In July 1990 the Greek and American governments signed a new bilateral defence and economic co-operation agreement leading to the renegotiation of US bases on Greek soil. After Greece's participation in Operation Desert Storm over Iraq in 1991, the US administration offered the Greeks former US Navy A- 7Es and TA- 7Cs. The HAF reacted positively as its A-7Hs had more in common with the US Navy E-models than the US Air Force A- 7D model. Agreement was reached for the supply of A-7Es then in storage at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (the variant had been retired by the US Navy on May 23, 1991) along with TA-7Cs still in use with fleet aggressor squadrons and test units.
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