Overflight

The Trump administration notified international partners on May 21 that it's pulling out of a treaty that permits 30-plus nations to conduct unarmed, observation flights over each other's territory overflights initially set up to promote trust and avert conflict between the U.S. and Russia.

Turkey on May 14 defended its decision to deny overflight clearance to a plane carrying medical aid to the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA).

Turkish fighter jets conducted an overflight over the eastern Aegean island of Panayia on Friday.

Military authorities said a pair of Turkish F-16 entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) at 10.43 a.m. and carried out an overflight at 17,000 feet at 10.44 a.m.