page_title: Hellenic Air Force
section_title: Current inventory
hierarchical_section_title: Hellenic Air Force / Equipment / Current inventory
caption_attribution_description: F16 - RIAT 2015
context_page_description: The Hellenic Air Force is the air force of Greece with Hellenic being the synonym for Greek in the Greek language. Under the Kingdom of Greece from 1935 to 1973, it was known as the Royal Hellenic Air Force.
  The Hellenic Air Force is one of the three branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces, and its mission is to guard and protect Greek airspace, provide air assistance and support to the Hellenic Army and the Hellenic Navy and to provide humanitarian aid in Greece and around the world. The Hellenic Air Force includes approximately 33,000 active troops, of whom 11,750 are career officers, 14,000 are professional conscripts, 7,250 are volunteer conscripts and 1,100 are women. The motto of the Hellenic Air Force is the ancient Greek phrase Αἰὲν Ὑψικρατεῖν, and the HAF ensign represents a flying eagle in front of the Hellenic Air Force roundel.
context_section_description: Previous notable aircraft operated were the Supermarine Spitfire, F-86 Sabres, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Grumman HU-16 Albatross, Sikorsky H-19, Bell 47, Dassault Mirage F1, Lockheed T-33, Republic F-84F, Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Northrop F-5, A-7 Corsair II, and the RF-4E
caption: An F-16 landing at RIAT
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "3500", "Image ImageLength": "2333", "Image BitsPerSample": "776", "Image Compression": "Uncompressed", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 7D Mark II", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "1500", "Image YResolution": "1500", "Image PlanarConfiguration": "1", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "PaintShop Pro 17.00", "Image DateTime": "2017:09:22 16:57:04", "Image Artist": "", "Image Copyright": "", "Image IPTC/NAA": "[469907200, 137506865, 892352305, 891028048, 7170, 1946157056]", "Image ExifOffset": "2466", "Image InterColorProfile": "[]", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 3, 0, 0]", "Image GPSInfo": "13666", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "0", "Thumbnail YResolution": "0", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "13780", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "5515", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/500", "EXIF FNumber": "13", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "400", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2015:07:15 14:17:04", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2015:07:15 14:17:04", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "9", "EXIF ApertureValue": "59/8", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "1/3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "373", "EXIF SubSecTime": "62", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "62", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "62", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3500", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2333", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Bracket", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF ImageUniqueID": "4DBB2F40E70C4CA4A51DA472FC61345C", "EXIF CameraOwnerName": "", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "023020001498", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[50, 500, 0, 0]", "EXIF LensModel": "50-500mm", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "0000000000", "EXIF Padding": "[]", "EXIF OffsetSchema": "648"}