Greece Completes Rafale Order with Delivery of 24th Fighter Jet

Greece Completes Rafale Order with Delivery of 24th Fighter Jet

The Rafale is a 4.5-generation multi-role fighter known for its advanced avionics, weaponry, and versatility. Credit: AMNA The last of an order for 24 Rafale aircraft for the Hellenic Air Force landed at the Tanagra military base on Thursday, delivered to Greece by France. Greece had initially ordered 18 Rafale aircraft, with another 6 such fighter jets added (version 4.5). The fighter airplanes have been incorporated in 332 Squadron, part of th…

The 24th Rafale of our Air Force landed today at the Tanagra military airport

The single-seat aircraft with serial number "457" is the most modern addition to the Hellenic Air Force's arsenal.

Dassault Aviation delivers final Rafale fighter jet to Greece

The first contract, signed on 25 January 2021, provided for the delivery of 18 Rafale jets between 2022 and 2023. To expedite the process, 12 of these aircraft were transferred from the French Air Force, with the remaining six being newly manufactured. A second agreement, signed on 24 March 2022, added six more jets, all newly produced. The first Rafale arrived in Greece in July 2021, though training operations initially took place in France. Gr…

With the successful landing at the Tanagra airbase of the 24th aircraft, the deliveries of the Dassault Aviation Rafale F3R fighter bombers to Greece were completed. Greece has ordered a total of 24 Rafale F3Rs from France in two tranches, the first consisting of fourteen single-seaters and four two-seaters and a second of six units. Of the first eighteen examples, twelve come from the Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace and six are newly built, as ar…

In January 2021, Greece confirmed the order for eighteen Rafale F3R fighter-bombers from France, twelve of which were second-hand, as part of an overall contract worth €2.5 billion, including the delivery of METEOR and MICA air-to-air missiles as well as SCALP cruise missiles and AM39 anti-ship missiles... This article The Greek Air Force has received its twenty-fourth and final Rafale. For the moment? first appeared on Zone Militaire.