'Moving with the times': Finland retires swastika as air force emblem

The flag of the Finnish Air Force during a parade on Santahamina Garrison Island, Helsinki on 31 July, 2019. © AP - Martti Kainulainen

The Finnish Air Force has used the swastika as its emblem since 1918, but has now announced it will remove it from its flags.

A swastika on the flag of the military of a NATO country might be a surprising sight – but it has been the official emblem of the Finnish Air Force for more than a century.