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It was founded in 1950 from the unification of three Ministries: under the influence of American advisors. However, a single Ministry of National Defense was established and operated in the three-year period of 1941-44 by the puppet governments [1] (the legitimate exiled Greek government of the Middle East had retained the separate Ministries of Military Affairs, Naval Affairs and Aviation for ...
Andravida military airport; Araxos military airport – GPA, Greece, Patras; Eleusis military base; Tanagra military airport; Tatoi Air Base; Larissa Air Base; Souda Air Base; Sedes Air Base (Mikra)
The Hellenic Armed Forces (Greek: Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, romanized: Ellinikés Énoples Dynámis) are the military forces of Greece. They consist of the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Hellenic Air Force. The civilian authority overseeing the Hellenic Armed Forces is the Ministry of National Defense.
Part of. Hellenic Armed Forces. Motto (s) "Defend from enemies". Website. https://ethnofilaki.army.gr. The National Guard (Greek: Εθνοφυλακή, romanized: Ethnofylakí) is part of the Hellenic Army and are voluntary corps, mainly located in areas near the frontiers, consisted of trained and armed volunteer men (and since 2019 women). [1]
The National Guard was established in 1964 as a force composed predominantly of ethnic Greeks, following the Cyprus crisis of 1963–1964 and the breakdown of social and political relations between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots on the island of Cyprus. [5]
An anti-tank missile during military drills in Pingtung, southern Taiwan, on August 26, 2024. AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying The Secretary of the US Air Force said war with China in the Pacific was not ...
Gaza polio vaccination drive reaches 160,000 children. Some 160,000 Gaza children received their first vaccination for polio on Sunday and Monday, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The ...
In 1931, the Hellenic Air Force Academy, the Icarus School (Greek: Σχολή Ικάρων), was founded. At the end of 1936, Greece ordered 36 Polish PZL P.24 fighter aircraft, which entered service with the 21st, 22nd and 23rd Pursuit Squadrons and after completion of deliveries in 1938, formed the core of the RHAF fighter force.