{"id":1408,"date":"2016-12-06T22:27:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T22:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2016-12-06T22:34:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T22:34:35","slug":"dogfight-between-greek-and-turkish-airforces-f-16s-over-the-greek-island-of-kastelorizo-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2016\/12\/06\/dogfight-between-greek-and-turkish-airforces-f-16s-over-the-greek-island-of-kastelorizo-video\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDOGFIGHT\u201d BETWEEN GREEK AND TURKISH AIRFORCES F-16S OVER THE GREEK ISLAND OF KASTELORIZO (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sourced : Protothema.gr<\/p>\n

Four Hellenic Air Force F-16 fighter jets scrambled yesterday 5th of December, to identify and intercept three Turkish fighter jet formations, which \u201charassed\u201d two CH-47SD Chinook military helicopters transporting the Greek Minister of Defence, Mr. Panos Kammenos, the Deputy Defence Mr. Minister Dimitris Vitsas and nine members of parliamentary committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs and top brass of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, from SYRIZA, ANEL and Golden Dawn, who were visiting the island of Kastelorizo in the eastern Aegean Sea.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred over the island complex of the Greek island Kastelorizo with the Turkish jets finally being chased out of Greek airspace.<\/p>\n

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It should be noted that four other Turkish F-16s flew east of the area, where Turkey has planned military exercises for Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday the Greek and Turkish Air Forces engaged in two tough \u201cdogfights\u201d over the islands of Chios and Lesvos.<\/p>\n

A pair of Greek F-16 fighter jets engaged in a double dogfight over the Aegean Sea, when two Turkish fighter jets violated Greek air space between the islands of Lesvos, Samos and Chios, Monday.<\/p>\n

The Turkish pilots were forced to retreat, after entering Greek air space in the morning hours of Monday, when they were intercepted by the Greek fighters that took off from the Skyros airbase.<\/p>\n

After the initial dogfight, the Turkish jest returned and violated the Athens FIR between the islands of Chios and Samos, resulting in a new dogfight when the Greek F-16 pair engaged anew.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8CU48JtvBb8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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