Between April 8th and April 18th, exercise INIOCHOS 2024 was carried out in the clear blue Hellenic sky. Also, this year again, three new members were welcomed to the continually expanding international INIOCHOS family: Montenegro, Qatar and Romania. The number…

After the cancelation last year due to COVID-19 and despite the ongoing epidemy, the Hellenic Air Force organised successfully this year the 6th international edition of exercise INIOCHOS. The 2021 edition saw again an increase in participating countries, number of…

U.S. Air Force Airmen and F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, arrived at Andravida Air Base, Greece, to support international exercise INIOCHOS 21. The exercise is a Hellenic air force-sponsored operational and…

This announcement illustrates the strength of the partnership that has linked the Greek Air Force and Dassault Aviation for more than 45 years, and demonstrates the enduring strategic relationship between Greece and France. Greece ordered 40 Mirage F1 from Dassault…

The 338 Mira was estabilished on 24th December 1952. All these years, 338 Sqn has consisted and is still continuing to consist the cornerstone of the structure of the Hellenic Air Force , which guarantees the security of Greece and…

In 1970 Hellenic Air Force estabilished a dedicated training Wing at Kalamata air base, in south of Peloponnese, and until now this unit continues to provide flight and ground training for new crews. The beginning of the effort to produce…

In April, the Hellenic skies welcomed for the fifth time in row, the multinational participants of exercise INIOCHOS 2019. Storming out of Andravida AFB, in NW-Peloponnese, fighters and personnel from 5 countries performed a multitude of different Air Warfare missions,…

Greece is member of  NATO since 1952, and it has a fondamental role in the defence of the southern border of Athlantic Alleance. However, Greece has been involved in the long “cold war” with Turkey, its eternal rival, even member…

Iniohos in Greek means Charioteer, and it is the most important exercise for Polemiki Aeroporia (Hellenic Air Force). The first edition of the exercise took place in 1988, as a small-scale exercise involving only Hellenic Air Force, and the aircraft…

From Monday the 12 of March, to Friday the 23rd, 2018, the Medium-sized Multinational Aviation Exercise INIOCHOS 2018" takes place in Greece. The objective of the exercise is to provide realistic operational training in conditions that resemble a complex multi-threat combat…

The 112 Pterix Mahis (Combat Wing) is based in Elefsis, few kilometers from Athens, and it is the most large and complex Wing in the Polemiki Aeroporia (Hellenic Air Force) and it is composed by several squadrons:352 Cosmos with Gulfstream…

With the integration of the Mirage 2000 in the operational area of the Aegean in 1988 and continuing the Legend of the Mirage F1, another revolution awakened for the air defense forces of the Hellenic Air Force. Designed exclusively for…

The Joint Star 2017 is the most important exercise in Italy. It have been hold every two years, with different name in the past, such as Star Vega in 2013, Trident Juncture in 2015 or Joint Star in 2017, but…