Tag: hellenic air force

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Over Aegean Skies: How Greece Tamed the F-4 Phantom

For nearly half a century, the distinctive whistle of afterburners became the background noise of Greek airspace. Pilots training over mountainous terrain and narrow maritime corri

The Phantom's long career with Greece

Greece received its first F-4E Phantom IIs in 1974 through the Peace Icarus program. At the time, the twin-engine McDonnell Douglas fighter-bomber was one of the most capable multi