List of 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 military aircraft in the Turkish Air Force.

Aircraft

Current inventory

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Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat aircraft
F-16 Fighting Falcon  United States
 Turkey
Multirole F-16C/D Block 30TM 34[1] Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI.[2][3]
Block 30s are being upgraded to 'TM' standard. Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP to Block 50+ standard.[4] They will further be upgraded under F-16 Özgür program which is already being applied to Block 30s.[5] 60 F-16Ds are used for conversion training.[6] One used by SoloTürk demonstration team.[7]
F-16C/DM Block 40 & 50 173[1]
F-16C/D Block 50+ 29[1]
F-16C/D Block 70 40 on order[1]
Eurofighter Typhoon  United Kingdom
 Germany
 Italy
 Spain
Multirole Tranche 3A 24 on order[8] Full integration with domestic munitions. T3s will be upgraded to T4 standard.[9][10]
Tranche 5 20 on order[11]
F-4 Phantom II  United States
 Israel
Fighter-bomber F-4E Terminator 2020 30 Upgraded by Israeli Military Industries[12] 18 more in reserve.
AEW&C
E-7 Peace Eagle  United States AEW&C E-7T 4[1] Being upgraded with ASELSAN’s ARES-2A ESM/ELINT System, that replaced EL/L-8382.[4]
Electronic warfare / Reconnaissance
C-160  European Union EW C-160T 1[13] Used for electronic warfare.[14]
Global Express  Canada
 Turkey
EW/SIGINT/ELINT Hava SOJ 4 on order Retrofitted by ASELSAN[1]
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker  United States Aerial refueling KC-135R 7[1] Upgraded to Block 45.1[15]
Transport
A400M Atlas  European Union Strategic airlifter A400M-180 10[1] Built in co-op with TAI
C-160 Tactical airlifter C-160T 1[16] Underwent modernizations by TAI.[17] One used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team.[18]
C-130 Hercules  United States C-130BM / C-130EM 17[1] 6 C-130BM and 11 C-130EM variants. Ongoing upgrade to C-130EM/BM Erciyes.[19]
C-130J Super Hercules C-130J-30 12 on order Being retrofitted by RAF.[20]
CN-235  Spain
 Indonesia
Airlift/MPA/Air ambulance CN-235M-100 41[1] 1 used for reconnaissance under Treaty on Open Skies,[21] 3 used for SAR - licensed built by TAI.[22] One used for maritime patrol.[23] One used by SoloTürk demonstration team.[24] One used by the Special Forces.[25] Undergoing avionics modernization as TCAS, IFF Mode 5S, ADS-B OUT, GPS-based Navigation.[26]
Helicopters
AS532 Cougar  France CSAR AL 6[1] License built by TAI. A contract was signed for the avionics modernization between ASELSAN, ASFAT and AIRBUS.[27]
SAR UL 15[1]
UH-1 Iroquois  United States Utility UH-1H 56[1] Some underwent avionics modernization.
S-70 Black Hawk T-70 6 Produced under license by TAI
T625 Gökbey  Turkey 15 on order[1] First indigenous helicopter.
Trainer aircraft
SF.260  Italy Basic trainer SF.260D 34[1] Licensed built by TAI.[28]
MFI-395 Super Mushshak  Pakistan MFI-395 IIB 52[1]
KT-1 Woongbi  South Korea Advanced trainer KT-1T 40[1] Licensed built by TAI.[29]
TAI Hürkuş  Turkey 2B 55 on order[1]
T-38 Talon  United States Jet trainer T-38M 68[1] Upgraded under project ARI to T-38M.[29]
CF-5A/B Freedom Fighter  Canada
 Israel
Aerobatics F-5/2000 18[30] Upgraded by Israeli Military Industries. Used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team[31]
TAI Hürjet  Turkey Advanced jet trainer Block 1 16 on order.[1] First indigenous jet aircraft.
UAV
TAI Anka  Turkey UCAV B / S 36[32]
Bayraktar Akinci B 20[33]
TAI Aksungur 5[14]
TAI Anka-3 Stealth UCAV 5 on order.[34][35]
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Note : 6 F-35A Lightning II owned by the Turkish Air Force are stored in a hangar in the U.S.[36]

Future

Retired aircraft

Retired aircraft of the forces. Includes the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons inventory:[46][47][48][49][50][51][52]

European & Local made

US-made

See also

References

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