The Greek F-16 Demo Team Zeus has performed at many airshows throughout Europe, for example at the Air14 Airshow 2014 in Payerne CH or at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford Air Base in the UK in 2015.

They made their Austrian debut at AIRPOWER19. The team consists of two display pilots, two safety observers, a commentator, a cameraman, and three crew chiefs. The team uses the F-16 (variant block 52+) configured with Conformal Fuel Tank. The machines have a special livery which reflects the national colours of Greece, the namesake Zeus, and an eagle as a symbol of the state, team name, and air force. The team call sign in the demo flights is “Zeus”, the king of the Olympic gods of ancient Greek mythology.

Thanks to its universal usability and its design as a cost-effective workhorse, the F-16 is one of the bestselling fighter jets. Over 4,500 have been built since 1978, and to date about 2,200 of them are in service with two dozen air forces.

When it was commissioned in the late 1970s, the F-16 Fighting Falcon was considered the most manoeuvrable fighter aircraft in the world and introduced many technological innovations such as the fly-by-wire system. Even today, the all-weather multi-role fighter jet is technically still state of the art and is still regarded as a benchmark for modern military aircraft.

We will see a unique flying display at AIRPOWER24.