Jets flying over greece

Posted by plsdontbanmeagain138@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 16 comments

Been a few days, but wanted to share these beauties

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davidfliesplanes@reddit

3 F-16's, 2 F/A-18's (I assume Spanish or Swiss), 1 Rafale, 1 Eurofighter, 1 Tornado, one F-104, last one of the diamond idk. And another F-16 following them.

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HF_Martini6@reddit

AFAIK the Swiss Air Force isn't currently flying in Greece.

I'm not that up to date anymore though

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fslanding@reddit

Second group of 4, lead is a Grippen j39 , Rafale has two engines ...f104 is unlikely, I believe it's a trainer get with the last one some form a Learjet/bizjet modified for military use?

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Peeterwetwipe@reddit

The one on the left in the rear 4 is 100% a tornado.

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Thermobyte@reddit

Oh, good catch. Finnish air force operates Learjet 35A/S, similar to US C-21A.

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davidfliesplanes@reddit

Oh yeah 100% a gripen, don't know how I made that mistake. As for the F-104, there is one flying in Italy iirc, but yeah it's not a F-104 you're right about that too.

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plsdontbanmeagain138@reddit (OP)

Rafael was pretty easy because of the wings. But how does one differentiate between F-16 and F/A-18? I guess the tails? Been seeing a lot of jets since moving here and got a bit into spotting.

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hoppertn@reddit

That would be a hoot if anyone still flew F-104’s but the only ones flyable are civilian out of Florida now.

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Thermobyte@reddit

That's a JAS 39 Gripen, not a Rafael. I think the last one in the diamond is a BAE Hawk, but I'm not 100% sure.

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Bearha1r@reddit

Just seen that one of the RIAT 27 themes is 50 years of Tiger. Should be good. Planning to hold my tickets for next year.

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plsdontbanmeagain138@reddit (OP)

I actually saw them on the 10th of may. Just training before the big day I guess?

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