The PAC-2s were on loan to Greece until they received their PAC-3s, which I think has happen now. I believe that some PAC-2s that were loaned may have been gifted to Greece by the USA.
In 2002 Hellenic Air Force conducted acceptance firing of Patriot System at NATO’s Missile Firing Installation near Souda bay on Crete, Greece.
from http://www.namfi.gr/index.html
The Patriots have now replaced the old NIKE S.A.M.
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Alepou 340MB
For those with a playstation 2, you may look forward to AceCombat 5:
Though most squadrons in reality just fly one type of aircraft, that’s not so much fun in a game, so you’ll be able to try out many different planes over the course of the game’s 30-odd missions. The craft Namco will own up to licensing for AC5 so far are as follows:
• E/A-18G Growler
• F-16C Block60 Fighting Falcon
• Hawk T-1A
• A-6E Intruder
• F-14D Super Tomcat
• Su-27 Flanker
That’s an eclectic mix — an electronic-warfare jet, a nimble multirole craft, a two-seat trainer, a workhorse bomber, a naval defense fighter, and a fast strike fighter, respectively. However, it’s only a tiny fraction of the total hangar. Namco promises more than 50 fighters, some with additional paint schemes to unlock for extra customization. They’ll be flyable in four different game modes, including the main campaign, although AC5 will evidently not feature a multiplayer mode like some of its predecessors.
Flight combat isn’t the easiest genre to mess up. It speaks, after all, to a pair of mankind’s deepest instinctive desires — to fly, and to blow things up. And Namco, of course, has proven to have a good handle on the right balance of arcade simplicity and simulation realism in previous Ace Combat games. If we can get our hands on it at E3 next week, watch the skies for more positive impressions.
http://www.1up.com/article2/0,2053,1583326,00.asp
Enjoy the following screen shots!
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Alepou 340MB 😎
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