The Greeks see an opportunity for being a pillar of NATO in the eastern Mediterranean Sea:
Greece's acquisition of the F-35, combined with its existing force of over a hundred F-16 fighters, will make it a bulwark of the alliance’s southern flank.
As a result of Turkey's fall from favor, Greece is an increasingly appealing candidate to step in. It has one of the largest NATO airbases in Europe and has long hosted the F-35s of other countries. Iraklion Air Base in Crete is now being eyed by the U.S. as a candidate to replace Incirlik. The rest of Europe also appears favorably disposed to Greece.
This fits in well with my description of NATO's Plan B as Erdogan takes Turkey out of the alliance in practice if not in fact:
Greece seems increasingly like a fallback position if Turkey goes fully bad rather than being temporarily, er ... cranky, and opens the Turkish Straits to the Russian navy.
I don't want to lose Turkey because of Erdogan. But NATO needs a safety net if Turkey loses itself under Erdogan.
I really hope we don't have any nuclear bombs stored in Incirlik.
