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C-130H: Greece is looking to Israel for aircraft maintenance

Greece: A meeting with representatives of “Israel Aerospace Industries” was held at the Air Support Administration in order to present the capabilities of the Israeli company for the…

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A Hellenic air force (HAF) C-130 Hercules, U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder

Greece: A meeting with representatives of “Israel Aerospace Industries” was held at the Air Support Administration in order to present the capabilities of the Israeli company for the maintenance of C-130H aircraft.

The Greek Defense Ministry announced for the meeting:

“On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, a meeting was held at the Air Support Administration with the representatives of the company “Israel Aerospace Industries” Mr. Edward Strul (Aviation Group, C-130 Senior Director), Mr. Jacob Yosha (Director, Military Transport Aircraft) and Mr. Dimitrios Heliotis (IAI Technical Consultant) with competent staff of Hellenic Air Force.

Greece is looking to Israel for assistance with C-130H maintenance
U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Milton Hamilton

The purpose of the meeting was the presentation, by the company, of its capabilities, regarding the factory maintenance of the C-130H aircraft, as well as the existing programs for the upgrade and modification of the aircraft in question” the annoucement concludes.

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