welcome to military technology channel according to sky.gr one of the leading media outlets in
greece a few hours ago greece prepared an official letter requesting the purchase of 40 f-35a stealth
fighter jets 20 of which have been identified and 20 are optional creek sources have signed
a formal request to buy the f-35s and will hand them over to u.s authorities within hours sky gr
sources quoted him as saying greece's defense minister and high-ranking military personnel
from the greek army will travel to the united states in the coming days to speed up the search
greece made an official lore offer for 24 aircraft 18 plus 6 for obsolete f4e aup aircraft in 2020
but then the u.s embassy in greece said we are working to make it stronger every day
including the future purchase of f-35s from greece the path to the acquisition of the f-35 of course
is a multi-year process that will build on the success of greece's f-16 viper modernization
program now greece wants the f-35 a second time this proposal provides for delivery of
20 plus 20 f-35s the f-4e aup aircraft are expected to replace them sometime in 2028
and the aircraft will begin decommissioning the greek air force plans to purchase 150 modern 4.5
and five generation fighters by 2030. greece signed a contract for 18 rafale fighter jets from
france on january 25th 2021 this number was later increased to 24 with an additional purchase of six
with an additional order 40 dassault rafale fighter jets are planned to be delivered to
greek air forced in 2025 in addition to the 4.5 generation rafale aircraft with aesa radar greece
also delivered the scalp cruise missile exact anti-ship missile and mycat air-to-air missiles
meteor ramjet air-to-air propulsion rocket
last year crease decided to upgrade 82 f16 fighter jets to the block 70 configuration
in this direction the american company lockheed martin continues to work on the modernization
program of the greek f-16 block 70. greece on the other hand is upgrading its block
50 fighter jets with parts of the block 52 plus aircraft upgraded to the block 70 configuration