Tango01  | 16 Jan 2014 9:01 p.m. PST |
"A Turkish aircraft conducting a reconnaissance flight over Aegean international airspace was harassed by Greek F-16s five times, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announced on Tuesday. A CN-235 aircraft was harassed by Greek fighter jets for two minutes and 37 seconds while the radar lock of the Greek air defense system was kept on. In a previous incident, four F4-E/2020 Phantoms were put under radar lock by Greece's Patriot missile defense system twice, for 15 seconds each time, at 3:20 p.m. Turkish time on Dec. 23. The jet fighters were on a training flight in international waters off Greece's Ikaria Island in the Aegean, the military said…"
Full article here.
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| John the OFM | 16 Jan 2014 9:11 p.m. PST |
Greeks and Turks not getting along? Go on. Get serious. |
| Mako11 | 16 Jan 2014 9:20 p.m. PST |
I think some refer to that as making a "positive identification" in their Air Defense Zone. Perhaps their PR minister should read up on how to spin the news in their favor. |
 piper909 | 17 Jan 2014 12:06 a.m. PST |
I expect the Greek air force is outclassed, but I'd sure like to encourage the Greeks to kick some Turkish asses in the air, by land, or at sea. A Philhellene can hope to restore the Byzantine Empire, can't he? On to Constantinople!! |
| SouthernPhantom | 17 Jan 2014 7:12 a.m. PST |
Hey, if the Greek economy bites the big one, I wouldn't rule out some sort of generally irrational reaction. |
| Evzone | 17 Jan 2014 10:25 a.m. PST |
A Greek Mirage 2000 splashed a Turkish F16 a few years ago. You tube is awash with lock on's and intercepts over the Agean. |
| Tango01 | 17 Jan 2014 12:01 p.m. PST |
There are any love between them. Amicalement
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| Redroom | 17 Jan 2014 5:19 p.m. PST |
It is getting hard to follow who's fighting who and the potential "What ifs". |
 Legion 4 | 18 Jan 2014 8:57 a.m. PST |
Most Greeks I know here in the US have no love for the Turks … But with Turkey being the second biggest army in NATO behind the US … if it came down to it … the Greeks wouldn't fair well on their own against the Turkish "Juggernaut" … |
| tuscaloosa | 18 Jan 2014 7:56 p.m. PST |
The irony is that Turkey has pretty much gotten over the whole Greek obsession; their western, southern, and northern borders are a lot more problematic. |
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