On Thursday, April 18, 2024, the Multinational Air Exercise «INIOCHOS 2024», which started on Monday, April 8, 2024, has been completed.
The main host unit of the Exercise was the Andravida Air Base, from where almost all of the fighter aircraft of the foreign missions and the majority of the Air Force (AF) fighters operated.
In the exercise «INIOCHOS 2024», a total of 9 countries participated, the largest number of participants of Air Forces, so far, since the establishment of the exercise as INVITEX. In particular, France with RAFALE and AEW E-3F aircraft, the UK with TYPHOON aircraft, the USA with F-16 and MQ-9 Unmanned Aircraft, Spain with F-18 aircraft, Qatar with RAFALE aircraft, the Republic of Cyprus with an AW-139 helicopter, Montenegro with a B-414 helicopter, Romania with F-16s and Saudi Arabia with TYPHOON aircraft, completing 1027 sorties in the entire Athens FIR.
In the exercise, also participated Forces from the Army, Navy and Special Warfare Command, as well as Austria and Portugal with Intelligence and Special Forces personnel, who were involved in creating complex and realistic scenarios, while Germany participated with an observer team.
During the exercise «INIOCHOS 2024» were performed all types of air missions under an intense battle rhythm, day and night, covering the whole range of modern air operations in a series of high realistic and complex scenarios in an intense battle rhythm.
Foreign participants
CYPRUS with one AW-139 Helicopter (703) part of 460 MED baed at Pafos/Intl Andreas Papandreou Air Base
AÉRONAUTIQUE NAVALE with 6 Rafales M (7, 13, 17, 20, 33 and 34) from 11, 12 and 17F all based at Landivisiau
ARMÉE DE L'AIR with one E-3F (flying from other location)
MONTENEGRO with one Bell 412B (37032/XHB032) from the Helikopterska Eskadrila/Podgorica Gulobovci
QATAR with 5 Rafales (DQ: QA204; EQ: QA210, QA213, QA219, QA220) all from 1 Squadron 'Al Adiyat', part of Flying Wing 6 based at Tamim AB
ROMANIA participated with three F-16AMs (1605, 1609 and 1616) from Escadrila 53 Vânătoare/Baza 86 Fetesti
SAUDI ARABIA sent six Typhoons, four F.2s (312, 313, 1018 and 8013) and two T.3s (1017 and 1020) all from the Taif/King Fahd Air Base 2nd Wing (3, 10 and 80sqn)
SPAIN was present with four F/A-18+ (C.15-79/46-07, C.15-82/46-10, C.15-83/46-11 and C.15-93/46-21) all from 462 Esc stationed on the island of Gran Canaria/Las Palmas
UK with Typhoons (flying from another location)
USA with F-16s and MQ-9s (flying from another location)
Additionally, Austria and Portugal participated with intel personnel and special forces while Germany sent a group of observers
Hellenic Air Force participation
F-4Es from 338 MDV
F-16Cs from 330, 335, 336 and 347 Mira
F-16Vs from 343 Mira
Spottersday the 10th of April 2024