Balkans: May 14, 2002

Archives

Sounds almost like old times. Turkey claimed that four Greek F-16s buzzed a Turk Cougar helicopter in Aegean airspace. The Turkish copter was engaged in a search and rescue exercise. Four Turkish fighters responded to the incident. Turkey then claims a second flight of Greek jets, this time two Mirages, harassed another group of helicopters engaged in the exercise. Its unfortunate. Until Aegean shelf issues are resolved, these tough guy games will continue.

X

ad

Help keep us a float!

Your support helps us keep our ship a float. We appreciate anyway you chose to help out. Visit us daily, subscribe, donate, and tell your friends.

You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  2. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
  3. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on X.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close