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Hellenic Armed Forces: News

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Hellenic Armed Forces: News

Jelena Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:18 pm

Air Space Violations Heating Up

Monday, November 2, 2009

DefenceNet reports that today 6 Turkish Air Force fighter aircraft flew directly over Farmakonisi Island while the total number of Air Space Violations reached 20. It is the first time since the new Socialist government came to power that Turkish Air Force jets directly overfly Greek soil. The overflight happened at 1,300 metres.

Specifically, 8 Turkish F-16s entered the Athens FIR at 15:04 and 6 minutes later 6 of the aircraft overflew Farmakonisi Island.

Greek fighters intercepted the Turkish jets and escorted them during their flight until they exited the Athens FIR north of Chios Island.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been notified and it is expected a formal demarche will be made to Turkey.

Turkey does not recognise Farmakonisi Island as Greek soil, something also evident from its harassment of Frontex flights in the area.

A total of 16 Turkish fighters made a total of 20 violations today in the northern and central Aegean. There was also one mock engagement.

http://hellenicdefencenews.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html

Original source (in Greek language): http://www.defencenet.gr/defence/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9475&Itemid=139

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M1A1 Abrams tanks for Greek Army

George1 Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:41 pm

According to information of the “Hellenic Defence & Technology” magazine, the U.S. authorities approved to grant 400 M1A1 Abrams tanks to the Greek Army, which will include options between simple refurbishment – worth tens of millions dollars for all the tanks- and upgrading to a higher level of operational capability, with a higher corresponding cost. The relative Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) is expected soon.

Also according to exclusive information of the” Hellenic Defence & Technology” magazine, a Price and Availability letter was sent to U.S. authorities regarding 20 AAV7A1 and a low cost upgrade program for them. This is the first step to cover an operational requirement for 75-100 vehicles.

Additional exclusive details on these requirements as well as for Bradley IFVs, in a forthcoming issue of the “Hellenic Defence & Technology” magazine.

http://www.defencegreece.com/index.php/2011/10/the-u-s-approved-to-grant-400-m1a1-abrams-to-greece/

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George1 Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:45 pm

On Tuesday, a Turkish S-70B6 Seahawk helicopter flew over the Greek island of Ro at an altitude of just 65 meters! This is a new provocation in the area of the island of Kastelorizo, more serious compared to the overflight of two Turkish RF-4E fighter jets over Kastelorizo at 300m altitude two months ago.

The helicopter did not take off from the nearby Turkish naval base of Aksaz, but from the air base in Dalaman which is well north. This is important: It is clear that a surprise was attempted. A Navy helicopter solo flight from Aksaz towards the south region of Kastelorizo, would be directly observed by the Greek Air Defense system.

A flight from Dalaman Airport to the south can have a variety of destinations, but due to the distance, almost never reach the island of Kastelorizo and the cluster of islands and islets in the region (Ro, Stroggyli, etc). In this case the helicopter was on the Greek early warning radar system, but became a concern when it moved just 10 miles before reaching the sea.

The helicopter entered the Athens FIR without filing a flight plan.The overflight at an altitude of 200 feet (65 meters) took place at 15:24. The Turkish helicopter left the Greek National Airspace and the Greek FIR before the Greek jet fighters that were scrambled for the interception reached the area.

In another incident later on Tuesday, six Turkish planes entered Greek airspace without submitting flight plans on Monday evening. The six aircraft entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) between the islands of Lesvos and Chios, a short distance from the western Anatolian coast line. Two infringements of air traffic regulations on the Athens FIR were recorded that later developed into 5 violations of national airspace. The Turkish planes were chased out by Greek fighter jets and promptly left the Athens FIR at about 8.40pm.

http://www.defencegreece.com/index.php/2012/01/turkish-navy-helicopter-flying-over-a-greek-island-at-65m-altitude/

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Viktor Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:09 am

Greece testing S-300PMU1 for the first time EVER Very Happy

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and they bough the system 14 years ago (missiles in the container have the life of 15 years Very Happy

Very Happy

).

What a shame. Anyway enjoy the pics.

Greece Tests Russian-Made S-300 Missile System for First Time

Greek S-300PMU1

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Hannibal Barca Sat Dec 14, 2013 12:00 pm

Viktor wrote:Greece testing S-300PMU1 for the first time EVER and they bough the system 14 years ago (missiles in the container have the life of 15 years ).

What a shame.

We only now got confirmation from the "big daddy" to test what we paid for,
or if you prefer it otherwise, now being a 14 year old teenager we don't listen our "daddy" so much anymore Very Happy

Very Happy

About the test. The target was the UAV of the video:

It was flying about 6000ft distanced 30km away and was performing avoiding maneuvers.
Though immediately after lunch it was reported "target lost" the system managed to re-track the target short after.
It was a direct hit.

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Greece testing S-300PMU1 for the first time EVER

Viktor Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:22 pm

much better quality of the Greek launch

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arpakola Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:20 am

Grek F16 on the tail of the Turkish F16 (NATO a happy family)

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Greece downs permantly all the A-7 Corsair fleet

arpakola Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:54 am

Greece downs permantly all the A-7 Corsair fleet , totaling 47 airplanes due to financial problems maintaining that old (but still efficient) fleet..
The gap is wide open

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George1 Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:56 pm

arpakola wrote:Greece downs permantly all the A-7 Corsair fleet , totaling 47 airplanes due to financial problems maintaining that old (but still efficient) fleet..
The gap is wide open

it wasnt so efficient fleet.. Most of them had been used as trainers rather than ground attack aircrafts. Apache attack helos have take over the role of ground support recent years

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Hannibal Barca Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:54 pm

There was a paraphilology that they were useful since Turks don't have an equivalent. Nonsense, for a decade now where no more useful than the museum exhibits.

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George1 Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:05 pm

Greece will receive 90 M1A1 Abraams in September. It is official

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Viktor Wed Jun 18, 2014 4:15 pm

George1 wrote:Greece will receive 90 M1A1 Abraams in September. It is official

And are suing Germany for the amount of 6bin $ for 4 faulty subs

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George1 Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:08 am

US armored vehicles transferred in Greece

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George1 Thu Nov 27, 2014 12:09 am

10th military transport helicopter arrived in Greek soil

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F-15E Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:09 am

Greece approved to buy 10 US Army CH-47D Chinooks

Boeing has been given the go ahead to sell 10 CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopters to Greece, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 11 December.

Greece requested and the US State Department approved the sale of up to 10 D-model Chinooks and supporting equipment for a total cost of $150 million.

Rather than a foreign military sale by Boeing to Greece, the deal has no principal contractor. The aircraft will come from US Army stock, DSCA says.

Greece already operates a fleet of 15 CH-47Ds, meaning it “will have no difficulty absorbing these helicopters into its armed forces”, the announcement says. The deal will require assignment of US government or Boeing personnel to Greece at some point.

The D-model Chinook has been supplanted in the US Army by the CH-47F, which sports an upgraded Honeywell T55-714A engines, a Rockwell Collins common avionics architecture system (CAAS) cockpit and BAE Systems' digital advanced flight control system. Eventually the US army will replace all of its Chinooks with CH-47Fs.

The army already has upgraded many D-model Chinooks to CH-47F configuration, but will take delivery of hundreds of new-build F-models, which also have a milled, single-construction airframe that eliminates many of the metal seams that wear from vibration. Boeing has already built at least 300 F-model Chinooks, which are being marketed also to international customers. In this case, Greece is buying D-model Chinooks the army has replaced with the upgraded CH-47F.

The Greek government requested the sale of a host of spare parts and support equipment along with the 10 CH-47Ds. That includes 23 T55-GA-714A Engines, 20 of which will be installed and three spares.

The country also wants enough common missile warning systems, high/very-high/ultra-high frequency radios, direction finder sets, GPS navigation sets, homing radios and transponders to outfit the ten helicopters, with spares left over.

“This sale will contribute to both the United States’ and Greece’s defense and security goal of greater stability in the Balkans and the Levant regions by enhancing a critical helicopter lift capability,” DSCA says. “This sale will facilitate greater interoperability of Greek systems both bilaterally and within NATO.”

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/greece-approved-to-buy-10-us-army-ch-47d-chinooks-407080/

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Battalion0415 Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:58 pm

F-16 in today in Greece. Any more plane? And futures it is F-35 and Eurofighter on the ways to Greece?

Or Greece have Eurofighter today's situation?

Anyway happiness is cool.

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George1 Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:21 pm

Battalion0415 wrote:F-16 in today in Greece. Any more plane? And futures it is F-35 and Eurofighter on the ways to Greece?

Or Greece have Eurofighter today's situation?

Anyway happiness is cool.

because of economic situation there are no plans for future fighters procurement. There was a tender for 40 fighters from early 2000s with candidates the (EF Typhoon, Rafale, F-16IN 'Super Viper', F/A-18-E/F Super Hornet) but has been cancelled a lot of times

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Battalion0415 Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:32 pm

But F-16 is ending in 9 year upod. Must have new air craft in defence in 2020.

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George1 Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:09 am

Greek F-16 Jet Crashes at Spanish Base, Killing 10 People

MADRID — A Greek F-16 fighter jet crashed into other planes on the ground during NATO training in southeastern Spain Monday, killing at least 10 people, Spain's Defense Ministry said.

Another 13 people were injured in the incident at the Los Llanos base, which sent flames and a plume of black smoke billowing into the air, a Defense Ministry official said.

Most of the victims were not believed to be Spaniards, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of ministry rules preventing him from being named.

The two-seat jet was taking off when it crashed into an area of the base where other planes involved in the NATO exercise were parked, the ministry said in a statement.

Emergency crews were working to douse the blaze and determine how much damage there was to other planes involved in the NATO exercise, the ministry said.

A NATO spokeswoman declined to disclose details, referring questions to Spanish and Greek military officials.

The Spanish ministry said the jet that crashed was taking part in a NATO training exercise called the Tactical Leadership Program.

According to a U.S. Air Force Website, TLP was formed in 1978 by NATO's Central Region air forces to advance their tactical capabilities and produce tactics, techniques and procedures that improve multi-national tactical air operations.

The first TLP course was located at Fuerstenfeldbruck Air Base, Germany. It has been based at the Spanish base since June 2009.

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KiloGolf Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:33 am

Official: CH-47D Chinook purchase sealed

http://www.paraskhnio.gr/kleidose-i-promitheia-gia-10-sinoyk/

good news, they are badly needed cheers

cheers

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George1 Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:49 am

KiloGolf wrote:

Official: CH-47D Chinook purchase sealed

http://www.paraskhnio.gr/kleidose-i-promitheia-gia-10-sinoyk/

good news, they are badly needed

we hear it years now, i hope it will become reality now

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KiloGolf Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:38 pm

I just noticed the thread was AF only.
Could we rename it to"Armed Forces" news?

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George1 Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:48 pm

KiloGolf wrote:I just noticed the thread was AF only.
Could we rename it to"Armed Forces" news?

ok done

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KiloGolf Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:35 pm

George1 wrote:

KiloGolf wrote:I just noticed the thread was AF only.
Could we rename it to"Armed Forces" news?

ok done

Thanks bro.

more good news on the chopper front:
http://e-amyna.com/?p=20483

Basically within the month we expect payment for the first 23 million for the 10 CH-47D and that the program contains option for 5 more (free of charge). The helicopters never deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan and are in good condition. Also there's talk about OH-58Ds but nothing else yet.

PS. am I the only one that believes that upon receiving the extra CH-47s this year, we should sell all NH90s and use the money for used Blackhawks and Kiowas Warriors?

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George1 Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:37 pm

KiloGolf wrote:
PS. am I the only one that believes that upon receiving the extra CH-47s this year, we should sell all NH90s and use the money for used Blackhawks and Kiowas Warriors?

i think its unrealistic. Then why not to cancel remaining NH-90 instead?
OH-58D Kiowa Warrior cant replace NH-90 and if we buy blackhawks we introduce one more type in army aviation helicopters and this will be too much.

I think the plan is to have 25 Chinooks, 20 NH-90 when deliveries will be completed and 12-15 Kiowa Warriors as scout-recon/light attack helicopters

I think we ordered more Chinooks because it is impossible to replace old UH-1H /AB-205 helicopters with NH-90s

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