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France, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, United States, Israel and finally Saudi Arabia. Turkey’s movements in 2021 also began with the stormy eastern faults that swept over the Mediterranean.
Increasingly cornered Greece and Cyprus embarked on various exercises with their allies in tense waters against Turkey this past summer season.
The prominent base in air and sea exercises was Suda on Crete, Greece’s largest island. French Rafale jets landed first at Suda Base to support Greece.
Then, located in Turkey in all fields from Libya to Syria, the United Arab Emirates sent nine fighter jets to the island of Crete. F-16s belonging to the United Arab Emirates conducted exercises with the Greek air force.
The United States, which openly supports Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean, has announced its ranks with the visit of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the Suda Base and a warship to be deployed in Crete.
Entering a major arms race, the Athens administration signed an agreement with France to purchase 18 Rafale jets before the end of 2020, and requested F-35 fighter jets from the United States. In December 2020 it was announced that a drone base will be established on the island of Iskiri in the middle of the Aegean Sea with armed unmanned aerial vehicles (SİHA) to be purchased from Israel.
While the first Rafale jets are expected to be delivered this month, a new front has opened in the eastern Mediterranean. The Greek media, against Saudi Arabia to Turkey at Crete Water Base F-15 fighter jets reports that it is preparing to send.
According to the news in the Newpost newspaper, the F-15 planes, which will land in Crete on the orders of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, will be trained in the eastern Mediterranean with Greek fighter jets.
It is also among the news details that the planes to be sent by Saudi Arabia, which has the largest F-15 fleet in the world after the United States and Japan, will also be used by Greek pilots.
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Greece had most recently participated in the exercise that involved its allies off Egypt with their fighter jets and ships. Greek Chief of Staff Konstantinos Floros and Nikos Panagiotopoulos personally went to Alexandria and witnessed the exercise.
The exercise named MEDUSA-10 has been conducted by Greece, Egypt and Southern Cyprus since 2017, France and the United Arab Emirates were included in 2020. The Greek media wrote that France and the United Arab Emirates decided to participate in the exercise of this year on his own initiative.
Greece Chief of Staff Floros, from 2020 until shortly before Christmas Donkey island of Kastelorizo from until the last day I have visited many islands near Turkey and photographs were published on official social media accounts. Floros got on the boat and sailed in Meis, which had a great impact.
Eastern Mediterranean Turkey aims to capitalize on the practice range of opponents Greece, just as the military effort has been calling for sanctions on the European Union.
