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“Skyros” exercise – day 2

February 3, 20211 Mins read472
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New day for the Franco-Greek exercise “Skyros 2021”.

Also today a French Air Force Airbus A330MRTT (reg. F-UJCI – callsign VALIANT35) took off from Athens Int’l airport and is now carrying out an AAR mission (air to air refueling) over the Ionian Sea.


In addition to the Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000 and F-16, 4 French Dassault Rafale also participate in the exercise; all the “Dassault aircraft” are based in the Tanagra AB.

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