Greece Athens Parade 2022 01 640Parade Athens 2022

On 25 March 2022, Greece commemorated the 201st anniversary of the 1821 War of Independence against 400 years of Ottoman rule with the annual military parade in the center of the capital.

As each year, the Greek air-armed military services perform a flypass over Athens. Each year, a foreign air-arm participates and this year the honour went to the Marine Nationale (French Navy) that provided four Rafale M fighters that were operating from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) that was anchored at Phaleron Bay.

Next to the air parade, one could also watch the military parade. This started at 11:00 hrs LT and made its way from Vasilissis Amalias Avenue, past Hellenic Parliament, with official dignitaries in attendance including the President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The parade then made it way down Panepistimiou Street where the crowds line each side of the street in front of the Attica department store and other iconic neo-classical buildings including the Academy of Athens, the National Bank of Greece and the National Library, all the way to Omonia Square.

The following aircraft participated in the ceremony (additions/corrections are most welcome):

Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia/Hellenic Air Force:
Spitfire LF Mk.IX: MJ755 Icarus Foundation (G-CLGS)
335 Mira F-16D Block 52+: 029
332 MPK Rafale EG: 410, 411, 412 and 413
340 Mira F-16C Block 52+: 519, 520, 534 and 537
331 Mira Mirage 2000-5BG: 506
331 Mira Mirage 2000-5EG: 547, 552 and 554
338 MDV F-4E (AUP): 01503, 01504, 01508 and 01518



Marine Nationale (French Navy):
12 Flotille Rafale M: 7, 13, 16 and 20



Diikissi Aeroporias Naftikou/Hellenic Navy Air Command:
2 MEN S-70B-6: PN57
2 MEN S-70B: PN60 and PN61
MAN P-3B: 152744



Elliniko Aeroporia Stratou/Hellenic Army Aviation:
1 TEEP AH-64A+: ES1018 and ES1020
2 TEEP AH-64DHA: ES1022 and ES1028
2 TEAS/1 LE NH90-TTH: ES850 and ES851
2 TEAS UH-1H: ES624 and ES638
4 TEAS/1 LE CH-47SD: ES911 and ES913
1/2 TEEP OH-58D(I): ES522, ES523, ES527 and ES529

Liminiko Soma/Hellenic Coast Guard:
Helicopter sq AS365N3: HC-31

Hellenic Fire Service:
BK117C-1: SX-HFE and SX-HFH

Photos by Kostas Marmarelis (@kilo.mike.aviationphotography)

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