336th Bomber Squadron ( HAF ) The 336th Bomber Squadron ( , 336 MB ) , callsign " Olympus " , is the second oldest squadron in service with the Hellenic Air Force , forming part of the 116th Combat Wing . It is based at Araxos Air Base in the Peloponnese , and , following the withdrawal of the type from 335th Squadron , it is the last HAF unit equipped with the A - 7 Corsair . History . Foundation and service in World War II . After the fall of Greece to the German " Wehrmacht " , the Greek government in exile established Greek armed forces to fight alongside the Allies in the Middle East . By 1942 , two Greek squadrons , the 13th Light Bomber Squadron and the 335th Fighter Squadron , were operating under British command . Their good service record and the existence of sufficient numbers of Greek pilots , newly graduated from aviation schools in Rhodesia , led to the establishment of a third squadron . The 336th Royal Hellenic Pursuit Squadron ( 336 Βασιλική Ελληνική Μοίρα Διώξεως , 336 Β . Ε . Μ . Δ . ) , designated within the British Royal Air Force as No 336 ( Greek ) Squadron , was established on 25 February 1943 at LG 219 . Equipped with 21 Hurricane Mk IIc aircraft and under the command of Flight Lieutenant Spyridon Diamantopoulos , it counted many veteran pilots from 335 Squadron in its ranks . This allowed the unit to quickly begin operations : its first combat mission was carried out on 1 March , and the unit was declared operational on 11 April . It was subsequently employed in shipping protection and air defence duties along the Libyan coast , as well as fighter sweeps . The squadron received its first six Spitfire Mk Vc aircraft on 12 October , and over the month of November it participated in several Allied raids against Crete . Although successful , these missions involved great danger from the German air defence and the " Luftwaffe " , and resulted in several losses . By March 1944 , the unit had been completely re - equipped with Spitfires , and on 15 September , the squadron was moved along with its sister unit to the Italian theatre , from where it carried out operations primarily over occupied Yugoslavia . In November the Greek squadrons returned to liberated Greece , where they were engaged in operations from the Ellinikon airfield against the remaining German garrisons in the Aegean islands and Crete . In May 1945 , the squadron moved to Sedes airfield near Thessaloniki , where , on 31 July 1945 , the squadron was disbanded from the RAF and transferred to Greek control . Post - war history . Subsequently , 336 Squadron took part in the air operations of the Greek Civil War ( 1946 – 49 ) . In February 1949 it was rebased to Larissa under the 110th Combat Wing . In August , the squadron was equipped with the US - made SB2C Helldiver dive bomber s , being redesignated as the 336th Light Bomber Squadron ( 336 Μοίρα Ελαφρού Βομβαρδισμού ) . In 1953 it was equipped with the F - 84G jets and designated 336th Fighter - Bomber Squadron ( 336 Μοίρα Διώξεως - Βομβαρδισμού ) . On 28 December 1953 , the squadron was transferred to 111th Combat Wing at Nea Anchialos , where it received the new F - 84F in 1958 . Redeployed again to Larissa in March 1959 , it was transferred to 116th Combat Wing in December 1962 . On 25 September 1963 it was redesignated as a Strike Squadron ( Μοίρα Κρούσης ) as a reflection of its new role . On 15 January 1965 the squadron was partially equipped with the new F - 104G fighters , and the F - 104 section moved to the 114th Combat Wing at Tanagra , while the remainder of the squadron , still equipped with the F - 84F , remained at Araxos . In August , the F - 84F - equipped section was designated as the 349 Fighter - Bomber Squadron , before being transferred to Larissa in November 1966 . In December , the F - 104G - equipped 336 Squadron returned from Tanagra to Araxos , where it remains to this day . The squadron would continue to fly the Starfighter until March 1993 , following which the squadron was equipped with the A - 7E Corsair ( from a batch of 62 handed over by the US Air Force as surplus following the First Gulf War ) , and established in its present form as the 336 Bomber Squadron on 3 April 1993 .