List of active Turkish Air Force aircraft

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The Turkish Air Force operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, supported by a domestic aerospace industry, such as Turkish Aerospace Industries, that has made contributions to locally produce license-built aircraft and indigenous Unmanned aerial vehicle. The following is a list of currently active military aircraft in the Turkish Air Force.

Aircraft[edit]

Current inventory[edit]

Two Turkish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons
A Turkish Bell UH-1H helicopter doing a pass at Çiğli Air Base during Izmir Airshow (2011)
A Turkish CASA CN-235M on takeoff from Çiğli Air Base (LTBL) during Izmir Airshow (2011).
A Turkish Boeing 737 AEW&C on takeoff from Dubai Intl. Airport
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
F-4 Phantom II United States fighter-bomber F-4E 19[1] Upgraded to the F-4 Terminator 2020[2]
F-16 Fighting Falcon United States multirole F-16C/D
Block 30
Block 40M
Block 50M
Block 50 plus
Block 70 		235[3][4] 84 F-16D used for conversion training - licensed built by TAI.[5]
All Block 40 and 50s were upgraded with F-16 CCIP to the Block 40M and 50M[6]
40 F-16V and 79 upgrade kits on order.[7]
AWACS
E-7 Peace Eagle United States AEW E-7T 4[3]
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker United States aerial refueling KC-135R 7[3] Upgraded to Block 45.1[8]
Reconnaissance/Electronic warfare
Transall C-160 Germany EW C-160T 1[9][10] Used for electronic warfare[11]
CASA CN-235 Spain SIGINT CN-235M-100 4[11] One used for reconnaissance under Treaty on Open Skies[12]
Gulfstream G550 United States command and control 2[13]
Bombardier Global Express Canada EW Global 6000 4 on order.[3]
Transport
CASA CN-235 Spain transport / maritime patrol CN-235M-100 44[11][14] 3 used for SAR - licensed built by TAI[15]One used for maritime patrol[16]
C-130 Hercules United States tactical airlifter C-130B 13[17]
C-130E 6[17]
Airbus A400M Multinational strategic airlifter 10[3]
Cessna Citation II United States VIP transport 550 2[11]
Cessna Citation III United States VIP transport 650 VII 2[11]
Gulfstream IV United States VIP transport 3[11]
Helicopters
TAI T625 Gökbey Turkey utility 4 on order.[18]
Bell UH-1 United States utility UH-1H 14[19][20]
Sikorsky S-70 United States utility / CSAR T-70 1[21] 5 on order[3] Licensed built by TAI[21]
Eurocopter AS532 France transport/CSAR UL/AL 20[22]
Trainer Aircraft
KAI KT-1 Woongbi Republic of Korea basic trainer KT-1T 39[3]
TAI Hürkuş Turkey advanced basic trainer B 55 Hürkuş B on order.[23]
TAI Hürjet Turkey advanced jet trainer Block 0
Block 1 		16 on order.[24][25]
T-38 Talon United States jet trainer T-38M 68[3]
Canadair CF-5 Canada jet trainer NF-5A/B 14[26][27] Used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team[28]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Italy basic trainer SF.260D 33[29] licensed built by TAI.[30]
PAC MFI-17 Super Mushshak Pakistan basic trainer MFI-395 5[31] 47 on order
Cessna T41 United States basic trainer T-41D 25[11]
UAV
TAI Anka Turkey UCAV B / S 19[11]
TAI Aksungur Turkey UCAV 5[32]
Bayraktar Akıncı Turkey UCAV B 6[33]
IAI Heron Israel reconnaissance 9[34]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Military Balance 2024". IISS. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. ^ Klein and Aloni, Andreas and Schlomo (2009). The 'Kurnass' in IDF/AF Service 1989 until Today. Double Ugly Books.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "World Air Forces 2023". Flight Global. Flightglobal Insight. 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Aviation Safety Network > > ASN Aviation Safety Database results". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "TAI Aircraft". Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. ^ Bekdil, Burak Ege (12 April 2015). "Turkey Receives Last Upgraded F-16". Defense News. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  7. ^ https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/turkiye-f-16-aircraft-acquisition-and-modernization
  8. ^ "The Turkish Air Force Receives Modernized KC-135R Tanker Aircraft". Overt Defense. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  9. ^ "The Transall Turns 60". www.airbus.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Incident Transall C-160T 69-036,". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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  13. ^ Ozbek2008-12-16T16:23:00+00:00, Tolga. "Turkey picks G550 for command and control mission". Flight Global. Retrieved 9 October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Maritime patrol and utility aircraft".
  15. ^ "Turkey boosts order for CN-235". Flightglobal. 21 October 1998. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  16. ^ Embraer, In association with. "2024 World Air Forces directory". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  17. ^ a b "ERCIYES C-130 Modernization Program Will Keep C-130B/E Aircraft in Service Until the 2040s". www.defenceturkey.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  18. ^ "3 yılda 55 adet HÜRKUŞ geliyor! Haluk Görgün HÜRJET ve GÖKBEY için tarih verdi". TRHaber (in Turkish). 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
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  20. ^ "Aviation Safety Network > > ASN Aviation Safety Database results". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  21. ^ a b "First T-70 for the Turkish Air Force". scramble magazine. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  23. ^ "HÜRKUŞ-2 ilk uçuşuna hazırlanıyor". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  24. ^ "TUSAŞ'a 4+12 adet HÜRJET Siparişi | SavunmaSanayiST" (in Turkish). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  25. ^ "HÜRJET için sipariş kesinleşti SSB Başkanı Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün: TUSAŞ ve SSB arasında imzalanan 4 adet Blok 0 HÜRJET'e ilave olarak 12 adet Blok 1 uçağı kapsama dahil ediyoruz. Bu kapsamda 12 uçak teslimatı kesin siparişe çevrilecek. Uçak teslimat tarihleri iyileştirilecek ve 1 yıl öne çekilecek". gdh.digital. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  26. ^ "The Military Balance 2024". IISS. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Aviation Safety Network > > ASN Aviation Safety Database results". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  28. ^ "Seventh Acroteam - Turkish Stars". 15 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  29. ^ "The Military Balance 2024: Launch". IISS. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  30. ^ Albayrak, Barış; Aydincak, İlke; Dizemen, İ.Evrim; Gürses, Yücel; Haser, A.Bahar. "'Tayyare'Den 'Uçak'A: Bir Montaj Öyküsü (II)" (PDF) (in Turkish). METU Aeronautical Engineering Department. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  31. ^ "MSB: 5 Süper Mushshak uçağı 2. Ana Jet Üs Komutanlığı envanterine katıldı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  32. ^ Alemdar, Ahmet (12 February 2022). "Deniz ve Hava Kuvvetlerine AKSUNGUR SİHA teslimatı". DefenceTurk (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  33. ^ "Turkish Air Force gets Three AKINCI B Armed UAVs into Inventory". TurDef. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  34. ^ "The Military Balance 2023". IISS. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

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