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August 2, 2026
Two Bell aircraft taking part in firefighting operations in the Attica region collided in mid-air during
Two Bell firefighting helicopters collided mid-air while battling a major wildfire near Psatha, west of Athens, on Sunday, killing two crew members and highlighting the dangers faced by aerial…
Two helicopters involved in fighting the wildfires ravaging Greece collided in mid-air this Sunday, during an operation in the Psatha region, west of Athens, resulting in the death of…
Two Bell helicopters deployed to fight wildfires collided in mid-air this Sunday (2nd) during an operation to contain a large fire in the Psatha region, west of Attica, in…
Two crew members have died and two others were rescued alive after two helicopters fighting the Psatha wildfire collided in flight on Sunday, 2 August. The…
July 29, 2026
The constellation ARA (pronounced AIR-uh) the Altar was one of the “original” constellations of the Greeks. It appeared in Phaenomena, a 3rd-century-b.c. work by the Greek poet Aratus. He based it…
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Greece will acquire three Embraer C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft in a deal worth about €600 million. Greece’s security council approved it on 23 July. This replaces aging C-130…
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July 28, 2026
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Greece takes a further step in modernizing its Armed Forces with the approval of the acquisition of three Embraer C-390 tactical and logistics transport aircraft…
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July 26, 2026
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Decision follows months of signals that Athens had selected the Brazilian transport to replace part of its C-130 Hercules fleet
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July 23, 2026
Greece has approved the purchase of a multi-layer air defense system worth up to €3.5 billion ($4 billion) from Israel.
July 19, 2026
As Nolan embarks on "The Odyssey", we look back on the sci-fi movie where time dilation is as cruel as any Greek god.
July 17, 2026
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a Ryanair (Malta Air) 737-800 suffers an uncontained engine failure after departing Thessaloniki, Greece, resulting in a shattered cabin window and a passenger…
The National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) in the US is to lead an investigation into the Ryanair incident… The post NTSB leads probe into Ryanair’s broken window incident over Greece appeared first…
July 10, 2026
A passenger on a Ryanair flight from the Greek holiday resort of Thessaloniki was reportedly partially sucked out of the plane’s window when it suffered an explosive decompression on Friday morning…
July 2, 2026
Its objective will be to observe the environment of the archipelago, in areas such as temperature, coastal evolution, human activities and natural emergencies. For your part, Hyperion..
