‘Behind every safe flight’: National Guard declares 2026 the ‘Year of Maintenance’

Military strength depends not only on acquiring advanced weapons systems and equipment, but also on keeping them reliable and operational through continuous, high-quality maintenance, National Guard chief lieutenant general Emmanouel Theodorou said on Thursday.

Addressing an aviation conference at the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos, Theodorou stressed that the work carried out by engineers and technicians is fundamental to flight safety and operational readiness....