List of active Turkish Air Force aircraft

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] This program was replaced by the Turkish 5th generation fighter TAI TF-X.[5] Below is a list of current aircraft in the Turkish Air Force.

F-16 Modernization project : Covering the avionics modernization of F-16 Block 30 fighter jets in the Turkish Air Force inventory (IFF System, Mission Computer, Color Multifunction Display etc..) The ÖZGÜR project also plans to use the MURAD AESA radar developed by ASELSAN in the F-16 Block 30 fighter jets, which will be modernized within the scope of the priority Özgür project. It will be applied also to block 40 and 50s. ÖZGÜR project is local equivalent to block 70 configuration.[6][7]

Tai Hürkuş : 14 HÜRKUŞ produced by TAI were exported with the permission of the Turkish Air Force. Currently, the first user for HÜRKUŞ's newly developed model HÜRKUŞ 2 will be the Turkish Air Force. A total of 15 aircraft were manufactured by TAI with the order given by the Turkish Air Force.[8]

Aircraft

Current inventory
An F-16 takes off from Konya Air Base, during Exercise Anatolian Eagle
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[9] upgraded to the F-4 Terminator 2020 by IAI[10]
F-16 Fighting Falcon United States multirole F-16C/D 245[9] 87 D variants provide conversion training.

First F-16 Özgür delivered.[11]

AWACS
Boeing 737 AEW&C United States AEW E-7T 4[12]
Maritime Patrol
CASA CN-235 Spain / Indonesia patrol / utility 1[12]
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker United States aerial refueling KC-135R 7[12]
Transport
Transall C-160 Germany transport / EW 1[12]
CASA CN-235 Spain / Indonesia transport /utility 42[12] one used for reconnaissance - licensed built by TAI[13]
Lockheed C-130 United States tactical airlift C-130B/E 19[14]
Airbus A400M Atlas European Union tactical airlift 10[15]
Helicopters
Bell UH-1 United States utility UH-1H 57[12]
Sikorsky S-70 United States utility / CSAR T-70 1[16] 5 on order[12]- licensed built by TAI[17]
Eurocopter AS532 France utility /transport 21[12]
Trainer Aircraft
KAI KT-1 Republic of Korea trainer /

light attack

 39[12]
TAI Hürkuş Turkey basic trainer/

air-ground int.

 B
AGI		 1[18]
6[19]
T-38 Talon United States jet trainer 68[12]
Canadair CF-5 Canada jet trainer NF-5A/B 18[12] 15 used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team[20]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Italy basic trainer 35[12]
PAC MFI-17 Mushshak Pakistan basic trainer 3[21] license built Saab Safari - 52 total ordered.[12]
UAV
TAI Aksungur Turkey UCAV 3[22]
TAI Anka Turkey UCAV Anka S 14[23]
Bayraktar Akıncı Turkey UCAV B 6[24]
IAI Heron Israel reconnaissance 10[25]

See also

References
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