Tag Archives: Air Force

With 36 aircraft from 9 countries, the largest multinational aviation exercise “INIOCHOS 2024” kicked off in Greece. The exercise started on Monday, April 8, and will last until Thursday, April 18. 📍Andravida Air Base Take off #INIOCHOS24 🇬🇷 Jets. Fight is ON!!! pic.twitter.com/dzwQPfPw9M — Hellenic Air Force (@HAFspokesperson) April 9, …

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A 62-year-old man, a retired Air Force officer, locked himself in his car with his twin toddlers, a boy and a girl aged 2.5 years old, and opened a gas canister in an attempt to put an end to the lives of all three. They were rescued after the man’s …

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Two pilots are missing after a two-seat F-4 Phantom fighter jet of the Greek Air Force crashed into the sea during a training flight on Monday morning. A big Search and Rescue operation is underway to locate the pilots as well as the fighter jet. A statement from the Hellenic …

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One of Greece’s last surviving heroes of World War II, fighter pilot Konstantinos Hatzilakos, has died at the age of 102, the Association of Retired Air Force Officers announced on Tuesday. Lieutenant general Konstantinos Hatzilakos was an iconic figure of the Air Force, a veteran fighter pilot of the Second …

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Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar started beating the drums of war and announced he has already given clear instructions to the Navy and the Air Force of his country. Akar’s clear threats against Greece are the latest level of aggressiveness in a tension that has been escalating on daily basis …

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The Greek-Israeli srael joint Air Force exercise “Frizis Damas 2022”  took place in the FIR of Tel Aviv and Nicosia on Tuesday, July 12. The impressive exercise included air-to-air missions and attacks on ground targets The Hellenic and Israeli Air Forces took part in a joint exercise called “Frizis Damas …

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Greece’s goals to acquire new fighter jets and upgrade its existing air force could see the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) attain a very formidable qualitative edge over its Turkish rival by the end of the 2020s, notes an article posted on magazine Forbes. The articles lists the Greek plans to …

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Greek Air Force deployed a Super Puma helicopter to rescue a British climber from a gorge on the island of Samothrace. The man was hiking with a friend when he fell into the rocks of the gorge, in a depth of some 10 meters. He remained trapped for two days, …

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An unspeakable family tragedy: a member of the Greek Air Force killed her own child, a 20-month-old boy, when she drove her car backward. The tragedy occurred on Tuesday morning at the residence premises of the 110 Wing Battalion in Larissa. The mother stepped in the driver’s seat and started …

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A retired officer of the Greek Air Force has shot his wife and turned his gun against himself on Thursday. The victim and the perpetrator initially survived the shooting and were transferred intubated and in critical condition to a hospital in Athens. One and a half hour after the incident, …

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