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John Psaropoulos

Greece receives ‘game-changer’ Rafale aircraft from France

The Tanagra Air Force Base after the ceremony [John Psaropoulos/Al Jazeera]

Tanagra, Greece – “La bas!” – “Over there” – a French journalist broke the silence pointing at a formation of specks in the overcast sky.

Greece’s newly-acquired fourth generation Rafale aircraft made a series of deafening overpasses before landing at Tanagra Air Force Base, 70km (43 miles) north of Athens. They had flown from Merignac airport near Bordeaux.

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