Combat aircraft

‘INIOHOS’ 2018

MAJOR PARTICIPANTS

Hellenic Air Force F-4E Phantom II Avionics Upgrade Program

(AUP)

F-16C/D

Mirage 2000-5EG/BG

EMB-145H AEWC

Israeli Air Force F-16C/D

Italian Air Force Tornado IDS

Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4

United Arab Emirates Air Force Mirage 2000-9

United States Air Forces in Europe F-15E

exciting period for the F-15E. Over the

next few years we are modernizing our

radars, upgrading to receive the AIM-9X,

and a major upgrade e ort known as

EPAWSS [Eagle Passive Active Warning

Survivability System] is under way to

give the F-15E an entirely new suite of

defensive capabilities.’

During Combat Aircraft’s mission, the

Strike Eagles were joined by a pair of

F-16Cs from 336 Mira ‘Olympus’, the task

being to strike targets on a range close

to the mountains west of Larissa. The

sortie pro le required a very low

approach to the target area deep inside

enemy territory, due to the presence of

an integrated air defense system.

The 492nd FS crews weren’t shy of

expressing their admiration for the F-4Es

of the locally based 338 Mira. The

Phantom IIs  ew alongside the F-15Es

regularly, as well as aircraft from the

Araxos F-16 units, 335 and 336 Mira. The

F-15Es simulated the employment of a

range of munitions including the

GBU-31, -38 and -54 Joint Direct Attack

Munitions (JSAM) and GBU-39 Small

Diameter Bombs.

Right top to

bottom: Six

Typhoon FGR4s of

No 3(F) Squadron

at RAF Coningsby

participated in

‘Iniohos’.

Jens Schymura

An F-16C Block 30

of 117 ‘First Jet’

Squadron from

Ramat David.

Paul van den Hurk

Six upgraded

Tornado IDS from

6° Stormo played

pivotal roles in the

strike element.

Jens Schymura

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