Italian and Greek Fighters Conduct Joint DACT Drills Over Central Mediterranean, Strengthening NATO Southern Air Interoperability

Italian and Greek Fighters Conduct Joint DACT Drills Over Central Mediterranean, Strengthening NATO Southern Air Interoperability

Italian Air Force F-35s and Eurofighters trained alongside Greek F-16 Vipers and Rafales during two joint exercises held on April 23 and April 30 inside the Athens and Rome FIRs. The drills, focused on Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT), highlighted the growing operational integration between Italy and Greece at a time of increasing strategic attention on the Eastern Mediterranean and NATO’s southern flank.The exercises involved advanced four…