On Thursday, the U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint jet entered the Finnish airspace from the Baltic Sea area, flew all north to Rovaniemi, before returning south: it was the first surveillance mission of a U.S. jet up to northern Finland. Unlike Norway, which has self-imposed restraint on NATO activity near its border with Russia, Finland is now opening its skies for US intelligence flights along the eastern frontier.
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