{"id":18998,"date":"2026-08-06T20:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/mock-dogfight-erupts-amid-turkish-airspace-violations-over-aegean\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T20:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:13:08","slug":"mock-dogfight-erupts-amid-turkish-airspace-violations-over-aegean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/mock-dogfight-erupts-amid-turkish-airspace-violations-over-aegean\/","title":{"rendered":"Mock dogfight erupts amid Turkish airspace violations over Aegean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"h-turkish-warplanes-and-drones-violated-greek-airspace-17-times-over-the-aegean-sea-on-thursday-greek-officials-said-in-one-incident-a-greek-fighter-jet-scrambled-to-intercept-them-became-involved-in-a-simulated-dogfight-with-a-turkish-pilot\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turkish warplanes and drones violated Greek airspace 17 times over the Aegean Sea on Thursday, Greek officials said. In one incident, a Greek fighter jet scrambled to intercept them became involved in a simulated dogfight with a Turkish pilot.<\/h5>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Violations had also been recorded over the previous three days. Thursday\u2019s encounter marked the first simulated dogfight since 10 July and the eighth such incident this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode occurred a day after Greece confirmed it would proceed with a major undersea power cable linking the Greek and Cypriot electricity grids \u2014 a project strongly opposed by Turkey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"greek-2domain-0426 greek-2entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center\" id=\"greek-2822910753\">\n<div class=\"greek-2adlabel\">Advertising1<\/div>\n<p>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<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Greek officials, two of Thursday\u2019s breaches involved armed US-made Turkish F-16 fighter jets. One of those jets engaged in the mock dogfight with the Greek aircraft sent to intercept it. A Turkish ATR-72 turboprop reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned drones were also among the aircraft that entered Greek airspace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"greek-2after-post greek-2entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center\" id=\"greek-24226563432\">\n<div class=\"greek-2adlabel\">Advertising1<\/div>\n<p>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<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post Mock dogfight erupts amid Turkish airspace violations over Aegean appeared first on Greek City Times.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/08\/07\/mock-dogfight-turkish-violations-greek-airspace-aegean\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish warplanes and drones violated Greek airspace 17 times over the Aegean Sea on Thursday, Greek officials said. In one incident, a Greek fighter jet scrambled to intercept them became involved in a simulated dogfight with a Turkish pilot. Violations had also been recorded over the previous three days. Thursday\u2019s encounter marked the first simulated &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Mock dogfight erupts amid Turkish airspace violations over Aegean\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/mock-dogfight-erupts-amid-turkish-airspace-violations-over-aegean\/#more-18998\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mock dogfight erupts amid Turkish airspace violations over Aegean\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Turkey-F-16-678x375-1_upscale.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}