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Following publication on an official Turkish Ministry of Defense social media account, GEETHA announces the following regarding the escort of a US Air Force B-52 aircraft within the Athens FIR:
“During the planning of the NATO activity” ALLIED SKY “, which, among other things, aimed to demonstrate the strong allied ties of NATO member states and involved the escort of 1 US B-52 type strategic bomber by 4 aircraft (A / F) F -16 BLK 52+ within the Athens and Skopje FIR, the possibility of criminal behavior by Turkey had been anticipated and notified to our Allies and GEETHA had taken all necessary measures to solve it.
Despite the agreed and relevant guarantees, after the entry of the B-52 into the ATHENS FIR, the Turkish fighters, showing a particularly provocative, unethical, anti-allied and anti-diametrically opposed to the purpose of the activity, continued their behavior. I fly close to the American A / F. received according to plan the Greek quartet F-16. Two pairs of F-16 BLK 52+ aircraft, which were on standby in the area for this reason, recognized, intercepted and ejected the Turkish ATHENS FIR aircraft.
It is obvious that such acts of provocation in violation of the agreements, on the one hand, create a serious problem in NATO, on the other hand, they violate International Air Traffic Standards, drastically increasing the chances of causing an accident and even endangering the air and other vehicles.
With such pirate behaviors, the operational potential of the Hellenic Air Force to prevail in the Area of Responsibility of the Chief of General Staff and not only, is not and cannot be questioned, as demonstrated and demonstrated to all involved by the recent massive, invisible, complete Successful transfer, execution of operations and return of 8 Palestinian Authority fighters to the Republic of Cyprus, in the context of their participation in the Quartet Initiative of France, Greece, Cyprus and Italy and in their first operational action under the name of EUNOMIA, which took place from August 26 to 28. in the Nicosia FIR according to a previous press release. “
Two Turkish F-16s and two KC-135R aircraft supported a US B-52 aircraft. In-flight refueling was provided and our F-16 aircraft escorted the B-52 deep into international airspace over the Aegean Sea.https: //t.co/Xw7f0fDdKf pic.twitter.com/FN34vRrZvp
– Turkish Ministry of National Defense (@tcsav Savunma) August 29, 2020
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