On May 22, 2011, the «Zeus» F-16 Demo Team carried out an official air show held at the airport in Maleme Chania, in the context of events to commemorate the 70 years anniversary of the Battle of Crete.
The event was attended by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Chief of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff, as well as the Minister of Defence of New Zealand, the Defence Attaché of the United Kingdom and the Delegate of the Australian Embassy. Also dozens of veterans from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand with their families were present as well as thousands of people to honor those who died and all those who fought in 1941 at the Battle of Crete.