The Hellenic Air Force General Staff ( Greek : Γενικό Επιτελείο Αεροπορίας, abbrev. ΓΕΑ ) is the general staff of the Hellenic Air Force , the air component of the Greek Armed Forces . It was established in 1934. Since 1950, the HAFGS is subordinated to the Hellenic National Defence General Staff . The Chief of the HAFGS (Αρχηγός ΓΕΑ, Α/ΓΕΑ) is the head of the Hellenic Air Force.
7-980: The Hellenic Air Force General Staff is the highest organ of the Hellenic Air Force, operating under the command of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff . The HAFGS in turn supervises the Hellenic Tactical Air Force Command , the Hellenic Air Force Support Command , and the Hellenic Air Force Training Command . The Hellenic Air Force General Staff itself is headed by the Chief of the HAFGS (Αρχηγός ΓΕΑ, Α/ΓΕΑ), assisted by
14-691: A Deputy Chief (Υπαρχηγός ΓΕΑ), an Inspectorate-General (Γενική Επιθεώρηση), the Flight and Ground Safety Centre (ΚΕΑΠΕ), the Legal Counsel Office, and the secretariat of the Supreme Air Force Council . The Deputy Chief of the HAFGS oversees a staff office, the secretariat of the HAFGS, the Medical Directorate, and the four branches that comprise the HAFGS itself: The HAFGS further has direct supervision over
21-613: A number of special-purpose units and formations, such as the Hellenic Air Force Academy , the 251 Air Force Hospital , and the Hellenic National Meteorological Service . This article related to the military of Greece is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hellenic National Defence General Staff The Hellenic National Defence General Staff ( Greek : Γενικό Επιτελείο Εθνικής Άμυνας , abbr. ΓΕΕΘΑ)
28-700: Is the senior staff of the Hellenic Armed Forces . It was established in 1950, when the separate armed services ministries were consolidated into the Ministry of National Defence . Its role in peacetime was as a coordinating and senior consultative body at the disposal of the Greek government, and in wartime as the overall headquarters of the Armed Forces. In recent years, through ongoing efforts at increased inter-services cooperation and integration,
35-744: The Armed Forces in the confrontation of special situations during peace time. He constructs the National Military Strategy after taking into consideration the suggestions of the General Staffs of the Armed Forces Services and according to the directions of the Ministry of Defence he manages and proposes the priority of the armament programs and suggests the general policy directions and priorities on every operational objective. Traditionally, since c. 1970,
42-690: The HNDGS has assumed peacetime operational control over the separate branches. Between 19 December 1968 and 10 August 1977, the HNDGS was abolished, and the Armed Forces Headquarters ( Greek : Αρχηγείο Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων , abbr. Greek : ΑΕΔ ) established in its place. The Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff ( Αρχηγός ΓΕΕΘΑ, Α/ΓΕΕΘΑ ) conducts the HNDGS and is the main adviser to The National Security Governmental Council (KYSEA) and to
49-632: The Minister of Defence on military issues. Through the Chiefs of General Staffs, he carries out the operational commanding of the Joint Headquarters and the units that come under them, as well as the rest forces, when it comes to the issues of operation plans implementation and the Crises management System implementation, conduction of operations outside the national territory and participation of
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