362 Air Training Squadron "Nestor"

362 Μοίρα Εκπαίδευσης Αέρος


The squadron was formed in 1957 at the 112 Combat Wing (112 CW) with T-33A airplanes and was named 361 Aircraft Training Squadron. In 1962 it redeployed to 114 CW and in 1970 at Kalamata airport. In 1974 it was renamed to 362 Advanced Training Squadron and in 1976 the T-33 A airplanes were replaced by the T-2E BUCKEY. Since March 2006 it was renamed to 362 Air Training Squadron.


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NESTOR
In Greek mythology, Nestor of Gerênia (Greek: Νέστωρ Γερήνιος; gen.: Νέστορος Γερηνίου) was the son of Neleus and Chloris, and the King of Pylos. He became king after Heracles killed Neleus and all of Nestor's brothers and sisters. His wife was either Eurydice or Anaxibia; their children included Perseus, Peisistratus, Thrasymedes, Pisidice, Polycaste, Stratichus, Aretus, Echephron and Antilochus.
Nestor was an Argonaut, helped fight the centaurs, and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. He and his sons Antilochus and Thrasymedes fought on the side of the Achaeans in the Trojan War. Though Nestor was already old when the war began, believed to be about 110, he was noted for his bravery and speaking abilities. In the Iliad he often gives advice to the younger warriors, and advises Agamemnon and Achilles to reconcile. He is too old to engage in combat himself, but he leads the Pylian troops, riding his chariot, and one of his horses is killed by an arrow shot by Paris. He also had a solid gold shield. Homer frequently calls him by the epithet "the Gerenian horseman." At the funeral games of Patroclus, Nestor advises Antilochus on how to win the chariot race. Antilochus was later killed in battle by Memnon.
In the Odyssey, Nestor has safely returned to Pylos, whereto Odysseus's son Telemachus travels to inquire about the fate of his father. Nestor receives Telemachus kindly and entertains him lavishly, but is unable to furnish any information on his father's fate. Nestor's wife Eurydice (a mythological figure separate from Orpheus's wife of the same name) and their remaining living sons appear in the Odyssey as well—Echephron, Stratius, Perseus, Aretus, Thrasymedes and Peisistratus. They also had a daughter, Polycaste.






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