On Friday, April 11, 2025, the multinational air exercise “Iniochos 2025” concluded. The exercise commenced on Monday, March 31, 2025. The main hosting unit of the Exercise was Andravida Air Base, from where nearly all the fighter aircraft of the foreign contingents operated, while the majority of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) fighter jets operated from the 116 Combat Wing.

Iniochos 2025 marked the largest participation of air forces since the establishment of the exercise as an INVITEX (Invitation Exercise), with a total of 12 countries actively participating. Specifically, the participating nations were:

• France with Mirage 2000D
• India with Su-30MKI
• Israel with G-550
• Italy with Tornado ECR & IDS
• Montenegro with Bell 412
• Poland with F-16C
• Qatar with F-15QA
• Slovenia with PC-9
• Spain with F/A-18 Hornet
• United Arab Emirates with Mirage 2000-9
• United States of America with F-16, KC-46 & KC-135
• Greece with all types of HAF fighter jets, helicopters, transport, and training aircraft

1300 sorties were conducted throughout the Athens FIR during the exercise.

Additionally, units from the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Special Warfare Command contributed significantly to the creation of complex and realistic operational scenarios. Furthermore, Bahrain, Cyprus, and Slovakia participated as observer nations. Throughout Iniochos 2025 all types of air missions were executed in a high-tempo, day-and-night operational environment, covering the full spectrum of modern air operations within complex and realistic scenarios. Concurrently, missions were also carried out using the Tactical Simulators of F-16 aircraft at the Operational Synthetic Training Squadron of the Hellenic Air Tactics Center, expanding the exercise into the digital domain.