Greece
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Apr- 2018 -28 AprilEurope
Greece to upgrade 85 F-16 fighter jets to Viper configuration
Greece announced it is to upgrade 85 of its fleet of US-made F-16 warplanes, a programme pending over the past six months due to concerns over cost
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21 AprilEurope
Greece to lease French FREMM frigates amid Turkey tensions in Aegean
Greece will this summer lease two state-of-the-art French warships, the defence ministry, as Athens seeks to bolster its defences in the Aegean Sea amid growing tensions with Turkey.
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12 AprilEurope
Greek military jet crashes in Aegean Sea, pilot killed
The pilot of a Greek air force jet is missing after the jet crashed in the Aegean Sea, 9 miles northeast of Skyros island
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10 AprilEurope
Greece fires warning shots at Turkish helicopter in Aegean Sea
Greek soldiers fired warning shots at a Turkish helicopter after it approached the small island of Ro, which marks their border in the Aegean Sea, a Greek military source said
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Jan- 2018 -10 JanuaryEurope
Greece intercepts Libya-bound ship carrying explosives from Turkey
The Greek Coast Guard seized a Tanzania-flagged freighter carrying explosive materials from Turkey to Libya's Misurata.
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Oct- 2017 -17 OctoberBusiness
US State Dept approves $2.4 billion Greek F-16 upgrade as PM Tsipras visits White House
The U.S. State Department approved the potential $2.4 billion upgrade of Greek F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to the F-16 Block V configuration
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