USAF F-15s & HAF F-16s on Crete
Twelve US Air Force F-15 Strike Eagles belonging to 494 Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK have been training on Crete, along with Greek pilots.
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Who is Yannis Tafyllis
The man named by PASOK president Evangelos Venizelos as implicated in judicial disputes with the defense ministry, Yannis Tafyllis is also a member of the SYRIZA Secretariat for Defense and Foreign Relations, and parliamentary candidate. Mr Venizelos also accused Tafyllis of being the man with whom Alexis Tsipras sets up machinations and backroom deals in defense related issues.
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Greek Jets Over Israel
A flight of four F-16 Block 52 Plus from the Hellenic Air Force 340 Squadron ("Asteri") will be based at Ovda Israeli Air Force base in the Negev desert in order to take part in IDF exercise "Blue Flag."
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