Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen. Konstantinos Floros, chief of Hellenic National Defense General Staff, with members of Greece's Special Paratroopers ...

In the pre-dawn hours of July 22, 1974, a transport plane full of Greek commandos on a secret mission to Cyprus was shot down by friendly fire. For more than 40 years, the exact whereabouts of the ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cypriot officials say a dig near a wartime memorial on Nicosia's outskirts may have located a Greek military transport aircraft that was brought down by friendly fire in the opening ...

ATHENS, Greece -- In a sign of sharper anti-terrorist scrutiny at sea, NATO said Tuesday it triggered a regional alert that led Greek commandos to seize a cargo ship carrying a huge shipment of ...

Greece's tier-one special-operations unit earned top marks from NATO's Special Operations Forces Headquarters in December. The Special Paratrooper Section, known as ETA, is intended only for the most ...