Hellenic Air Force

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air force military branch

The Hellenic Air Force is the air warfare branch of Greece’s armed forces, responsible for defending the country’s airspace and conducting aerial operations.

Aliases (3)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force → military branch →
allegiance	Greece → Hellenic Republic →
commanderTitle	Chief of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff →
country	Greece →
engagedIn	NATO operations →
foundingDate	1930 →
hasComponent	Air Training Command → Hellenic Air Force General Staff → Support Command → Tactical Air Force Command →
hasMotto	Αίεν Υψικρατείν →
headquartersLocation	Athens → Greece →
memberOf	NATO integrated air defense system →
militaryBranchOf	Hellenic Armed Forces →
mottoTranslation	Always Dominate the Heights →
nativeName	Πολεμική Αεροπορία →
operatesIn	Aegean Sea region → Eastern Mediterranean → Greek airspace →
partOf	Hellenic Armed Forces →
plannedAircraft	Dassault Rafale → F-35 Lightning II →
precededBy	Hellenic Army Air Service → Hellenic Naval Air Service →
primaryMission	air defense of Greece →
role	aerial operations → air warfare → airspace defense →
secondaryMission	aerial reconnaissance → search and rescue → support of ground forces → support of naval forces → transport and logistics →
serviceBranch	air force →
shortName	HAF →
usesAircraft	AB-205 helicopter → AB-212 helicopter → C-130 Hercules → C-27J Spartan → Dassault Mirage 2000 → Embraer EMB 145 AEW&C → F-16 Fighting Falcon → F-16V (upgraded variant) → F-4 Phantom II → P-3 Orion → Super Puma → T-2 Buckeye → T-6 Texan II →
usesFinFlash	Greek national colors →
usesRoundel	blue-white concentric circles →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Breguet 19 ("Greek Air Force") → Breguet 19 ("Royal Hellenic Air Force") → Bristol Blenheim ("Greek Air Force") → Grob G 120 → Meteor → North American T-28 Trojan → Potez 25 → Republic F-84 Thunderjet ("Greek Air Force") → Sopwith Camel ("Greek Air Force") → Storm Shadow →	usedBy
C-27J Spartan → Canadair CL-215 → Dassault Mirage 2000 → M-346 trainer aircraft → RBE2 radar → Snecma M53 →	operator
Dassault Rafale →	exportUser
Hellenic Air Force ("Hellenic Air Force General Staff") →	hasComponent
Armed Forces of Greece →	hasPart
Greek government-in-exile ("Royal Hellenic Air Force") →	militaryBranch
Battle of Grammos–Vitsi →	militaryBranchInvolved
Italian invasion of Greece ("Royal Hellenic Air Force") →	opponent
Learjet 35 →	primaryUser
Armed Forces of Greece →	serviceBranch