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Dassault: The Greek Connection of One of Europe’s Wealthiest Families
Dassault Aviation is the company behind the Rafale aircraft that Greece has acquired to help protect its borders.
events
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...
Greek News
Greece Tops Defense Spending as Percentage of GDP in NATO
Greece is the NATO country with the highest defense spending as a percentage of GDP among all allies, including the US, data released on Tuesday show.
According to NATO's Annual Report for 2022 presented in Brussels by Secretary General Jens...
Greek News
Greece To Buy US F-35’s But After 2028, Officials Say
On Monday, Greek government sources confirmed that Greece has decided that the fifth generation fighter aircraft of the Air Force will be the US F-35.
Speaking to the Athens-Macedonia News Agency (AMNA) the same sources said that PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis...
Greek News
Greece Ratifies Frigates, Jets Deal with France
Greece ratified a major arms agreement with France late on Tuesday which includes the purchase of three frigates and six new Rafale fighter jets to an existing order for 18 aircraft.
The National Defense Ministry's bill was approved by Parliament....
Greek News
Greece-Turkey Arms Race: Ankara Now Wants to Buy 40 F-16 Jets
Fears of an arms race between Greece and Turkey intensified on Friday after a Reuters report saying that Turkey has asked to buy 40 F-16 fighter jets from the US to upgrade its Air Force. The move coincides with...
Greek News
Greece Purchases Powerful Israeli “Spike NLOS” Missile
Greece is to purchase the multi-purpose Israeli missile Spike NLOS in order to strengthen its military presence in the Aegean and Evros
Diplomacy
Greece Says it Has No Intention of Starting Arms Race with Turkey
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that Greece has no intention of engaging in an arms race with Turkey, following the agreement with France to buy at least three frigates.
“I do not intend to enter into an...
Greek News
Greece to Buy Six More Rafale Jets, Bringing Total to 24
Greece announced on Saturday it will buy six more Rafale fighter jets from France bringing the total the number of French fighters sold to Athens to 24.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis revealed plans to acquire an additional six Rafales.
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Greek News
First Rafale Fighter Jet from France Delivered to Greece
Greece received the first of the 18 Dassault-made Rafale fighter jets following the 2.3 billion-euro deal with France in January 2021.