List of active aircraft of the Turkish Air Force

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

References
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  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". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2019-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "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. 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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