airspace violation

It was 15 years ago today that the name of pilot Konstantinos Iliakis joined those of Greek soldiers who fell in the line of duty.

Turkey increases tension in the Aegean and forbids third country military aircraft entering the Istanbul FIR if they have passed through the Athens FIR, which they consider to be a demilitarized zone. According to the Ministry of National Defense, June...

Two Turkish fighter jets and two naval cooperation aircraft entered Athens’ FIR on Tuesday without submitting a flight plan. Greek authorities recorded three violations of air traffic rules which resulted in two violations of national airspace over the northeastern and southeastern...

The continuing verbal exchange between Turkey and Greece over a wide range of topics from the EU-Turkey deal on migration to the Treaty of Lausanne has increased the tension between the two countries. According to reports by authorities, there have...

The Greek and Turkish Air force jets had a few short confrontations above the Aegean Sea, after Turkish aircrafts committed Greek airspace violations on Tuesday, Kathimerini newspaper reports. Greek Ministry of Defense officials claim that eight Turkish jets including two CN-235 aircrafts and two armed jets...

Following the controversial takedown of a Russian Air Force aircraft by Turkish F-16 authorities, Wikileaks has released figures on Turkish violations of Greek airspace. A Wikileaks tweet, citing data compiled by the University of Thessaly, based on Greek military records, alleges that Turkey violated...

A formation of Turkish fighter jets violated Greek airspace a total of 20 times on Wednesday before being chased off by Greek aircraft, according to a Kathimerini report. A total of six Turkish fighter jets flying in formation entered Greek...