Police helicopter Akritas returned to base at Larnaca airport at 5.30pm on Friday, having successfully accomplished its mission alongside firefighters battling Israel’s wildfires.
Akritas had taken off on Thursday morning with a full crew and assisted firefighting operations in Israel on Thursday and Friday.
In a post on X, the justice ministry said Akritas had “accomplished its mission with complete success”.
Earlier on Friday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said “the
