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Greek and Turkish F16 fighter jets engage in dog fights over Aegean Sea

The Turkish jets violated Greek airspace on 30 occasions

Newsroom July 2 10:40

The Turkish Air Force unleashed a barrage of violations of the Greek national airspace, as 12 Turkish F-16 fighter jets illegally committed 30 violations and 16 air traffic infringements of the Athens FIR.
All the Turkish F-16s were all armed and engaged in 6 dog fights over the Aegean Sea with intercepting Greek aircraft that were scrambled.
Two more Turkish CN-235 spy planes flew over the Aegean Sea.

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