Hellenic Air Force Support Command

Emblem

“Τήν επιμέλειαν φίλει” (Be fond of diligence)
(Pittacus from Mytilene)

(Demetrius Phalireas’ Collection: ‘Quotations of the Seven Sages of the Antiquity’).
From the book: FRAGMENTA PHILOSOPHORUM

EDITIT FR. GUIL. MULLACHIUS, volume I,
PARISIIS, MDCCLX (1860), p. 213

Location

The Hellenic Air Force Support Command (HAFSC) is located in Eleusina Air Base.

Established

1953

Mission

During peacetime, the mission of the HAFSC is to ensure firstly, the execution of the air lift missions for the Air Force, Army and Navy, secondly, the execution of Search and Rescue ,fire fighting and medical evacuation flights and thirdly, to provide pertinent training to the flight crews for cargo aircraft and helicopters of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF).

The Command has the responsibility to provide full logistics support to the HAF Units covering aircraft and helicopters, Radar and electronics, weapons, ammunition, vehicles and ground support equipment, infrastructure in general etc.

During tension or war time operations the Command implements the war plans accordingly.

Structure

The HAFSC consists of Branches and Divisions, headed by the Chief of the Air Force Support Command, who fulfills his tasks with the assistance of his Administrative Office Staff.

The Branches of the HAFSC are divided as follows: