INIOCHOS 2025

From 31 March 2025 to 11 April 2025 the Hellenic Air Force hosted the INIOCHOS 2025 exercise at Andravida Air Base.

From year to year this exercise has become a focus point in Western and Eastern Air Arms training and this year it has been a record edition.

The HAF organised as usual a big spotter day where photographers and spotter have chance to capture action shots of the participating aircrafts.  

«Iniochos 2025» marked the largest participation of air forces since the establishment of the exercise as an INVITEX (Invitation Exercise), with a total of 12 countries actively participating. Specifically, the participating nations were:
• France with Mirage 2000
• India with Su-30
• Israel with G-550
• Italy with Tornado
• Montenegro with Bell 412
• Poland with F-16
• Qatar with F-15
• Slovenia with PC-9
• Spain with F/A-18 Hornet

• United Arab Emirates with Mirage 2000-9
• United States of America with F-16, KC-46 & KC-135
• Greece with all types of HAF fighter jets, helicopters, transport, and training aircraft

1300 sorties were conducted throughout the Athens FIR during the exercise.

Additionally, units from the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Special Warfare Command contributed significantly to the creation of complex and realistic operational scenarios. Furthermore, Bahrain, Cyprus, and Slovakia participated as observer nations.

Throughout «Iniochos 2025», all types of air missions were executed in a high-tempo, day-and-night operational environment, covering the full spectrum of modern air operations within complex and realistic scenarios. Concurrently, missions were also carried out using the Tactical Simulators of F-16 aircraft at the Operational Synthetic Training Squadron of the Hellenic Air Tactics Center, expanding the exercise into the digital domain.

(Source: Hellenic Air Force)

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