Now that's what I call a dive bomber: Greek fighter jet salvaged from the Aegean Sea



This Mirage 2000 fighter bomber of the Greek Hellenic airforce was rescued from a watery grave after it crashed into the Aegean sea.



The two-seater aircraft went down on June 9 this year after running into trouble while on an exercise with two other jets near the island of Samos.



Both pilot and co-pilot were able to eject safely and were rescued before being taken to Athens Military hospital.



Embarrassingly for the Greeks the accident happened just a day after one of their F-16 fighters caught fire while taking off from Souda air base on the island of Crete.



A team attached cables to the stricken plane earlier this week before carefully hoisting it to the surface during the successful salvage operation early this week.

Black Hawk Drown: The Greek Mirage fighter bomber lies at the bottom of the Aegean Sea

In the drink: Both pilot and co-pilot manged to eject safely before the fighter went down

Divers investigate the empty cockpit of the Mirage 2000 at the crash site near the Greek island of Samos

Going up: with cables securely attached the jet is carefully raised from the sea bed