List of active Turkish Air Force aircraft

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In 1987 Turkey received its first F-16 Fighting Falcon under the 'Peace Onyx-1' deal, further examples have been locally produced through Turkish Aerospace Industries.[1][2] Other modern platforms that have entered service is the Boeing 737 Peace Eagle for Airborne early warning and control, the Airbus A400M Atlas for strategic airlift, the KC-135 Stratotanker for aerial refueling, and a host of other helicopters and trainers. Turkey placed an order for 30 F-35 Lightning II's with four delivered to Luke Air Force Base, and then had the order cancelled due to the country's acquisition of the S-400 SAM systems from Russia.[3][4] Below is a list of current aircraft in the Turkish Air Force.

Aircraft[]

Current inventory[]

An F-16 takes off from Konya Air Base, during Exercise Anatolian Eagle
Turkey operates the Bell UH-1H helicopter
A Turkish CASA CN-235M on take off
A Turkish Boeing 737 AEW&C on take off.
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
F-4 Phantom II United States fighter-bomber F-4E 48[5] upgraded to the F-4 Terminator 2020 by IAI[6]
F-16 Fighting Falcon United States multirole F-16C/D 245[5] 87 D variants provide conversion training
AWACS
Boeing 737 AEW&C United States AEW E-7A 4[5]
Maritime Patrol
CASA CN-235 Spain patrol / utility 1[5]
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker United States aerial refueling KC-135R 7[5]
Transport
Transall C-160 Germany transport / EW 1[5]
CASA CN-235 Spain transport / utility 42[5] one used for reconnaissance
Lockheed C-130 United States tactical airlift C-130B/E 16[5]
Airbus A400M Atlas Spain tactical airlift 9 1 on order[5]
Helicopters
Bell UH-1 United States utility UH-1H 57[5]
Sikorsky S-70 United States utility / CSAR T-70 6 on order[5] - licensed built by TAI[7]
Eurocopter AS332 France utility / transport 21[5]
Trainer Aircraft
KAI KT-1 Republic of Korea trainer / light attack 40[5]
TAI Hürkuş Turkey advanced trainer B 1 14 on order[5]
T-38 Talon United States jet trainer 68[5]
Canadair CF-5 Canada jet trainer NF-5A/B 19[5] 15 used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team[8]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Italy basic trainer 35[5]
PAC MFI-17 Mushshak Pakistan basic trainer license built Saab Safari - 52 on order[5]
UAV
Bayraktar TB2 Turkey UCAV Block I / II 107[9]
TAI Anka Turkey UCAV Block A / B 28[10] 47 on order[11]
Vestel Karayel Turkey reconnaissance 10[12]
Bayraktar Mini UAV Turkey reconnaissance 140[12]
Malazgirt Turkey reconnaissance 4[12]
Bayraktar Akıncı Turkey UCAV 3[13]
IAI Heron Israel reconnaissance 10[12]
TAI Gözcü Turkey reconnaissance[14]
TAI Pelikan Turkey reconnaissance[15]

See also[]

  • Modern equipment of the Turkish Land Forces
  • Equipment of the Turkish Navy
  • Equipment of the Turkish Gendarmerie
  • Equipment of the Turkish Coast Guard

References[]

  1. ^ "F-16.net: Turkish Air Force". Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  2. ^ "Turkey signs $1.78 bln deal to buy warplanes". Reuters. May 11, 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  3. ^ "Turkish F-35 delivered to training base in Arizona, official says". Reuters. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-07-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "World Air Forces 2021". Flightglobal Insight. 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ^ Klein and Aloni, Andreas and Schlomo (2009). The 'Kurnass' in IDF/AF Service 1989 until Today. Double Ugly Books.
  7. ^ "Helicopter | TAI". tusas.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Turkish Stars history". SEVENTH AKROTİM. tsk.tr. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Türkiye'nin SİHA gücü ne kadar? Hangi modellerde kaç SİHA var ve hangi çatışmalarda kullanıldılar? İşte cevapları". Independent Türkçe (in Turkish). 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  10. ^ maili, admin Yazar. "Hava Kuvvetlerine 2 yeni Anka İHA teslim edildi - Sanal Savunma". www.sanalsavunma.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  11. ^ "Yeni nesil ANKA-S göreve başladı". Haber Aero (in Turkish). 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  12. ^ a b c d https://www.sabah.com.tr/galeri/ekonomi/iste-tsknin-iha-envanteri/11
  13. ^ Alemdar, Ahmet (2021-09-10). "Baykar Savunma 3 adet Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA teslim etti". DefenceTurk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  14. ^ "İŞTE TÜRK GÖZCÜ'SÜ". Hurriyet. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Pelikan". Ruvsa. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

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