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Turkish F-16 and other aircraft violate Greece’s airspace 52 times

August 3, 2022 FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR 4

Turkish fighter jets and unmanned aerial vehicles violated the Air Traffic Rules in the Athens FIR and the national airspace of Greece a total of 52 times on Wednesday. According to a statement issued by the Greek General Staff, 18 Turkish F-16 fighter jets, ATR-72 anti-submarine warfare vessels and unmanned …

Eight Greek F-16 escort two US B-52 within FIR Athens and Nicosia

September 17, 2020 Greece, Politics Comments Off on Eight Greek F-16 escort two US B-52 within FIR Athens and Nicosia

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 …

Turkish violations of Greek air space reach record high in Jan-Oct 2019

October 31, 2019 Greece Comments Off on Turkish violations of Greek air space reach record high in Jan-Oct 2019

Greek air space violations by Turkish aircraft have reached a record high number in the first ten months of 2019. According to Greek General Staff, a total of 3,950 violations in the Aegean Sea have occurred in the time from January 1 until October 29, 2019. It is the highest …

Turkish fighter jets & aircraft massively violate Greece’s air space

October 30, 2019 Turkey-GR Comments Off on Turkish fighter jets & aircraft massively violate Greece’s air space

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 …

“Agathonisi is Turkish island under illegal Greek occupation” claims Ankara

March 26, 2019 Turkey-GR Comments Off on “Agathonisi is Turkish island under illegal Greek occupation” claims Ankara

Turkey has …lost it. Trying to find an excuse for the inexcusable it claims that Greek prime Minister Alexis Tsipras flew to a Turkish island Agathonisi on Monday and therefore its fighter jets harassed his helicopter. The official Turkish position on the unprecedented incident is that “there was no harassment.” …

Turkish aircraft violate Greek airspace 39 times on a single day

February 16, 2019 Turkey-GR Comments Off on Turkish aircraft violate Greek airspace 39 times on a single day

For one more time, Turkish airplanes conducted dozens of violations of Greek airspace. A total of 39 violations of Flight Information Region Athens took place on a single day, Friday, February 15, 2019. The airspace violations were conducted by Turkish F-16 and CN-235 spy aircraft. The F-16 came in two …

Turkish F-16 and CN-235 violate Greece’s FIR 33 times in a single day

March 22, 2017 Turkey-GR 1

Turkish fighter jets and aircraft conducted massive violations of the Greek FIR on Tuesday. Two pairs of F-16 and two CASA CN-235 aircraft conducted a total of 33 Greek airspace violations in the northeastern, central ans southeastern Aegean Sea in a single day. The Turkish F-16s were armed and violated …

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