Tough dogfight in Aegean – Turkish F-16s take a beating
Greek and Turkish F-16s engaged in a simulated dogfight over the Aegean Sea after armed Turkish jets violated Greek airspace and refused to turn back, officials said Monday.
A fierce air engagement took place today, Monday, July 25, 2026, in the Aegean Sea, as Greek alert fighters were involved in an interception with a pair of armed Turkish F-16s.
The Turkish pilots, after violating air traffic regulations and entering Greek national airspace, refused to turn back and engaged in a simulated air battle, known as a dogfight.
Naturally, the operational superiority of the Greek pilots left no margin whatsoever for the Turkish operators, and the result was the usual… A lot of “bruising” for our eastern “allies” in NATO.
This is an incident that has not been recorded at such intensity for quite some time. Notably, the Turkish F-16s were armed with air-to-air missiles.
According to data from the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, two armed Turkish F-16s and two additional Turkish CN-235 aircraft entered the Athens FIR, both in the Northeastern and Southeastern Aegean, without having filed flight plans.
In total, four violations of air traffic regulations were recorded, ten violations of Greek national airspace of ten nautical miles – of which eight were by the CN-235s and two by the F-16s – and one simulated air engagement.
The incident highlights once again the tension prevailing in Greek airspace, with the Greek Armed Forces in constant readiness to protect the country’s sovereignty.
