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Spectacular Air Show at Athens Flying Week Event

The Athens Flying Week, the biggest air show in the Balkans with over 500,000 loyal fans worldwide, returned again for another exciting aviation weekend at the Tanagra Airport, on 2 & 3 September. Flying at this year's show at Tanagra...

Is Greek Military Infrastructure Ready to Support the F-35?

Following the accidental explosion of an ammunition depot at a Greek Air Force base near the city of Volos in late July, there are some concerns that Greece's military infrastructure may not be ready to facilitate advanced systems like...

US Senator Urges For Assurances to Greece and Cyprus Over Turkish F-16 Upgrades

US Senator Chris Van Hollen, a prominent member of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has urged a State Department official to secure firm assurances from Turkey regarding their intentions with the sought-after F-16 fighter jet upgrades. The...

Turkey Accuses the U.S. of Favoring Greece in Fighter Jet Sales Saga

Turkey has accused the U.S. of favoring Greece and losing its "neutrality" if Congress approves the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Greece and opposes Turkey's F-16 purchase. Turkey's Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalın warned on Tuesday that this would be...

Western Leaders Ponder Providing Fighter Jets to Ukraine

Members of the NATO alliance are unsure of whether to send fighter jets to Ukraine. For now, the US and UK have rejected the idea but Poland and France are more receptive. Since the Russian invasion began in February of...

Greece Requests to Buy 20 Lockheed F-35 Fighter Jets from the US

Greece has sent an official request to the United States for the purchase of twenty Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, the country's prime minister said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Madrid during a NATO summit, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece...

US-Greece Defense Act Approved by Senate Committee

The US-Greece Defense Act, which will boost support for Greek military modernization, has passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

US Notifies Turkey of Removal from F-35 Program

The United States has officially given notice that Ankara has been removed from its F-35 program, according to Pentagon officials.

Greece Eyes US F-35 Jets After French Rafale

Greece is eying to buy the state-of-the-art F-35 fighter aircraft from the US, the country's Defense Minister revealed on Tuesday. Speaking after Greece and France signed the agreement to buy 18 Rafale fighters, Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said that "sooner or...

Greece Requests to Buy Squadron of US' F-35 Stealth Jets

Greece has asked the United States to purchase up to two dozen fifth generation F-35 aircraft to boost its defense capabilities in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, it emerged on Monday. The official Letter of Request (LOR) from the Department...