On May 14, 15 and 27 Turkish aircraft bombed guerrilla positions in northern Iraq.
General Morillon said the Turkish aircraft had carried relief supplies.
A search was under way by Greek and Turkish military aircraft and ships.
Cyprus says the S-300 is a defensive weapon against Turkish aircraft.
Syria bans Turkish civilian aircraft from flying over its territory.
Mustafa Kemal did not see the flight of the first Turkish military aircraft built at the factory.
Civil aircraft, foreign flagged or Turkish, may make use of the maintenance facilities at the base with permission.
The force abandoned its camp at 05:15 and was attacked by Turkish aircraft, without losses.
That particular case involved a Turkish aircraft chartered by a German tour operator in which all 176 passengers were killed.
Other reports suggested that 12 Turkish aircraft had been headed off by an equal number of Greek jets.