His first joint air exercise after the outbreak of the war Israel held, with Greece, south of Crete.

This is a very large exercise with 56 Greek fighter aircraft F-16s being refueled mid-air by two Israeli tankers in both day and night conditions.

This huge operation has special symbolism for our country as it takes place in an area which has once again entered the “eye” of Turkey due to the Turkish-Libyan memorandum and the “Blue Homeland”.

The footage released by the armed forces of the two countries is breathtaking.

In detail, according to today’s GEA announcement, in the joint training, the Air Force participated with 56 F-16 aircraft, while on the Israeli side, two Air Refueling B707 Tanker aircraft of 120 Squadron (Desert Giants) participated.

The activity was aimed at training, familiarization and coordination of F-16 crews in Air to Air Refueling (AAR) procedures day and night, which contributed to increasing the level of operational readiness, combat capability, knowledge sharing and upgrading the military synergy of the two countries“, states the relevant announcement.