allied combat aviation.