Greece was the beginning, especially for the planning of the Israelis against Tehran’s “tough” armament programs, with the arrival, the hosting, the flights, the tests on firing ranges, beginning with the joint exercise “Glorious Spartan” in 2008, where various classes of warplanes flew into our airspace en masse: bombers, spy, electronic warfare, helicopters, different types of aircraft, aerial refueling/tankers, etc.
If all these cooperation frameworks are brought together and the tripartite ones with Cyprus and the USA are added, the joint training of the Special Forces, the mutual visits of the chiefs of staff, the various branches, even Army History, Geographical Service, Hydrographic Service, etc. , the “Hiniochos” exercises in the Andravida/117 battle wing, the naval/submarine exercises, etc., then we are talking about writing/recording entire volumes of bilateral multidimensional cooperation.
Moreover, it is no coincidence that in the last 6-7 years the top leaders of the IRGC/Revolutionary Guard have been strongly criticizing Greece and are suspicious of our stance on the Middle East and other issues, Lt. Gen. Salami, Rear Admiral Fadavi et al. The IAF conducted a large strike/long-range exercise in Greece this time last year, the latest in a series of exercises aimed at preparing for a possible strike on Iran and its military facilities, according to Israeli reports.
The joint two-day exercise with the Hellenic Air Force included long-range flights, aerial refueling, low-altitude flights and the use of live fire. During the exercise, dozens of IAF fighter jets, as well as reconnaissance and resupply aircraft, flew thousands of kilometers from Israel to Greece and back, the IDF said.
They said the exercise was conducted in “particularly difficult” weather conditions but, despite this, all mock targets were destroyed. The commander of the IAF’s 106th squadron, Lt Gen ‘Mem’, who can only be identified by the first letter of his first name in Hebrew, said the exercise had two main objectives. The first was cooperation with Greece, which includes mutual learning, and the second was improving the IAF’s readiness for very complex missions. The Israelis conducted a drill that would simulate an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Crete is a “favorite” testing ground
It is worth noting that Crete, due to the presence of the even essentially decommissioned anti-aircraft/anti-missile system S 300 PMU1, of Russian origin, was the “favorite” testing ground of the Israelis, since Iran is equipped with such and similar systems. According to successive chiefs of the IAF, based on what was said by Chiefs Ido Nehustan, Amir Essel, Amikan Norkin, etc., although the sea space between Israel and Greece is different, the relief, from the space between Israel and the Gulf are inserted Arabic states, however, Greece offered and offers space for exercises with the exclusive aim of Iran, since the distance from the Hajerim, Palmasim, Navatim and Tel Nof bases is roughly equal in miles to Iran’s nuclear, missile and other military bases, which are the main targets of the impending Israeli attack.
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