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In the early hours of Tuesday, August 17, 1999 a
powerful earthquake measuring more than seven on
the Richter scale struck the northwest coast of
Turkey, near Izmit, in the most prosperous and
highly developed area of the country.
According to some estimates, more than 30,000
people died and more than 600,000 buildings were
destroyed within 20 kilometres of the epicentre,
while one third of the city of Gialova sank into
the water.The earthquake had also destroyed the
electric power network. Technicians tried hard to
repair the power system, but this activity was
halted by the refinery's general manager, who
feared that short circuits might cause new fires.
Most refinery workers lived in the immediate area
and many were dead or injured and, as a result,
there were few people with knowledge of the
refinery's operation or its layout available to
help fight the fire. Only 200 of the refinery's
3,000 employees came to the site during the
remainder of the day.
Thirty minutes after the earthquake, the
distillation tower in the Turpas refinery
(Turkey's largest refinery) collapsed, causing the
outbreak of fire in four large petroleum storage
tanks. Shortly after sending rescue teams (Greek
firefighters and commandos) and humanitarian aid,
Greece also sent aerial firefighting resources in
response to Turkey's request.
The aerial firefighting mission was under the
operational command of the Greek Fire Corps. The
equipment consisted of one S-64 helicopter with
internal tanks having a capacity of nine tons of
water; one Bombardier 415 amphibious firefighting
aircraft; and, one C-130 CA transport aircraft,
which delivered technical equipment, foam,
engineers and the support crews. This equipment
arrived in Turkey in the morning of August 18, and
remained until August 21, with the exception of
the helicopter. The Bombardier 415 aircraft was
one of Greece's two 415s, operated by the Hellenic
Air Force, while the helicopter was leased and
employed in forest firefighting duties in Greece.
Situation in Turkey
By the afternoon of August 18, when the Greek
mission arrived at the refinery, the situation in
Izmit was very grave. While people were dealing
with the destruction caused by the earthquake, the
two most pressing problems were continuing rescue
efforts to reach those trapped in the ruins, and
the fire in the refinery. Thick smoke from the
fire covered the entire area, further complicating
matters.
In the refinery, the earthquake had destroyed the
water supply infrastructure. The refinery's mobile
water pumps had been requested by the Crisis
Management Committee and had been moved to the
relief camps to support victims or to the disaster
areas to support the rescue crews. In addition,
seawater close to the refinery was unusable for
firefighting as it was covered with oil.
The earthquake had also destroyed the electric
power network. Technicians tried hard to repair
the power system, but this activity was halted by
the refinery's general manager, who feared that
short circuits might cause new fires.
Most refinery workers lived in the immediate area
and many were dead or injured and, as a result,
there were few people with knowledge of the
refinery's operation or its layout available to
help fight the fire. Only 200 of the refinery's
3,000 employees came to the site during the
remainder of the day.
By the end of the day of the earthquake, five
petroleum storage tanks were on fire, with flames
shooting more than 200 feet in the air. The fire
plume, with high temperature gases and extreme
radiant heat, was approaching a cluster of
spherical tanks that could not be cooled. A
Turkish S-2 Tracker aircraft operating in the
area, and dropping three tons of retardant at
two-hour intervals from a height of 500 feet had
made no progress containing the fire.
In total, the Greek Bombardier 415 aircraft
operated for 16 hours of direct firefighting, with
eight sorties and 280 tons of foam dropped. The
operation also established a number of 'firsts',
including first foreign use of a Greek
firefighting aircraft and first Greek military
aircraft operating from a Turkish military
airport. More importantly, the mission also marked
the first operational use of firefighting aircraft
against a refinery fire.
The operation in Turkey was an unqualified success
and could not have been achieved without the
bravery and professionalism of the Air Force
officers and non-commissioned officers aboard the
aircraft. The Greek contribution was noted in
major Turkish newspapers -- and by the general
manager of the Turpas refinery, who said: "The
Greek firemen were the first to arrive and the
most effective of all."
A country of 10 million people helped a country of
70 million people that had no firefighting planes.
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Since origin of the humanity, they are wars on our
planet. Greece is the land, that most wars has
seen.
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blue white.The Greeks are an ethnic group who have
populated Greece from the 17th century BC to the
present day. Today they are primarily found in the
Greek peninsula of southeastern Europe, the Greek
islands and Cyprus.
Greek colonies and communities have been
historically established in most corners of the
Mediterranean but Greek people have always been
centered around the Aegean coasts, where the Greek
language has been spoken since antiquity. Until
the early 20th century Greeks were uniformly
distributed between the Greek peninsula, the
western coast of Asia Minor, Pontus and
Constantinople, regions which coincided to a very
large extent with the borders of the Byzantine
Empire of the late 11th century and the areas of
Greek colonization in the ancient world. In the
aftermath of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) in
1923, a large-scale population exchange between
Greece and Turkey transferred and confined ethnic
Greeks almost entirely into the borders of the
modern Greek state, that is, in areas where groups
of Greek-speaking Indo-Europeans first established
themselves about 1500 BC, as well as in Cyprus.
Other ethnic Greek populations can be found from
Southern Italy to the Caucasus and diaspora
communities in a number of other countries. Today,
the vast majority of Greeks are at least nominally
adherents of Greek Orthodoxy.[10]The Greek
language has been spoken in the Greek peninsula
(i.e. the southern Balkans) for over 3,500 years
(and in western Asia Minor for a little less), and
has an unbroken literary history which makes it
one of the oldest surviving branches of the
Indo-European family of languages. From ancient
Greece the Greeks have inherited a sophisticated
culture and language documented over almost three
millennia.Modern Greek is recognizably the same as
the language of Athens under Pericles in the 5th
century BC. Few languages can demonstrate such
continuity.
The terms used to define Greekness have varied
throughout history. By Western standards, the term
"Greeks" has traditionally referred to any native
speakers of the Greek language (whether Mycenaean,
Byzantine or modern Greek). Byzantine Greeks
valued the classical tradition, considered
themselves the political heirs of Rome, and deemed
themselves the ethnic, cultural, and literary
heirs of ancient Greece. The use of the older
self-descriptive ethnic term "Hellenes" revived
during the era following the Greco-Latin clashes
between the Byzantine Empire and the Western
Crusaders in the 12th century. It regained some
popularity through its use by late Byzantine
Emperors and scholars such Gemistus Pletho and
Ciriaco Pizzecolli. It became fairly common with
the emergence, in the late 18th century, of the
nation-state and its gradual consolidation, but it
was not until the early 20th century that its
popular use was firmly re-established.The Greeks
today are a nation in the meaning of an ethnos,
defined by a sense of sharing a common Greek
culture, and having a Greek mother tongue, than by
citizenship, religion or by being subjects to any
particular country. However, the Greeks are also
defined as a genos in the sense that they also
share a common ancestry. The word 'Greek' also
referred to the Eastern Orthodox Christian
inhabitants of the Rum Millet of the Ottoman
Empire.Greece became the first country in the
Balkans to come into being, both as a nation-state
and breaking away from the Ottoman Empire. The
Greek revolutionary movement formed its own
definition of Greekness out of the Byzantine and
ancient Greek cultural heritage along with the
influences of western nationalism. This attracted
foreign support from the Philhellenes
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HEVIA - El Garrotin
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Pink Floyd - One Of These Days
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Greece participated in NATO "nuclear weapons
sharing" until 2001, using A-7 Corsair IIs to
deploy tactical B61 nuclear warheads from Araxos
Air Base. Greece then strategically decided to
remove all nuclear weapons under storage in Greece
and did not purchase any more aircraft with
nuclear mounting capabilities.
In September 2004 started the Mirage 2000BG/EG
fleet upgrade to the standard 2000-5 Mk2 and the
project was undertaken by the French manufacturer
Dassault and the Hellenic Aerospace Industry
(EAB). Fifteen aircraft were ordered, while ten
more were undertaken for upgrade by Dassault and
EAB. The enhancements include upgraded radar and
avionics, air-refueling capabilities, new
self-defense system and upgraded engine, while the
cockpit has taken some serious reforms.
In 2005, Greece was among the first countries to
add the F-16 Block 52+ to its inventory. Ninety of
these 4.5th [3] generation aircraft were ordered
and delivery begun the same year. This advanced
F-16 type is an improved version of the Block 50
featuring a more powerful radar, better
communications systems and an upgraded engine. The
Hellenic Air Force's Block 52+ belong to the 337,
340 and 343 Squadrons with call signs "Ghost",
"Fox" and "Star" respectively. 337 SQ is based at
Larissa Air Force Base (110 Combat Wing) and the
other two in Souda AB (115 CW).
As of 2008, the Hellenic Air Force has a combat
fleet of 358 modern or upgraded aircraft. Due to
the retirement of units that have ended their
operational life (A-7E Corsair II), the HAF should
be looking forward to acquiring new 4th, 4.5th or
5th generation fighters in order to reach a total
number of 300 advanced fighters, according to the
"2007 Supreme Air Force Council Momentum" which
was published in 2007. This goal cannot be reached
in the foreseeable future due to the slow down of
the performance of the Greek economy for the years
2007-2008.
The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) (Greek:
Πολεμική Αεροπορία (ΠΑ),
Polemikí Aeroporía) is the air force of Greece.
The mission of the Hellenic Air Force is to guard
and protect the Greek airspace, provide air
assistance and support to the Hellenic Army and
the Hellenic Navy as well as humanitarian aid
(upon request) in Greece and around the world.
During the period of monarchy (1935-1973) the
force was known as the Hellenic Royal Air Force
(Ελληνική Βασιλική
Αεροπορία (EBA), Ellinikí Vasilikí
Aeroporía).
The motto of the Hellenic Air Force is "Αίεν
Υψικρατείν" meaning "Always Dominate the
Heights" and the HAF ensign represents a flying
eagle in front of the Hellenic Air Force roundel.
The Hellenic Air Force is one of the three
branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces.
Until the late 1980s the Air Force deployed
Nike-Hercules Missiles armed with U.S. nuclear
warheads. As a result of Greco-Turkish tensions
around the 1974 Turkish invasion in Cyprus, the
U.S. removed its nuclear weapons from Greek and
Turkish alert units to storage. Greece saw this as
another pro-Turkish move by NATO and withdrew its
forces from NATO's military command structure from
1974 to 1980.
In 1988 the first fourth[2] generation fighters
were introduced, marking the beginning of a new
era: the first Mirage 2000 EG/BG aircraft were
delivered to the 114 Combat Wing and equipped the
331 and 332 squadrons. In January 1989, the first
F-16C/D Block 30 arrived in Nea Anchialos (111
Combat Wing) and were allocated between the 330
and 346 squadrons.
In March 29, 1991 the RF-84F were retired from
service after 34 years and 7 months of operational
life. In November 1992 more RF-4E were delivered
to the 348 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron.
In 1997 the reception of fourth generation
aircraft continued. In July, delivery of forty
F-16 Block 50 began. The new aircraft, equipped
with the LANTIRN navigation and targeting pod as
well as AMRAAM and HARM missiles, were allocated
to the 341 and 347 squadrons.
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The Hellenic Army (Greek: Ελληνικός
Στρατός) is the land force of Greece. The
Army of the modern nation of Greece has a history
of nearly 190 years and came to its present form,
gradually through those years.
Motto of the Hellenic Army is "Freedom Stems from
Valor" (Greek: "Ελεύθερον το
Εύψυχον") and the Hellenic Army Emblem
represents the two-headed eagle looking both left
and right and the white cross in blue background
placed in the middle.
After two major reorganisations in the last five
years, currently the Hellenic Army consists of two
major commands, the Hellenic Army General
Staff-HAGS and the Hellenic National Defense
General Staff-HNDGS.
Formations under the command of HAGS include the I
and IV Army Corps, tasked with the defence of the
terrestrial borders; the Supreme Military Command
of Interior and Islands, which is responsible for
the Aegean islands; the Supreme Military Support
Command, which provides logistic support to the
Army; and the Order of Battle, Training and
Inspection Command, which oversees the
administration, education and training of the
officer corps. The other component of the Hellenic
Army, HNDGS, commands the II Army Corps, which
functions as the rapid reaction force of the
Hellenic Army and comprises special, elite and
aviation forces.
There are three classes of personnel in the
Hellenic Army, namely professional, volunteer and
conscript. Conscript enlisted men and
non-commissioned officers wear special rank
insignia to differentiate them from volunteers.
There are currently 109,266 personnel on active
duty. Mobilization strength is 365,000 more.
Most professional officers graduate from the
Evelpidon Military Academy in Athens
(Στρατιωτική Σχολή
Ευελπίδων) and the Corps Officers
Military Academy in Thessaloniki
(Στρατιωτική Σχολή
Αξιωματικών Σωμάτων), while the
rest graduate from various Military Schools
according to their specialization.
In the chain of command, graduates of the two
Military Academies in Athens and Thessaloniki are
considered higher in seniority compared to
professional officers of the same rank who
graduate from specialised Military Schools. The
latter officers are followed in seniority by
volunteer and finally conscript staff.
The heavy equipment and weaponry of the Hellenic
Army is mostly of foreign manufacture, from
German, French, American, British and Russian
suppliers. A notable exception is the native-built
Leonidas armored fighting vehicle by the Hellenic
Vehicles Manufacturer Industry (ELBO).
Equipment runs the gamut from state-of-the art to
obsolescent Cold War inventories; the latter are
gradually being retired.
Most combat arms are called "Arm"
(Όπλον). This term demotes army elements
that, more or less, have direct participation in
combat.
Most support branches are called "Corps"
(Σώμα), with some exceptions.
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