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A 63-year-old American hiker was picked up by a Super Puma helicopter from the Greek Air Force from the “Zolotas” refuge on Mount Olympus and transported to Litochoro.

A video of the airlift, which took place on Monday, August 26, was posted on the official account of the Air Force on X.

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A Greek Air Force F-16 (Block 52+ variant) fighter jet crashed into a sea off the small island of Psathoura, in the northern Aegean.

The pilot managed to escape from the single seater aircraft using the ejection system. He was located and collected by a Super Puma helicopter and is being transferred to hospital.

Greece on Monday dispatched two Canadair fire-fighting aircraft after a call for assistance from fellow European Union member Cyprus to help fight a blaze that has scorched miles of mountainous terrain.

A search and rescue operation is underway for two airmen on the island of Evia after their Canadair firefighting aircraft crashed while battling the wildfire that is raging in the southern part of the island.

The investigator who has requested the upgrade of the charges faced by fire brigade and civil protection officials from misdemeanors to felonies over their management of the deadly fire in Mati in 2018 is citing fresh evidence to back his case.

Rescue teams on Thursday reportedly found the sole inhabitant of the remote island of Kinaros in the southeastern Aegean who had been reported missing by concerned relatives after they had been unable to reach her on the phone for three days.

An underage hiker who was injured while climbing Mount Olympus in central Greece is well in his health, the hospital where he was transferred said in a statement Saturday.

A helicopter has crashed into the sea off the coast of the Saronic island of Poros, reports said Tuesday.
According to Greece's state-run Athens-Macedonia news agency, the aircraft, said to be a privately-owned Agusta 109 helicopter, tangled in power lines before plummeting into the water.

The Ministry of National Defense is making every effort for the highly trained personnel of the Romanian Air Force to be equipped with modern hardware, said Defense Minister Gabriel Les, attending on Monday the departure ceremony of the 'Carpathian Pumas' airlift helicopter detachment for a UN mission to Mali.

The Day of Romanian Aviation and Air Force represents an occasion to remember those who devoted their life to flight, National Defence Minister Gabriel Les told the event organised on Saturday at the Air Heroes' Monument, in Aviators' Square.