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With eye on Turkey, Greece opens Israeli-built flight school

A Greek Airforce Pilot speaks with a ground staffer in front of T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircrafts at an airbase outside the southern Greek city of Kalamata, Greece, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Greece on Friday launched operations at a new international pilot training center created in partnership with Israel, as the NATO member tries to build on a relative air power advantage over regional rival Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A Greek airforce maintenance stuff stands in front of a T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircraft at an airbase outside the southern Greek city of Kalamata, Greece, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Greece on Friday launched operations at a new international pilot training center created in partnership with Israel, as the NATO member tries to build on a relative air power advantage over regional rival Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

From left, Head of SIBAT Yair Kulas, President and CEO of Elbit Systems Bezhalel Machlis and Major Gen. Georgios Vagenas, commander of the Greek Air Force Training Command look at a T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircraft at an airbase outside the southern Greek city of Kalamata, Greece, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Greece on Friday launched operations at a new international pilot training center created in partnership with Israel, as the NATO member tries to build on a relative air power advantage over regional rival Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

From left, Major Gen. Georgios Vagenas, commander of the Greek Air Force Training Command, Head of SIBAT Yair Kulas, President and CEO of Elbit Systems Bezhalel Machlis stand on a T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircraft at an airbase outside the southern Greek city of Kalamata, Greece, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Greece on Friday launched operations at a new international pilot training center created in partnership with Israel, as the NATO member tries to build on a relative air power advantage over regional rival Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A Greek Airforce Pilot looks at T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircraft at an airbase outside the southern Greek city of Kalamata, Greece, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Greece on Friday launched operations at a new international pilot training center created in partnership with Israel, as the NATO member tries to build on a relative air power advantage over regional rival Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek airforce maintenance stuff park a T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircraft at an airbase outside the southern Greek city of Kalamata, Greece, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Greece on Friday launched operations at a new international pilot training center created in partnership with Israel, as the NATO member tries to build on a relative air power advantage over regional rival Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

With eye on Turkey, Greece opens Israeli-built flight school