greek air arm aviation units formed june following balkan wars military history use aircraft track bomb enemy fleet officially established world war participated allies missions participation turkish war long period peace followed reorganized upgraded especially establishment manufactured types aircraft merged formed branch confused current aviation branch includes helicopter equipped run jointly history aviation introduced greece february performed flight privately owned aircraft athens hour later second flight carried prime minister greece passenger impressed potential air warfare suggested greece advance new weapon following months french military mission took development greek aviation creating fleet june aviator modified giving mythical hero balkan wars broke october performed number reconnaissance bombing missions notable sortie ottoman fleet anchorage dardanelles lieutenant ensign spotted ottoman fleet dropped bombs mission regarded naval air operation military history widely commented press greek international process setting air arm bought fleet known world war beginning credits voted creation naval despite limited funds managed establish naval aviation school corps spring establishment independent incorporation greek naval air fleet ensured foundation disagreements king constantine prime minister greece enter world war lead political instability greece officially joined triple june anti royalist party country leadership formed supported allied military operations region december following years fighter bomber squadron known squadron greek created greek personnel direct command carried operations northern based joint flight school established activity squadron included anti submarine sweeps attacks targets vital importance significant missions night raids peninsula june heavy bombings enemy positions ottoman_empire squadrons aircraft counted aircraft commander acquired nickname british colleagues counted victories total greece world war ace occasion january fought enemy aircraft attacked british baby escorting way bomb turkish battlecruiser sultan german sms managed shoot interwar period following naval aviation formed squadron additional participated operations squadron greek initially consisted bombers fighters followed long period peace reorganized upgraded new types aircraft british mainly french manufacture delivered operation british company set near athens factory developed number aircraft designed built license like seat torpedo carrier hand new school established founded established unified independent branch prime minister sworn air minister assigned reorganisation branch veteran aviator notable personnel commander world war ace commander world war aviator awarded world war aviator world war aviator casualty distinguished turkish war aircraft
Hellenic Naval Air Service