RAF Typhoon fighter jets land and take off from a road for first time

RAF Typhoon fighter jets have landed and taken off from a regular road for the first time - demonstrating how the air force can respond rapidly to attack even in the most remote locations and with minimal support crews.
Two of the RAF's front-line jets took off from a single-lane road in Tervo, Finland, which is normally used by normal road traffic but specially designed as an emergency landing strip to sustain aircraft activity if needed.
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[@samplunkett852]

You couldn’t do this in the UK, imagine the punctures you’d get from all the potholes

[@studentaviator3756]

More importantly, the road needs to be made of concrete, or the tarmac will melt.

[@alphaone5406]

Imagine if Just stop oil tried to protest it?

[@seeriktus]

It was done once in the past, believe it was a Tornado making an emergency landing on a motorway. But generally yes, especially with today lampposts everywhere.

[@Pyhantaakka]

These are runways build on to roads. You couldn't do this on regular Finnish road either. 🤭 The place: 62°57'15.7"N 26°47'57.8"E

[@Orlandojusticenomaga]

That’s exactly what I was going to say and speed the humps, talk about loosing the house in vegas, you loose car and the whole plane in UK potholes 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ericconnor8419]

Beautiful scenery. It looks like the Finns have more suitable roads for runway use than ours, they would have to dodge potholes and mad supermarket delivery drivers.

[@VanderlyndenJengold]

I've been up to the arctic circle through Scandanavian countries - it's all trees to the horizon. Pretty cool.

[@whosecock1a]

I live in Finland. Some sections of road scattered across the country are built extra wide to be used tactically as runways should the need arise.

[@death_parade]

@@whosecock1a Makes a lot of sense when your enemy has a lot of TBMs. We do the same thing in India because of the threat from the Chinese PLARF. I've heard Taiwan does it too.

[@zippyzonka]

I love our neighbours in Finland and I love RAF fighters, so what better video could there be. All the best from Sweden.

[@Bob10009]

Back to the Cold War days. It used to be Jaguars and A10s from motorways and Harriers from forest clearings. Now it will be Typhoons and F35b.

[@henryvagincourt4502]

But they were designed for rough strips, unlike the Typhoon and F-35.

[@jonathanryan5860]

With a 'crosswind', just to add a touch of difficulty!

[@Jay-O_Carlow]

The Phoon is by far my favourite fighter! A little pocket rocket but with some of the best BVR in the Game and Dogfight like no Other with its Helmet mounted sight The EF with Meteor missiles and 9X's is a Monster , But Amazing with Air to Ground abilities too with JDAM & Paveway and the Deadly Storm Shadow , Putting in lot's of Amazing work right now! You feel safe knowing these Typhoon's are on station 24/7/365 with the best crews and The best of the Best Pilots who put it all on the line For us. Thank you to all the RAF squadrons We owe so much to you all The selfless hero's that always answer the call no matter what is asked they will carry out that mission and knowing that Makes me feel safer so thank You to all the Forces!

[@jasonmote9529]

Don't forget it's brimestones too

[@death_parade]

Have the RAF Typhoons got their AESA upgrade yet?

[@jasonmote9529]

@death_parade not yet. They are working on a better version than the Europeans use its called ecrs radar 2. Won't be ready for a few years though

[@death_parade]

@@jasonmote9529 Better in what way? GaN instead of GaAs? Or GaAs but some other improvement in cooling tech to allow for more TRMs?

[@paulmoore4344]

Q. Who has the right of way? A. The one with the 27mm cannon.

[@davidbrown8760]

I Love Finland,I went there in 1977 l stay with a family in Hamina which is about half hour from the Russia ( USSR)Border.

[@theoneandonly57]

This is routine for Finns all pilots get this kind of training, there are lots of these kind of "reserv" air bases.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

I always love how sometimes in Finland the road gets SUPER wide. They are for wartime use.

[@trs4u]

It doesn't have to obey road speed limits, it's basically a tricycle.

[@DirectAxion]

Dispersed operations training is definitely a necessity for the allies. No better place to do it than Sweden and Finland. There’s a whole concept to operating this way, and I think this type of cross training is beneficial.

[@ed_richards47]

I'm imagining the faces of the Finnish police when they check this road's speed camera 😂

[@Pyhantaakka]

It's important to note: these road bases are constructed as a part of the road to save costs, which allows Finnish Air Force to scatter the planes around the country in case of a war. They are dimensioned differently, they are narrower than regular runways on airports but wider than roads. The place: 62°57'15.7"N 26°47'57.8"E

[@Pyhantaakka]

@lukasscherenschleifer8708 Does Germany still upkeep and train on those? (of course even if it didn't, those could still fast be taken back to use if the road is still there.)

[@Bob10009]

If you know the coordinates……so does Russia.

[@Pyhantaakka]

@@Bob10009 Ehm, Russia has satellites. And google maps. You can't hide something like this that is part of a road... And it doesn't matter anyway as the whole idea is to increase number available airstrips (potential targets).

[@jarnovilen5259]

@@Bob10009 Well you can find the places in Google Maps, so.

[@Bob10009]

@el060248 unlike people who think that the Russians watch KZbin videos to gain intelligence on NATO forces ? 😂

[@neilmackintosh9602]

A statement to Russia, Finland is in NATO now and we all stand together! We can operate our deterence from anywhere.

[@ThisFinalHandle]

It's a good sign for our future when impromptu runway training is back in vogue.

[@truth-lg7xy]

The finns are very cleaver people❤

[@Dr.D00p]

Just remember when making jokes about UK roads, potholes and not being able to do this in the UK that these roads in Finland were constructed with this in mind and are scrupulously maintained to keep them in a condition for this purpose 365 days a year. Neither of which apply to the UK

[@nl59]

They need to be concrete strips, the UK does have some stretches that can land fighter jets, I'm sure there was a video floating around a few years ago about it. But you may notice on UK motorways occasional sudden patches of no street lights, might be then worth looking up on maps whether it is a straight patch of motorway and then it may be considered a useful spot for the jets.

[@aliancemd]

The roads look like this basically everywhere in EU though - I don’t think that the German autobahn has anything to do with planning to fly planes

[@cliffordwebb3656]

They don't look like this in France. That's in the EU, last time I looked. Have another look at the 'road' upon which the plane is landing. I've never seen anything like it.

[@aliancemd]

Clifford, I don't know where you visited in France but they do look pretty much the same, maybe wider

[@1chish]

Good to see Crab Air keeps adding to the skill base. Typhoon is a great aircraft and becoming even more lethal with the upgrades. Per Ardua Ad Astra

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

*WHY CAN'T BRITAIN DESIGN AND BUILD ITS OWN JETS ANYMORE???*

[@aliancemd]

0:03 Note the angle of the plane and the tree tops flapping quite hard, it’s landing in crosswind

[@jamienorman6444]

If memory serves me right there were a number of Countries bordering the the then Soviet Union that had built areas of road specifically to be used as emergency runways. I can certainly remember fighters taking off from roads in West Germany at the time. I know Harriers were able to fly from confined areas suchvad farms, clearings in woods etc but I'm sure I can recall sering Tornados being flown from Autobahns. So really nothing new!

[@mariuszkonieczny3393]

In Poland many local roads had a very long, wide and stright lanes with massive unused carparks at the end of them.

[@lonpfrb]

@@mariuszkonieczny3393 We remember RAF 303 Squadron, and thank them for their contribution. 🇵🇱 🇬🇧

[@BladeRunnerC]

I’m just pleased there were no traffic police around! Mind you it would have been fun to see their faces when the speed camera was recording the take off speed🤣

[@banana1618]

hope they are keeping to the 'correct' side of the road! :)

[@abid_]

It's very good 👍 because it's not a motorway but a road.

[@alexcook4851]

Strong cross wind too, great approach !

[@ralfklonowski3740]

We used to do this in Germany on a regular basis until the 1990s, with some parts of the Autobahn designed to serve as an emergency airstrip for military aircraft at least up tu Hercules-size. I'm not sure about Galaxies, though.

[@someutubchannel69]

Is the Typhoon battle tested?

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Yes, for years on Op Shader

[@markdavidson8674]

I didn't actually see a landing there. Just a series of touch-n-goes. It would have been nice to see the full rollout and how te aircraft handled the track of the road during the rollout and braking phase.

[@matthewbishop9342]

They should of invited Greta to watch 😂

[@arthurclamp5832]

Is the Typhoon, ulez friendly ?

[@dontcarejustwatchvid]

With your 'hypersonic' missiles, no airfield will be safe. Got to be able to launch from anywhere/anytime.

[@kralikkral5560]

Very important for having real combat power. Does it works also during night? In a real war it would have to.

[@paulhellawell5920]

Fuel truck and maintenance along with weapon stores and lights are all needed. They may plan for that.

[@lonpfrb]

The video doesn't show the full situation and facilities much of which are mobile..

[@Jcat24]

They found a good spot for the picnic

[@josephmarkey9096]

Couldn't do it in Glasgow. EJ2000s are not LEZ compliant.

[@timsimshurst]

Then you can hide it in the forest....

[@myloarcher1373]

This looks amazing

[@8888shooter]

😂😂..good job it wasn't in the UK, they'd hit a pothole!!!😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@Saxondog]

Strap some chainsaws to the edge of your wings fellas, you can fell some trees at the same time, don't worry either, as it's a sustainable forest.😅

[@arthur1670]

Not much landing going on …..

[@carlosreefer257]

Could develop strategies for mobile fuel tankers to meet aircraft at specific locations, enabling them to return to fight sooner & more efficiently or even return to base or aircraft carrier.

[@oscarshen6855]

Roads in Finlands are designed to be used as runways in war time. In UK you can't find a road that's straight for 1 mile, but we do has 400+ air fields though.

[@Foldy435]

It's happening isn't it.

[@pabloescobardiaz4825]

a este rusia le tiene pavor

[@geoffstainforth352]

Pot holes around me would rip off the undercarriage ! 😂

[@timothylowe8327]

Watch it! Deer!

[@A2Z1Two3]

Hope they have a 'Give Way to Aircraft signs ( To make it safe 😮)

[@fazejack5386]

Practice for make shift runways for when war starts

[@jamesdee2434]

Reindeer?

[@wudruffwildcard252]

Shame it wasn‘t a Eurofighter with an Iron Cross! 😢

[@ReallyFarFarAway]

- How much does it cost ?

[@lonpfrb]

Nothing because Finland designed and built this long ago. They have great civil engineers to build what wise leaders decided. 🇫🇮

[@willmac5642]

Try this in the UK. Wd be sitting on bricks in no time.

[@Marc_Gagne]

Just watch out for the reindeer.

[@MsIceBreaker]

I'd spray it green.

[@BASOTELOR-z9y]

oke bro

[@Paul_SD]

Typhoons you say? 🤔🫣

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Yes

[@KillingDeadThings]

Some fine flying of a beautiful jet, in a beautiful Country.

[@grahamstubbs4962]

This does look awfully like a sales promotion aimed against a certain Swedish rival. Still, good to know it's possible. 🙂

[@heinedenmark]

Norwegian F35s also landede there during the exercise..

[@davidhouseman4328]

A bit late, F35 won the Finnish competition. It just advertising Finlands NATO integration.

[@tobiaslundqvist.71]

I think it's more of an adaption for the NATO pilots, now that Finland are in, and Sweden almost in. We in the North have these roadbases since the cold war, and both Finns and Swedes train together. Now the rest of NATO will have catch up!

[@lonpfrb]

@@tobiaslundqvist.71 The timing of this is a deliberate message of course and we respect the Nordic excellence in this. 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇬🇧

[@RaySqw785]

what the point? every fighter can do that

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Still needs to be trialled and tested to work out any issues. It's not just about the jet, but the ground support elements too.

[@berain-vo9ur]

Yes every fighter can do it...not every road can take it...i still have a picture of a Tornado sitting on a road that was supposed a reserve runway sunk upto its axle as the ground pressure of the jet was higher than the road could take.

[@jayhollyoake9419]

❤❤❤

[@ivanstrydom8417]

Wow, it is so slow on finals. I am used to the Mirage III with its delta wing having to approach and a tremendous V to prevent it from stalling. How low is the VS of the Typhoon?

[@nightjarflying]

The apparent slow speed is an illusion due to the camera settings & because the POV is almost in line with the flightpath. The Eurofighter flies at slightly above 150 kn in base and 135 kn in final [depending on the gross weight]. Due to the canard the plane can have quite a high AOA - bear in mind it's designed for STOL.

[@death_parade]

That sounds weird. Delta wings have superior low-speed performance and lower stall speed because of lower wing loading AFAIK. That is the entire concept behind the TEDBF's design.

[@surfman88]

Pray there are no elands around 😮

[@lonpfrb]

Elk fencing is standard in Finland.

[@susanhill3147]

It’d be good to see this happen in the UK

[@cliffordwebb3656]

One can't swing a cat here without hitting a WW2 airfield. We shouldn't need to tart up any roads.

[@cliffordwebb3656]

I don't see any roundels. Whose aircraft are these?

[@Orbital_Inclination]

RAF

[@cliffordwebb3656]

Do you know why the Typhoon has no roundel? German Typhoons have their cross and other RAF aircraft seem to sport a roundel Tornados had a roundel. The F35 has some sort of circle device, although it looks grey.@@Orbital_Inclination

[@Ecthaelyon]

RAF, 41 Sqn, Conningsby. ;)

[@Orbital_Inclination]

​@cliffordwebb3656 the roundels are on the wings, just not clearly visible in this clip

[@cliffordwebb3656]

@@Orbital_Inclination I had a look on t'internet before I originally made this comment and the Typhoons with roundels on the wings also had one on the side of the fuselage (above the wing) and an upright striped badge on the tailplane. The aircraft in the clip have no such markings. Are you sure they have roundels on the wings, or are you assuming that they are there, as one would have every right to expect. Given that there is nothing on the fuselage or tailplane, why do you say there is one on the wing, where I can't see it? There are clearly a lot of squadron markngs, so its not a stealth reason, so why no roundel? Your comment is a Schrödinger's Cat explanation and I don't accept it. Can you supply a source which backs up your explanation? I even had a look at our F35s and they have a roundel, so why don't these Typhoons?

[@aliancemd]

I guess the war in Ukraine taught NATO that you might lose your landing strips and hangars quite fast and need to be able to fly from basically anywhere

[@joakimhausswolff9728]

Nothing new. Ever heard about the Gripen?

[@RoyalMela]

Finland has built these since 1965. There are 21 of these all over Finland. In addition to these wide and long official landing sites, there are hundreds pieces of roads that can be used for similar use during crisis. They are not listed anywhere officially, but it does not take a lot to know one when you see one. Almost every airport has a road strip very close, which you can use too.

[@tams805]

Lol, what? This has been known about and practiced for decades. Not so much by the UK, by other countries. Plus, one of the selling points of the Harrier was remote strips.

[@rogerrees9845]

Quite a hairy landing... Roger... Pembrokeshire UK

[@timphillips9954]

Pembrokeshire = Wales..

[@rogerrees9845]

@@timphillips9954 Thank you Tim, Still part of the UK and I'm not particularly proud of what Mark Drakeford is doing to my home Country....

[@timphillips9954]

@@rogerrees9845 What is your home country, it sounds as if your not sure Wales or the UK? You can't have two, lol. If your not happy with Drakeford then vote him out, that's how a democracy works.

[@rogerrees9845]

@@timphillips9954 I have voted against ever since the Senedd was initiated.... !!!!! Best not talk politics.... 😂

[@brightdaygaming5692]

this doesnt look good, makeshift run way training.

[@lonpfrb]

Not makeshift rather planned and designed dispersal. You don't see all of it in the video...

[@brightdaygaming5692]

@@lonpfrb what on earth are you even speaking about? - "makeshift runway training" is a type of training pilots do before times of war, so if the enemy happened to attack runways.. they could still get to the skies to battle for aerial supremacy, not that i beleve this is an unplanned landing. i posted this comment over 4 months ago, while it was only 2/3 week ago that it was announced nato/ the uk will/would need to face russia in conflict in the next 10 years... ..if anything i was 100% right, proven by the army cheif himself. it is ironic that your point/message here is one of i happen to not see the whole picture.

[@lonpfrb]

@@brightdaygaming5692 There is nothing makeshift about these facilities. The Nordic nations have long understood the challenge that the nearby terrorist state imposes so have planned, designed and built dispersal sites into their military infrastructure and combat plans. It's not a game, and it's not recent. This video doesn't include all the facilities or capabilities so the audience cannot appreciate it, even if they had the relevant experience to form that view. Operational security is the motivation for a limited view.

[@brightdaygaming5692]

@@lonpfrb What...are you ok? go back and read my last message. No one is saying it is "makeshift" apart from you. you are sat here telling me what i meant so you can tell me im wrong. but since you wanna keep making assumptions (like the comment now about gaming/ as if to discreadit me based on nothing but the name - time to school you. the baana 23 exercise is training for landing and take off from makeshift runways i.e roads. an annual event, one that only lasts around 10-11 days. the road is closed to the public and is called sininentie or road 551, there is no "airbase", no nothing its a logging road and a connection between Karttula and Tervo. please tell me im wrong... ill post links next so you can learn that what you think you know about 😂😂 "damn gamers"

[@brightdaygaming5692]

@@lonpfrb gone all quiet... i wonder why.

[@B.A.767]

If they ever tried that on ANY BRITISH ROADS they’d immediately crash as the roads here are pitted with POT HOLES !!

[@garethmclovin9298]

I was gutted that a load of cyclists weren't on the road as the jet landed 😂

[@cliffordwebb3656]

I don't get it. What's wrong with riding a bike? I expect you're the sort who drives to the corner shop at the end of your road. At 30mph, because it's allowed.

[@garethmclovin9298]

@@cliffordwebb3656 what's wrong is when a cyclist rides on the road side by side with his friend causing a massive traffic cues behind when there's a cycle path built on the pavement beside them.Take it by your comment your one of them😂

[@cliffordwebb3656]

That is permitted. You'll just have to wait. There won't have been any signs prohibiting cyclists from using the road. You don't get to choose which rules or laws apply to you, but I suspect you do.@@garethmclovin9298

[@Ecthaelyon]

@@garethmclovin9298 Dont forget he's got his helmet cam ready to film you as you over take so he can have you in court for passing too close...

[@shagwellington]

I could land my Beechcraft on a road like that. Practice forced emergency landings. I've landed in a soybean field and on the grass strip between the runway and taxiway. No big deal if you are practiced.

[@matthewbaynham6286]

That would be a useful applied if Ukraine got their hands on some Typhoons, I know Ukraine wants to have F16's but it seems like there aren't many F16's. Ukraine only got just over about 60 F16's and they wanted more like 150 of them. Perhaps if Typhoons can be used away from runways it might make for a good match for Ukraine. Germany and the UK are the joint second and third largest contributors to Ukraine and they also manufacture the Typhoon.

[@cliffordwebb3656]

There's nowhere near enough Typhoons around. We've got barely enough. The Germans have them, but not enough to spare the dozens required to stick it to the Poot.. Everyone knows they're the best, but they're not enough of them.

[@sigmaputin6888]

No match for the mighty Russian Air Force 🇷🇺🤌🏻

[@lewisgreenway5065]

Oh dear just how wrong can someone be.

[@theoneandonly57]

Russian air force, what is that?

[@billbrockman779]

@@theoneandonly57Check the Ukrainian scrap recycling facilities to find much of it.

[@Bob10009]

The mighty Russian air force ……who are “protecting” their aircraft by covering them with car tyres 😂😂

[@anthonyhulse1248]

Just like the "mighty" RuZZian Black Sea fleet - defeated by a country with no navy.

[@r.lewisblake7793]

That’s called “touch & go” mate. 🫡

[@1chish]

Or aka 'Circuits & Bumps' in old RAF parlance...