airspace violations

Turkey violated the airspace of Greece more than 10,000 times in the first eleven months of 2022, data from the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (GEETHA) show. According to the data, there is an unprecedented record of Turkish violations against...

European Union officials had the opportunity to watch a Greek Air Force aircraft chasing away Turkish F-16 fighter jets that had violated Greek airspace live. The presentation took place during the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) conference of the...

While Turkey escalates tensions in the Aegean with repeated issuings of illegal NAVTEXes, the amount of Turkish warplane overflights over Greece in 2020 outnumber those that have been made in the past decade. The number of overflights of Turkish fighter...

Violations of Greek airspace by Turkish warplanes over the Aegean continued on Christmas Day, with Hellenic Air Force jets intercepting the aircraft according to international regulations. Two pairs of Turkish F-16s flew over the Greek islands of Kastelorizo, Stroggyli and...

A new barrage of provocative violations of Greek airspace by Turkish fighter jets took place on Thursday over the Aegean, with Greek Air Force planes forced to intercept, resulting in a virtual jet fight. Specifically, Turkish aircraft made 43 violations...

Greece's air force on Tuesday recorded six airspace violations over the Aegean by Turkish fighter jets, a day after the release of the last of eight Turkish asylum seekers and provocative statements from Ankara. A formation of Turkish aircraft consisting of...

With the tragic loss of pilot Giorgos Baltadoros off Skyros island on Thursday, the Greek armed forces have issued a tally of the deaths and losses of aircraft amid 28 years of Turkish provocations in the Aegean. More than 150...

Turkish military provocations in the Aegean intensified on Monday as Turkish jets violated Greek airspace on 42 occasions. The airspace incursions were conducted by two armed F-16 fighters and two CN-235 naval co-operation and electronic warfare planes. Athens says that the...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to Greece today (Thursday) likely to challenge the Treaty of Lausanne and have some other unreasonable demands, according to a recent interview to a Greek journalist. In an interview to Alexis Papahelas aired on...

The Hellenic Air Force released figures that show that 2017 was the year that Turkey did the most violations of Greek airspace. Compared to last year, the armed Turkish warplane formations that entered the  Athens FIR without warning tripled, while...