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Turkish aircraft violate Greek airspace 10 times, resulting in one dog fight with Greek fighter

The incident occurred on the day Greece welcomed its new Rafale jets

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Turkish fighter jets committed ten violations of the Greek national airspace today, as the Hellenic Air Force was welcoming in an official ceremony the new state-of-the-art Rafale jets.

Ankara sent ten aircraft (nine F-16s and one ATR-72 anti-submarine) to the Northeast and Southeast Aegean , which also committed six traffic infringements of the Athens FIR.

During the violations, there was one instance of a dog fight between Greek aircraft and the Turkish aggressors, while three Turkish F-16s flew armed.

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According to the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS), the Turkish aircraft were identified and intercepted in accordance with international rules, in accordance with established practice.

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