On 8 October 1996, seven months after the escalation of the Imia/Kardak crisis, a Greek Mirage 2000 reportedly fired an R.550 Magic II missile and shot down a Turkish F-16D over the Aegean Sea near Chios island.

[4] In multiple cases these mock dog fights have ended in deadly accidents with either side losing a fighter jet and at times their own pilots.

[2] On the afternoon of October 8, 1996, 2 Turkish F-16s and 4 F-4s were on a SEAD training mission over the Aegean when they violated Greek airspace north of Chios.

After being reported to refuse to leave Greek airspace just north of Samos during the ensuing dog fight, a Turkish F-16 piloted by Captain Nail Erdoğan and his co pilot Lieutenant Colonel Osman Çiçekli was shot down by a R.550 Magic missile from Thanos Grivas's jet.

Greece had denied it being shot down and both Mirage pilots reported that the Turkish F-16 caught fire at random and only saw one parachute.