Royal Air Force

Turkish fighter jets proceeded to violate Greek national airspace over the Aegean Sea on Thursday. Two armed F-16 fighter jets and a pair of CN-235 reconnaissance aircraft violated Greek airspace a total of 37 times. The Greek air force responded by scrambling F-16 fighters and intercepting the incoming aircraft in accordance with international laws of engagement.

A Russian fighter jet came within five feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Monday, in an encounter the American pilot determined was unsafe.
The incident occurred Monday morning as an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft flew in international airspace above the Baltic Sea.

A small explosion occurred outside a police station at a British base in Cyprus early on Tuesday, authorities said, adding it was being treated as a criminal investigation.

British base authorities said one police officer suffered "very minor injuries" and there was superficial damage to the entrance of the station at Dhekelia, known as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.

The Israeli look on the “INIOHOS 2017″ international exercise conducted in Greece:

Security concerns have been raised about plans to carry out major servicing work on the UK’s new F-35 fighter jets in Turkey.

SNP MP George Kerevan is to call for an inquiry into the policy in the light of last year’s attempted coup in Turkey and tensions with its Nato partners.

Major repairs to RAF combat jets have previously been carried out in the UK.

BAE Systems delivered yesterday an optimistic outlook on government defense spending, in particular by the new U.S. administration led by President Donald Trump.

European member-states of NATO agreed at a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels to purchase jointly aircraft and submarines.

There is also an option for the establishment of new command headquarters for the elite troops of the alliance in Europe.

Britain's top defense official said Friday that the country's two military bases on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus are "more important than ever" in light of the turmoil gripping nearby Syria.

Ankara's recent decision to order 24 Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft has brought to the fore a discussion that has been taking place for some years within the Greek armed forces about how Greece can maintain its deterrent capabilities vis a vis Turkey without entering into an arms race with its neighbor.

Germany is planning on building a fixed location inside Turkey's ?ncirlik Airbase, where it is already deploying Tornado jets and an aerial refueling jet along with hundreds of soldiers, for around 65 million euros, Germany's Der Spiegel reported on April 25.