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Military
Hundreds of UFO Sightings in 2022, Pentagon Official Reports
Several hundred unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have been reported in 2022 by the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the new Pentagon office set up to investigate UFO reports. The office tracks flying objects reported by the various U.S. military...
Europe
Greece Closes Airspace to All Russian Planes
Greece closed its airspace to all Russian planes on Monday following an EU-wide decision in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Greek Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued an air directive (NOTAM) which will last for three months, valid...
Europe
Europe, Canada Close Airspace to Russian Planes
Countries in Europe and Canada have announced they have closed their airspace for Russian planes in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.
Officials for Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria and Iceland all announced the...
Europe
EU Calls on European Airlines to Avoid Belarus Airspace
The European Union urged EU-based airlines to avoid Belarus's airspace on Monday after the country diverted a flight from Athens to Vilnius.
Greece
Turkish Defense Minister Akar Accuses Greece of Multiple Violations Against Turkey
The Defense Minister of Turkey Hulusi Akar accused Greece of several violations against Turkey, according to a report from Greece's Kathimerini Daily on Saturday.
Akar not only accused Athens of violating Turkey's airspace, but he also claimed that Greece violates...
Environment
Turkish Jets Commit 50 New Violations of Greek Airspace
Greek military authorities recently announced that Turkish jets had committed a total of 50 new violations in the country's national airspace just on one day, Thursday, July 2.
The violations were reported to have occurred within the northeastern, central and...
Greece
Turkish Jets Violate Greek Airspace Five Times on Tuesday
Turkey continued provoking Greece on Tuesday as its fighter jets conducted a total of five unauthorized flights over the eastern Aegean.
According to Greek authorities, the first violation of Greek airspace came at 9:47 AM and involved a pair of...
Greece
Turkish Jets Violate Greek Airspace on Christmas Day
There was no let-up in the most recent round of Turkish provocations, which ratcheted up tensions yet again by sending fighter jets into Greek airspace on Christmas Day, keeping Greek pilots busy intercepting them.
According to the Greek Ministry of...
Greece
Turkish Violations of Greek Airspace Reach Record Numbers in 2019
The Greek General Staff announced on Tuesday that the number of incidents of Turkish aircraft violating the country's airspace over the Aegean in the first ten months of 2019 has reached 3,954.
According to the data released, this constitutes the...
Greece
Turkish Aircraft Violates Greek Airspace 30 Times in One Day
Turkish aircraft violated Greece's airspace thirty times on Friday, September 27, Greek Defense sources told media.
Two F-16 and two CN235-type aircraft entered Greek airspace in various locations across the Eastern Aegean Sea, violating the country's airspace in the northern,...