List of aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force

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The following is a list of aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force.

Aircraft[]

Aircraft and Helicopters Origin Type Versions In service[1] Total Numbers Notes
Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon  United States  Greece Fighter F-16C
F-16D		 114
40		 154 Operating versions: Block 30/50/52+/52+
84 are being upgraded to F-16V by HAI. 38 F-16C/D Block30/50 to Block 52+adv(52M) (by HAI), from the spare parts of the 36 F-16C/D Block52M that are being updated to F-16V.
Dassault Mirage 2000  France Fighter Mirage 2000 EGM
Mirage 2000-5 Mk2		 16
24		 40 16 EGM aircraft will be sold by 2023 to the French Air Force as part of the Rafale deal.
Dassault Rafale  France Fighter Rafale F3R 6 24 24 units on order.[2]
McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II  United States  Germany  Greece Fighter-Bomber F-4E PI 2000
 18 33 Upgraded under Peace Icarus 200 program, designed by DASA and carried out by HAI
Alenia C-27J Spartan  Italy Transport C-27J 8 8 12 originally ordered, the last 4 were cancelled
C-130H(EW)  United States Electronic Warfare C-130H 2 2
Lockheed C-130 Hercules  United States Transport C-130B
C-130H		 7 5
10
King Air 350ER  United States Air Ambulance King Air 350ER 2 2 Operated on behalf of Ministry of Health
Gulfstream V  United States VIP Transport/MEDEVAC G500 1 1
Embraer ERJ-135  Brazil VIP Transport/MEDEVAC ERJ-135LR/BJ 2 2
Embraer R-99  Brazil Airborne Early Warning (AEW&C) EMB-145H 4 4 also known as "Ericsson Erieye"
Lockheed P-3 Orion  United States  Greece Maritime Operations P-3B 1 5 4 being upgraded to the P-3B HN standard by HAI
Tecnam P2002 Sierra  Italy Trainer P2002JF 12 12
Beechcraft T-6 Texan II  United States Trainer T-6A 45 45
Rockwell T-2 Buckeye  United States Trainer T-2C
T-2E		 5
35		 40
Dassault Mirage 2000  France Trainer Mirage 2000BG 2 2 Two-seat trainer.
Canadair CL-215  Canada Firefighting/SAR/Utility 215GR 12 12
Canadair CL-415  Canada Firefighting/SAR/Uitility 415GR 7 7 1 used for SAR missions.
PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader  Poland Firefighting/Observation M-18
M-18AS		 19
3		 22
Agusta A109  Italy MEDEVAC Helicopter A-109E Power 3 3
Eurocopter AS332  France Combat SAR & SAR Helicopter AS-332C1 Super Puma 12 12 2 ΑS-332L1 Super Puma operated by the Fire Department.
Bell 212  Italy VIP Helicopter/Utility Bell-212 4 4
Bell 205  Italy SAR Helicopter AB-205 12 12 built by Agusta
Bell 47  United States Utility Helicopter 47G 7 7
IAI Heron  Israel UAV IAI Heron 2 2
Pegasus ISR 1/2  Greece UAV E1-79 Pegasus
E1-79 Pegasus II		 4 10
16

Weapons inventory[]

Air-to-air[]

  • AIM-9M Sidewinder: 265
  • AIM-9L/I1 Sidewinder: 300
  • AIM-9L/I Sidewinder: 347
  • AIM-9P4 Sidewinder (upgraded P3 and J-Sidewinder): 1000
  • AIM-120C-5/7 AMRAAM: 400
  • AIM-120B AMRAAM: 80
  • IRIS-T: 350 (with 230 joint helmet mounted cueing systems)
  • R550 Magic-2: 300
  • MBDA MICA: 300

Air-to-ground[]

  • SCALP EG: 90
  • Bombkapsel 90 AFDS: 70
  • AGM-65G2: 200
  • AGM-65A/B: 200+ (?)
  • AGM-88B Block IIIA: 84
  • AGM-154C JSOW: 40
  • GBU-12 & GBU-16 Paveway II: 1,162
  • GBU-24 Paveway III: 200
  • GBU-27 Paveway III: 250
  • JDAM: 100
  • Enhanced Paveway II: 50

Antiship-missiles[]

Navigation and targeting pods[]

  • DB-110: 2 (RECON)
  • LANTIRN-AWNP (F-16 Block 50D & 52+): 23
  • LANTIRN-TP (F-16 Block 50D & 52+): 23
  • LITENING targeting pod F-4E AUP: 15
  • ASTAC ELINT-SIGINT: 4 ( RF-4)

Anti-aircraft systems[]

  • Patriot PAC II/ PAC III AA missile system: 6 Batteries / 36 launchers / 325 missiles (as of 2004 installed near Athens, Thessaloniki and on the island of Skyros)
  • S-300 PMU 1 AA missile system: 1 Battalion/2 systems/4 fire units/16 launchers/75 48n6epm-1 missiles)
  • SKYGUARD/VELOS AA system: 20 launchers / 280 missiles / 24 Oerlikon-35 Guns
  • Crotale NG/GR AA missile system: 9 launchers
  • TOR M1 AA missile system: 4 systems/8 launchers protecting s-300 pmu 1 fire units
  • Stinger portable AA missile: unknown number of launchers / 300 missiles
  • Rheinmetall 202 Mk20 : 326


Retired and historical fighters[]

See also: List of historic aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force
  • Hurricane
  • Spitfire
  • C-47 Skytrain
  • T-33 Shooting Star
  • F-86 Sabre
  • F-84 Thunderstreak
  • F-102 Delta Dagger
  • F-104 Starfighter
  • F-5 Freedom Fighter
  • T-37 Tweety Bird
  • Mirage F-1

References[]

  1. ^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.
  2. ^ International, Flight; Embraer2020-12-04T12:30:00+00:00, in association with. "World Air Forces 2021". Flight Global. Retrieved 2021-05-01.

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