Ekathimerini: Turkish fighter jets harass Tsipras's helicopter
Two Turkish fighter aircraft reportedly harassed the Chinook helicopter carrying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Greek Armed Forces Chief Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis as they were flying from the islet of Ro to Rhodes on Tuesday afternoon.
The Turkish fighter jets, flying at an altitude of 10,000 feet, asked the Greek helicopter pilot, which at that moment was at 1,500 feet, to provide flight details, according to defense sources.
The pilot immediately informed the prime minister and the HNDGS Chief and alerted the Greek air force which dispatched two fighter jets, which approached the area at 20,000 feet. The Turkish aircraft retreated.
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Update #1: Turkish fighters harrass Greek PM’s helicopter (Ahval)
Update #2: Turkish Fighter Jets "Harass" Helicopter Of Greek PM Tsipras (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: This is an understatement .... Greek PM: Greek-Turkish relations in period of "instability" (ABC News/AP). Bottom line .... there are many differences between the two countries .... Turkey warns Greece after hoisting of flag on Aegean islet (Reuters).
7 comments:
@Lori Gattuso
They did have fighters ( always do in these cases)
Rumor has it there was one or two sections in CAP around that Chinook
And these kind of provocations have been going on for more than 2 decades now - gotten rather used to it ;)
P
Suckers
Suckers
Then why did the Chinook pilot ask for back up and have 2 jets despatched
@fazman
The Greek sections were already on patrol in high cover
- this kind of harassment has been repeated a fortnight ago
(And this is the cluster of islets were shots were reported being fired
against a Turkish coastguard helicopter recently)
Π
Brave prime minister.
"Brave prime minister"
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Depends on the neighbors friend...
At least he's a PM , not a Sultan
Cheers - P
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