The Community Council of Kouklia has decided the raising of a monument at the venue where the BELL 260 crashed, reminding the sacrifice of the five officers while in the line of duty.

The monument is simple and prudent. An eagle stands on each of the five tall columns, which constitute the monument.

CVs of the Five Officers of the National Guard

LIEUTENANT GENERAL EVAGGELOS FLORAKIS

CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD

Lieutenant General Florakis was born in Arta in 1943. He entered the Army Cadets' Academy in 1962 and graduated from it in 1966 as a Second Lieutenant and was placed in the Infantry. He attended studies in the Infantry Academy, the Academy of Unit Commanders, the Academy of Paratroopers, the Military Academy of Physical Education, the Academy of Unconventional War, the Academy of Special Forces, the War Academy, and the Academy of National Defence.

He served in a number of units in Greece and Cyprus, commanded sub-units and units of his fighting service for a long period of time, and served as a staff officer in a military formation.

In 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and served as the Sub Commander of the XV Infantry Division and as a Commander of the 50 th Infantry Brigade.

With his promotion to a Major General in 1996 he was appointed as the Commander of the XVI Motorised Infantry Division and then as the Commander of the War Academy of Greece.

In 1999 he assigned the commandment of the 2 nd Army Corps.

He retired from the Greek Armed Forces and on the 20 th of May 2000 he was appointed as the Chief of the National Guard by the Government of Cyprus.

Lieutenant General E. Florakis was awarded with all the military honours.

He was married to Athina Savvidou, a professor of English, who was born in Pafos and he was the father of two daughters, Eleni and Stefania.

BRIGADIER STYLIANOS DEMENAGAS, COMMANDER OF AF

Brigadier Stylianos Demenagas was born in 1952 in Kea of the Cyclades islands.

He begun his career in the military at the Academy of Aviation Cadets in 1970, graduating from it in 1974 with the rank of Second Flight Lieutenant.

In 1974 he was placed in one of the Regular Airforce's Interception Squadrons where he served as a captain for 23 years and completed more than 4500 hours of flight in combat aircrafts.

He served for more than 10 years in positions of great responsibility such as that of Officer of Operations of an Airforce Squadron (Sub-commander of Squadron), Commander of an Airforce Squadron, and Sub-commander and Commander of a Combat Wing. Furthermore, he served in the General Air Staff of Greece as the head of the Department of Operations' Planning and Defence.

During his career he attended various special training Academies, both in Greece and abroad, among which the Fighting Services and Tactics Academy of the Greek Airforce, the Academy of Flight Safety, the Academy of Targets' Vulnerability, the Academy of Staff Officers, and the War Academy of the Airforce.

In May of 200 he got promoted to Brigadier General and served as the Director of the Human Resources Organisation of the Airforce as well as General Inspector of the General Air Staff.

In July of 2001 assumed duties as the Commander of the Airforce in the Airforce Administration of the National Guard. He was married to Eleftheria with which he had two children, Fragkiscos, aged 19, and Maria, aged 17.

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (CAPTAIN) ATHANASIOS PARIS

Flight Lieutenant Athanasios Paris -of Panagiotis and Aigli -was born on the 14 th of March 1969 in Ammochostos.

He entered the Academy of Aviation Cadets in 1987 and graduated from it on the 30 th of May 1991, bearing the rank of Second Lieutenant.

On the 6 th of December 1994 he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant and on the 31 st of December 1998 to the rank of Flight Lieutenant.

He served as the captain - operator of a Helicopter for the National Guard's Airforce Administration.

He was married to Maria with which he had three daughters, Stella, aged 9, Aigli, aged 5, and Andria, 11 months old.

FIRST LIEUTENANT SIAKALLIS MICHALIS

First Lieutenant Siakallis Michalis -of Nikos and Niki -was born on the 5 th of April 1976 in Nicosia.

He entered the Academy of Aviation Cadets in 1994 and he graduated from it on the 12 th of July 1998, bearing the rank of Second Lieutenant.

On the 31 st of December 2001 we got promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. He was serving as co-pilot / operator of a helicopter for the National Guard's Airforce Administration.

LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE) NIKOLAS GEORGIOU

Lieutenant Nikolas Georgiou -of Petros and Eleni -was born on the 12 th of October 1971 in Cameroon. At the age of three his family returned to Cyprus.

He joined the Academy of Navy Cadets in 1988 and graduated from it on the 19 th of June 1992, bearing the rank of (Combative) Ensign. After his graduation from the SNC he studied in the Academy of Naval Tactics' Training and the he served in various Units and Ships of Greece's Navy.

On the 15 th of December 1999 he got promoted to the rank of Ensign and on the 27 th of December he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (JG). In Cyprus he served in the Cruisers' Squadron, in the SALAMIS Battleship, in the Naval Base of Zygi, in the N.C. of AMMOCHOSTOS, and in E.P.A.S. 2. On the 12 th of August 1999 he was transferred to the 7 th Staff Bureau of the National Guard's Joint Staff as a Staff Officer and on the 6 th of September 200 he was serving as the Director of the (N.G.J.S.) Chief's Staff Bureau. Recently he had graduated from the School of Paratroopers in Greece.