A Hellenic Air Force Noratlas on a training mission in Ellinikon International Airport, Athens, 1979
Date
21/22 July 1974
Location
Nicosia airport, Cyprus
Result
Turkish victory
Operation failure
Cypriot friendly fire downed 2 aircraft
Belligerents
Greece Cyprus
Turkey
Units involved
Hellenic Air Force
354th Sqdn. "Pegasus"
115 Combat Wing
Cypriot National Guard
Cypriot anti-aircraft 195 MEA/AP battalion
Turkish Air Force
Royal Air Force
Strength
20 Noratlas and 10 C-47 aircraft
unknown
Casualties and losses
Aircraft crew + 33 Commandos Killed in action, 10 Commandos heavily Wounded in action and destruction of three aircraft.
none
Operation Niki (Greek: Επιχείρηση Νίκη), named after the goddess Nike, was a clandestine airlift operation during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus that was carried out on 21/22 July 1974, with the aim of transporting a battalion of Greek commandos from Souda, Crete to Nicosia, Cyprus. Upon their arrival, the aircraft were engaged in friendly fire, which resulted in the loss of 33 men and the destruction of three aircraft.[1][2][3]
^Γεώργιος Δ. Μήτσαινας. Ελληνικά Φτερά Στην Κύπρο, Ταξιδευτής, 2004. ISBN 9606301826
^Γιάννης Φασουλάς, Γιάννης Σκάλκος. Νίκη στη νεκρή ζώνη, Αγαθός Λόγος, 2011. ISBN 9609974953
^Operation "Niki" 1974: A suicide mission to Cyprus, Michael Solanakis, archived here.
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