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Anyways U-214 I see you listed the A-7 Corsair II in Greece's Air Force. Good to see they didn't discard those birds. Fantastic planes, they have a good range and a huge bomb load. My dad worked in an A-7 squadron in the US Navy and loves them.
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Yes,they are still in service (also in Portugal if my memory still serves me) ,well known as "work horses" and have been also certified to use Maverick G IIR and AFDS as well as IR pods in our airforce.But they will be retired by 2010-2012.We keep them mainly for CAS missions exactly because of their great range and bomb cargo.
Greek pilots also love them.I 've been told that in bombing missions they are maybe even more precise than the F-16 and behave very well in ultra low flying.But they are growing old and their main disadvantage is that aren't AMRAAM capable ,so they need constant protection by CAP squadrons.
For deep strike missions their duty is now taken over by the 2 seated F-16s Block 52+ mainly and the Mirage2000 with SCALP (250 km range)