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HAF(Hellenic Air Force) history:The first Aviation Service was established in 1911, with help from the French. Six Greek officers were sent to France for training, while the first four "Farman"-type aircraft were ordered. The first Greek aviator was Emmanuel Argyropoulos, who flew in a Nieuport IV.G "Alcuin" fighter, on February 8, 1912. The first military flight was made on 13 May of that year by Lieutenant Demetrios Kamberos. In June, Kamberos, flew with the "Daedalus", a Farman Aviation Works aircraft that had been converted into a seaplane, setting the foundations of the Naval Aviation. That September, the Greek Army fielded its first squadron, the Aviators Company (Λόχος Αεροπόρων).The Hellenic Air Force participated in the Balkan Wars, World War I, the Asia Minor Campaign, and World War II. Initially it consisted of the separate Army Aviation and Naval Aviation, but in 1930 the Aviation Ministry was founded, establishing the Air Force as the third branch of the Hellenic Armed Forces. In 1931, the Air Force Academy, the Scholi Ikaron was founded. During the Second World War, it successfully resisted the Italian invasion in 1940, but practically the entire force was destroyed by the Germans in April 1941. The Air Force was rebuilt in the Middle East as part of the Royal Air Force, flying Spitfires,Hurricanes and Martin Baltimores. After Greece's liberation in 1944, it returned home and subsequently participated in the Greek Civil War.

In the 1950s, the force was rebuilt and organized according to NATO standards. The Greek Air Force participated in the Korean War with a transport flight. Greece participated in NATO nuclear weapons sharing until 2001, using A-7 Corsair IIs to deploy U.S. tactical B61 nuclear bombs from Araxos Air Base. Until the late 1980s the Air Force deployed Nike-Hercules Missiles armed with U.S. nuclear warheadsTactical fighters.


Current inventory:
* F-16C/D Block 52+: 60 + 30 on order
* F-16C/D Block 50D: 40
* F-16C/D Block 30: 40 (F-16.net - will see all information relating to the F-16)
* Mirage 2000-5 Mk2: 40
* Mirage 2000EGM/BGM: 21 (to be updated in order to reach the -5 Mk2 level)
* F-4E Peace Icarus II: 35
* RF-4E: 23
* A-7H: 41 (to be retired)
* A-7E: 45 (to be retired)

Transports

* C-130 Hercules: 15
* C-27J Spartan: 12

Trainers

* T-2 Buckeye: 40
* T-6 Texan II: 45
* T-41 Mescalero: 20

Reconnaissance - AWACS

* EMB-145 Erieye: 4

Helicopters

* AS-332C1 Super Puma: 6
* AB 205: 11
* AB 212: 4

General purporse

* CL-415: 10
* CL-215: 14

Anti-aircraft Artillery

* MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3: 6
* S-300 PMU-2: 2 1
* Crotale NG: 12
* 9K331 TOR M1:4 fire units (for close range protection of the S-300)
* Skyguard I: 12 (updated to level III)

1 - Property of Cyprus. Transferred to Greece (Crete) due to political reasons.

Equipment

* AIM-120 AMRAAM: 350
* MBDA MICA: 200 + 100 options under delivery
* IRIS-T: 350
* AIM-9M: 165
* AIM-9L: 1047
* AIM-9P4: 995 (upgraded P3 and J Sidewinder)
* Magic 2: 399
* AGM-88B Block IIIA: 84
* MBDA Scalp EG: 90
* AFDS: 100
* AM-39 Exocet Block 2: 40
* AGM-65G: 200
* AGM-65A & B: 284 (Proposal to be upgraded at H standard)
* GBU-8B HOBOS: 96
* GBU-24 Paveway III: 200
* GBU-27 Paveway III: 250 (Not certain)
* GBU-12 Paveway II: 600
* GBU-16 Paveway II: 562

Historical aircraft

* Hurricane
* Spitfire
* C-47 Skytrain
* T-33 Shooting Star
* F-86 Sabre
* F-104 Starfight

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