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Six Turkish F-16 fighter jets violated Greek air space on Tuesday, Greece's National Defense General Staff reported.
Six Turkish F-16 fighter jets violated Greek air space over the Aegean Sea on Tuesday, Greece's National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) stated."According to GEETHA, a formation of six aircraft entered the Athens Information Region between Lesvos and Chios at 3.01 p.m. before splitting into two groups," reported Greece's Ekathimerini newspaper.
"Four jets flew over the island of Fourni between Samos and Chios at 3.25 p.m. while the other two flew over Makronisi and Anthropofagoi islets before flying over Agathonisi," said GEETHA.
Greek aircraft were scrambled to intercept the Turkish jets, and force them to leave Greek airspace, said the defense ministry.
The incident is one of many airspace violations committed by Turkey of Greek airspace
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