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Finland, Norway, and Sweden are conducting a massive air exercise amid Russia tensions

The exercise will feature multi-role fighters, electronic warfare aircraft, and ground-based air defense "for the purposes of crisis management."

A Finnish F-18 Hornet takes off of a highway.

As part of the Nordic Defence Cooperation, Finland, Norway, and Sweden are joining forces for a large air exercise with help from the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland and the US nuclear-capable B-52H bombers.

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The exercise will feature multi-role fighters, electronic warfare aircraft, airborne warning and control system aircraft, and ground-based air defense "

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