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Greece Showcases Growing Defense Partnership With France at Bastille Day Parade

Greece made a visible contribution to France's Bastille Day military parade on Monday, underscoring the increasingly close defense relationship between Athens and Paris as Europe places greater emphasis on security cooperation. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended the celebrations in...

Greece Strengthens Air Power With Purchase of Six More Rafale Jets

With the purchase of six new Rafale jets, Greece will have 30 state-of-the-art French fighter aircraft. Greece’s military expansion plans During the meeting between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul on Saturday, the Turkish side discussed the...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...