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A semi-permanent USAAF presence was established in May 1947 as the facility was being reconstructed to facilitate Marshall Plan aid to Greece and Turkey. On 5 October 1948, the United States Air Force assigned the Military Air Transport Service 1632d Air Base Squadron to the airport with ten C-47 Skytrain cargo aircraft being based at the airport.
7206th Air Base Group, at Hellenikon Air Base, Greece [16] Detachment 1, HQ, 7206th ABG – Iraklion AS (Kreta, GR) 7206th Security Police Squadron; 7206th Supply Squadron; 7206th Air Base Group Hospital; 7061st Munitions Support Squadron, at Araxos Air Base, Greece; 7275th Air Base Group, at San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, Italy
Ellinikon International Airport (IATA: ATH, ICAO: LGAT), sometimes spelled Hellinikon, was an international airport that served Athens, Greece, for 63 years.Following its closure on 28 March 2001, it was replaced in service by the new Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos.
Elliniko is the site of a major development project for coastal Athens beginning in 2020 and due for completion in 2026 - the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park consisting of luxury homes, hotels, a casino, a marina, shops, offices and Greece's tallest buildings such as the Riviera Tower [3] and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. [4]
In April 1953, the Joint Chiefs of Staff assigned responsibility for the logistical support of all U.S. forces in Turkey to United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), which initially gave the mission to the 7206th Air Base Squadron at Hellenikon Air Base, Greece. A year later, the 7206th organized its Detachment 1 in Ankara.
In May 2019, the defence ministers of Greece and Republic of North Macedonia signed a military agreement, for the policing and patrolling of North Macedonia's airspace by Greece. [89] The agreement also included other areas such as military technology, cybersecurity , intelligence and air traffic control, all provided by the Hellenic Air Force ...
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It is to include a park as well as luxury homes, hotels, a casino, a marina, shops, and offices and will have Greece's tallest buildings reaching up to 200 meters in height. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Construction had been scheduled to begin in 2008 and be completed by 2013, [ 5 ] but the plans were shelved in the midst of the financial crisis.