Turkish F-16s flew over Greek islands in the Aegean on Monday. Credit: NATOA pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets entered Athens’ Flight Information Region (FIR) without submitting a flight plan and flew over the inhabited islands of Leipsoi and Farmakonisi on Monday.
Specifically, the pair flew over Farmakonisi at 4:16 p.m. at an altitude of 28,000 feet, and over the island of Leipsoi two minutes later at 4:18 p.m. at a constant altitude.
Record number of Turkish jet overflights in 2020
The number of Turkish planes overflights over Greece in 2020 outnumber those that have been made in the past decade.
The number of overflights of Turkish fighter jets over Greek islands since the beginning of the year has reached 401, according to Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) figures. A record number that demonstrates Ankara’s willingness to take the situation to the very limit — until Greece reacts with aggression.
The main news from Greece on Monday that you may have missed as the world focuses on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
