Geography is in favour of the one who flies daily for decades over the hypothetical battlefield of the Aegean and knows it better than anyone else since its his home. Not to the one has build several forward bases and bought tankers in order to overcome the “geography” disadvantage.

Training is in favour of the one who performs better on a daily basis during thousands of scrambles and interceptions, and who is not arrogant enough to
think that numbers alone can “win” anything, if training is not done to the extreme, as was the case with the M2K mid air collision during DACT 2 weeks ago. Greek pilots train the way they will fight 24/7 and not only on NATO exercises.

Equipment is in favour of the one who not only has the same assets as his oponnent, but also other assets that his oponnent does not have a clear picture about and only knows what you want to show him.

Again we have 30 years of interceptions in order to understand who is capable of what.

Hey Rush, eeehhh I meant Distiller! 😉
The Tiger has no FMS and needs hard cash for payments…

MENL is notorious for posting “news” items about 15 days or more later than the time the story run…

Now this program has been on and off for several years, so until a contract is signed I suspect we’ll hear more of these stories…

Greek Army Aviation is under the command of teh Greek Army General Staff and NOT of the PA. 353 Mira Orions are under the command of the Hellenic Navy’s Fleet HQ. The replacement of the top brass has to do with political reasons and this is usual for countries were the politicians give orders to the military and not the other way arond…

Pegasus, do you happen to have a photograph of the “Ajax” “fin art” on 71760?

http://www.cgaux.com/C-130carrierlanding.htm

Take a look here

Turkish Phantoms:

http://phantomteam.cjb.net/images/fotograf.html

http://www.airtoair.cjb.net/

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6059/

How long is this red light going to last…?
(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)