{"id":44436,"date":"2018-03-26T17:36:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T17:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/26\/finnish-fighter-pilot-lands-on-us-aircraft-carrier-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:51:10","slug":"finnish-fighter-pilot-lands-on-us-aircraft-carrier-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/03\/26\/finnish-fighter-pilot-lands-on-us-aircraft-carrier-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish fighter pilot lands on US aircraft carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of a pilot exchange program, a Finnish Air Force pilot landed a F\/A-18C Hornet on a U.S. aircraft carrier on March 17, a first for the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capt. Juha \u201cStallion\u201d Jarvinen successfully performed the arrested landing on the Nimitz-class carrier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/08\/aviator-vying-to-be-navys-first-female-co-of-an-aircraft-carrier\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Abraham Lincoln<\/a>, according to a Navy press release, as part of the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/01\/17\/fa-18c-hornet-crash-result-of-below-average-pilots-error-and-runway-lighting\/?utm_source=clavis\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">pilot exchange<\/a> between the U.S. Marine Corps and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/10\/07\/finland-u-s-to-deepen-military-ties-through-new-pact\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">Finnish Air Force.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jarvinen first had to complete the same training as Navy and Marine Corps pilots before landing on the carrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe put him through the same repetitions of fuel carrier landing practice events that all students go through,\u201d said program instructor Maj. Shane Bursae in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/submit\/display.asp?story_id=104763\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a>. \u201cThe purpose of this is so that when he does move on to teach students in the Finnish Air Force, he has knowledge and first-hand experience of what he is teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1527\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/finn.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/finn.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/finn.JPG.jpg?resize=236,300 236w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/finn.JPG.jpg?resize=768,977 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/finn.JPG.jpg?resize=805,1024 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Marine Corps. Capt. Michael Humiston congratulates Finnish Air Force Capt. Juha Jarvinen upon completion of an arrested landing of an F\/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Sharpshooters of Marine Strike Fighter Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). This marks the first time a Finish pilot has performed and arrested gear landing aboard an aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian M. Wilbur\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrested landing is challenging to perform, as the pilot must hook on to one of four wires located on the flight deck. Ideally, they hook the third wire, which will give them the safest landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was pretty intense,\u201d said Jarvinen in the release. \u201cI was extremely happy because I knew I actually caught the wire when I felt the sensation of rapidly slowing down, but at the same time I was a little disappointed because I caught the second wire and not the third.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 program is meant to strengthen military partnerships between the two countries and to improve the pilot training programs for all involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m excited to bring back a lot of real experience,\u201d said Jarvinen in the press release. \u201cNot theory, but real life training experience. 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