Paphos Life

The F16 were from Greece and the 'choppers' were UN all involved in the Cyprus Independence Day celebrations
Sunday, October 1 Cyprus Independence Day
1st October 1960 - Cyprus gains its independence from Great Britain and becomes a democracy.

Ah wondered what it was, certainly made a noise flying overhead!

We used to live near Farnborough. Every two years it got rather noisy.

Greek planes! Doesn't show much independance does it

They can invite whoever they want. It's their party.

Flossie wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 11:28 am or that's what it felt/sounded like!!

Love them but can't recall seeing news of an exercise this weekend!

Reminds me when we were in the south of France years ago, just got comfy on an isolated beach, when two air force jets flew over our heads,never mind them shooting anything at you, the noise was enough to frighten you to death.

Out of interest, do the GCs still hold the Nikki Forros joint military exercises every October?

It used to be a regular sight during these exercises for two Turkish F15 fighters to fly low over Paphos and scare the sh*ts out of everybody! Even the Greek Air Force Hercules carrying a visiting Greek military high-up was 'buzzed' by Turkish fighters when én-route to Cyprus...

I recall the USA giving Turkey a NATO slap, telling them to cease such provocational sabre rattling behaviour in future!

AL

mike strand2 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 2:28 pm Greek planes! Doesn't show much independance does it

I suppose if they had invited Turkish forces that would have shown their independence. Duh!

If events follow the normal pattern, the next joint exercise will be in early November, so for those who don't like the noise, plenty of time to invest in ear defenders.
Ian