Military

Greek General Dimitrios Choupis, Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, met with various navy officials in India today. The two nations signed the Landmark Military Cooperation Programme 224 Agreement, and the general received the Guard of Honour...

Greece signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) on Friday making official its intent to procure 35 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters built by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, through an intergovernmental agreement with the US. This transaction with Sikorsky...

As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary, Greece has become an invaluable alliance member in its strategic role, positioned in the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established on this day in April 1949. Its...

Extra-terrestrial life has been a huge source of awe and mystery for human beings, particularly in recent years. Even NASA launched a probe to find out what unidentified flying objects are out there. However, the search has now switched...

Greece has announced a major overhaul of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) which essentially involves the decommissioning and sale of F-16 and Mirage 2000 fighter jets. Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias highlighted the need for the Air Force to be...

Ayios Ioannis Church in Argos was the site of a commemoration of the life of notable former slave and American philhellene James Williams.

On Monday, Greece commemorated the 203rd anniversary of the War of Independence with a grand military parade in the capital, Athens. Thousands of Greeks gathered in Athens for the occasion, which is marked by the military parade every year. The...

The war in Ukraine has brought the military balance in Europe between Russia and NATO back to the forefront of geostrategic thinking. After the end of the Cold War and the demise of the USSR, Eastern Europe's geostrategic importance as...

On Wednesday, Greece received three new US-made Romeo MH-60R Seahawk helicopters that will be joining the Hellenic Navy. The ceremony took place at the Kotroni Air Base near Marathon in East Attica, where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a brief...

A Greek Air Force F-16 (Block 52+ variant) fighter jet has crashed into a sea off the small island of Psathoura, in the northern Aegean. The pilot managed to escape from the single-seater aircraft using the ejection system. He was...

Reports say Greece has agreed to send military aid to Ukraine to help the embattled country defend against the Russian invasion. Greece will purchase new military equipment for Ukraine from the Czech Republic this year, according to Greek media reports....

Greek frigate Hydra was involved in its first combat operation in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday firing missiles at two Houthi-launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) which were threatening a cargo vessel off the coast of Yemen. According to an...

A ship loaded with tons of food for Gaza remained docked in a Cyprus port on Sunday as preparations unfolded for the launch of a yet untested maritime aid route to the enclave. The European Union, United States, United Arab...

Lieutenant Commander Chrysanthi Nikolopoulou is the first female F-16 pilot of the Greek Air Force and is proud of it. In a job dominated by men, the 28-year-old from the town of Piges, near Kavala in northern Greece, has made...

Sweden, a historically neutral country, has officially become the thirty-second member of NATO and the second country to join the Western military alliance since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Stockholm's ratification process was finally completed in Washington today, on...