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Greece receives first Rafale fighter jets from France

Hellenic Air Force Rafale fighter jets, newly purchased from France, fly past the Parthenon Temple atop the Acropolis hill, in Athens, Greece, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

Six new Rafale fighter jets flew low over the Acropolis in central Athens on Wednesday, the first planes purchased under a defence deal with France that has further stirred tensions with Greece's historic rival and NATO partner Turkey.

Greece has ordered a total of 24 Dassault-made jets at a cost of about 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) as it seeks to modernise its armed forces amid a long-simmering dispute with Turkey over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean.

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