Tag Archives: F-16

“The upgrade of Turkish arsenal by the USA is a problem,” Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told the Parliament on Thursday, during the debate on the Mutual Defense Agreement between Greece and the USA scheduled to be ratified today. In the shadow of the “rumored” decision of the Biden administration …

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Turkish F-16 fighter jets recorded on Wednesday  a record of 126 violations of Greek air space and 30 overflights of Greek islands some of them inhabited. Despite a demarche from Athens to Ankara earlier on Wednesday, the neighbors on the other side of the Aegean Sea ignored Greece’s diplomatic protest …

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The Hellenic Leaders Council in the USA has launched a campaign on Thursday urging the US administration not to sell American F-16 fighter jets and upgrade kits to Turkey “until it shows compliance with US and international law.” Using the hashtag #NoJetsForTurkey, the campaign urges US citizens to petition their …

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Turkish fighter jets continue to violate Greece’s airspace and fly over Greek islands in the east of the country. Two pairs of Turkish F-16 violated twice the Greek airspace alone on Tuesday and flew over the island of Oinousses at 10:57 in the morning and 2:53 in the afternoon. A …

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An F-16 fighter jet of the Greek Air Force crashed in the military air base of Andravida in western Peloponnese on Thursday afternoon. The pilot successfully ejected from the plane before the crash and was in “good health,” preliminary reports from the scene said. The accident occurred at 3:49 p.m. …

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U.S. President Joe Biden met with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G20 in Rome. The leaders met amid tensions between the two countries over defense and human rights issues. The two men discussed Turkey’s request to purchase F-16 fighter jets, which U.S. lawmakers have opposed on …

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Turkish fighter jets carried out a fresh round of overflights in the eastern Aegean on Wednesday. A formation of four F-16 aircraft flew over the islet of Athropofagoi at an altitude of 10,000 feet at 10:10 in the morning. The Turkish aircraft were intercepted by Greek jets in line with …

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Fighter jets and helicopters flew over Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities on Wednesday morning to mark the national OXI Day holiday as military and students’ parades have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Traditional events to honor the fight against Nazism and Fascism were held with a very limited …

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Eight Greek fighter jets F16 escorted two US bombers B-52 within the FIR of Athens and Nicosia on Wednesday, the Greek General Staff announced. The escort took place at the request USEUCOM, the US European Command. The two strategic bombers were accompanied by four pairs of F-16 aircraft during their …

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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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The General Staff of the Greek Air Force has dismissed recent media reports of snags and delays in the upgrade of its F-16 fighter jets fleet. Work to date is “in line with the scheduled time frame,” the Air Force said in a statement issued on Wednesday. The US-made aircraft …

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The Greek Air Force released on Tuesday a video showing a ‘dog fight” between a Greek Mirage 2000 and a Turkish F-16. The footage shows how the Mirage is chasing the F-16 in the sky over the eastern Aegean Sea. The Turkish fighter jet had, furthermore, violated Greek air space and …

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A unprecedented Turkish provocation: Turkish F-16 fighter jets not only violated Greek air space in the region of Evros with low flights reaching even 500 ft (200 meters), they also harassed a Greek military helicopter patrolling over the border area to Turkey. It is the first time, Turkey conducts such …

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Defense Minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, revealed Greece’s armament plans following the official visit of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the White House. Greece plans to acquire 24 F-35 aircraft at a total cost of 3 billion USD including the infrastructure, proceed with the upgrade of 82 F-16 and possible purchase war …

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The Ministry of National Defense has submitted a bill to the Parliament including among others the upgrade of fighter jest F-16 and the Follow-On Support/FOS of Mirage-2000. The total cost exceeds half a billion euros. The draft law envisages enhancing the operational performance and dynamics of F-16 aircraft as proposed …

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With a pair of F-16 fighter jets, two electronic warfare aircraft and one unmanned aerial vehicle Turkey violated the Greek Airspace 18 times on Tuesday. The 18 FIR Athens violations occurred in the South-East Aegean Sea. In two cases Greek and Turkish jets were involved in “dog-fights.” The Turkish fighter …

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Greece is considering the potential acquisition of up to 30 Lockheed Martin F-35s to replace the oldest F-16C/Ds operated by the air force. “Beyond the upgrade of the F-16 fighter jets, we are in the process of selecting a new plane for Greece, so we can gradually move to the …

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Turkish fighter jets harassed the helicopter carrying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the remote island of Agathonisi in north Dodecanese. The jets forced the helicopter of the Greek Air Force to fly at low attitude until they were intercepted by Greek F-16s. Tsipras was visiting the small island in the …

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Τhe upgrading program for 85 F-16 fighter jets with the Block 70/72 Viper system will be formally launched on Monday, Lockheed Martin’s VP Business Development Initiatives in Europe Dennis Plessas said at a press conference in Thessaloniki. Revealing the time table of the upgrade, Plessas said that ” a great …

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In an extraordinary meeting, Greece’s Government Council of Defense and Foreign Affairs (KYSEA) approved the program for upgrading 85 fighter jets F-16 of the Hellenic Air Force. The program is worth 1.1 billion euros and has been approved after the US accepted the Greek proposal for payment in installments. The …

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