general constantinos floros chief of the general staff of the greek national defence
who is a french nationality flew in a french major a failed fighter jet after he was
awarded the medal of the legion of honour awe cannot be described in words stressed
the head of gita who posted on twitter a photo from the flight as he stressed
the greek rafale will soon be felt in the skies of greece with the air force and our
pilots on full readiness and on a mission to ensure and ensure peace and stability
during the awards ceremony he spoke of a warm welcome noting that both countries
are ready for the military implementation of the greco-french pillar in the region
under the agreement the air force expects to have six rafale fighter jets by the end of 2021
12 by the end of 2022 and 18 by the summer of 2023 constantinos floros chief of the general
staff of the hellenic national defence flew over france in the rafale fighter jet on friday
i can't use words to describe the offel reads a statement posted to the generals social media
account adding that we will soon feel gr by blowing wind in the greek sky with the hell
in a care force and our pilots are fully prepared and committed to securing peace and stability the
rafale is a french twin-engined multi-role fighter aircraft designed and built by docile aviation
equipped with a wide range of weapons the rafale is intended to carry out air supremacy
interdiction aerial reconnaissance ground support deep attack anti-ship strikes and
nuclear deterrence missions these were referred to as omniro aircraft by dasso in december 2020 greek
lawmakers approved the 2021 state budget which includes doubling defense spending mitsotaka
said the government aims to increase spending on military capacity by 57 compared to 2019
in a few days the deal for the acquisition of 18 rafale-type jets from france will be signed
here in athens prime minister mitsutakis told lawmakers during a debate on the 2021 budget
never before has such a complex and important military program been carried out with so fast
and efficient he said adding that the government also wanted to acquire new frigates helicopters
and drones increase the f-16 fleet and recruit an additional 15 000 personnel to his ranks