![]() Following a two-hour direct flight to Greece, they performed a flight over the Acropolis of Athens at 1222hrs local time and then continued to Tanagra, where the first Rafale landed about 22 minutes later for the formal reception ceremony They were flown by the first group of HAF pilots to have completed their six months of training on the type with Dassault at its Mérignac Conversion Training Centre in Bordeaux, France. The six F-3R standard aircraft that were flown to Greece comprised Rafale DGs 401 and 402 along with Rafale EGs 410, 411, 412 and 413. ![]() Hellenic Air Force Rafale DG 402 departs from Base Aérienne 125 Istres-Le Tubé, France, to begin its delivery flight to Tanagra Air Base on January 19 Dassault Aviation ![]() The aircraft were flown from the Dassault Aviation site at Base Aérienne 125 Istres-Le Tubé, France, to the HAF’s Tanagra Air Base, where they were welcomed during a ceremony attended by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accompanied by the Minister of National Defense Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos and Senior Greek officials, along with Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation. Delivery of the first six Hellenic Air Force (HAF) Dassault Rafales to Greece was completed on January 19.
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