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List of Turkish Air Force aircraft

See also: List of equipment of the Turkish Air Force and Military equipment of Turkey

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

Current inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat aircraft
F-16 Fighting Falcon  United States
 Turkey 		Multirole F-16C/D Block 30TM 35[1] Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI.[2][3]
Block 30s were upgraded to 'TM'. 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 ugpraded 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 & 50 195[8]
F-16C/D Block 50+ 30[8]
F-16C/D Block 70 0/40[9]
F-4 Phantom II  United States
 Israel 		Fighter-bomber F-4E Terminator 2020 19[8] Upgraded by Israeli Military Industries[10]
AEW&C
E-7 Peace Eagle  United States AEW&C E-7T 4[11] Being upgraded with ASELSAN’s ARES-2A ESM/ELINT System, that replaced EL/L-8382.[4]
Electronic warfare / Reconnaissance
CN-235  Spain SIGINT/ELINT CN-235M-100 4[8][11] One used for reconnaissance under Treaty on Open Skies[12] Licensed built by TAI[13]
C-160  European Union EW/ISTAR C-160T 4[8][14] Used for electronic warfare and training.[15]
Global Express  Canada EW/SIGINT/ELINT Global 6000 4 on order.[11] Being developed under HAVA SOJ project by TAI and Aselsan.[16]
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker  United States Aerial refueling KC-135R 7[11] Upgraded to Block 45.1[17]
Transport
A400M Atlas  European Union Strategic airlifter A400M-180 10[11] 6 more planned[4]
CN-235  Spain Airlift/MPA/Air ambulance CN-235M-100 45[15] 3 used for SAR - licensed built by TAI[13] One used for maritime patrol[18]

One used by SoloTürk demonstration team.[19]
One leased by the Turkish Naval Forces.[20] One used by the Special Forces.[21]

Undergoing avionics modernization as TCAS, IFF Mode 5S, ADS-B OUT, GPS-based Navigation.[22]

C-160  European Union Tactical airlifter C-160T 1[1] Underwent modernizations by TUSAS.[23] One used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team.[24]
C-130 Hercules  United States C-130B 6[8] On going upgrade to C-130EM/BM Erciyes.[25]
C-130E 13[8]
C-130J Super Hercules C4 12 planned to be procured from RAF.[26]
Citation II VIP transport 550 2[12]
Citation III 650 VII 2[12]
Gulfstream 550 C-37B 1[12]
Helicopters
AS532 Cougar  France CSAR AL 6[1]
SAR UL 14[1]
UH-1 Iroquois  United States Utility UH-1H 13[8][27][28]
S-70 Black Hawk T-70 3[29][30] 3 on order[11][31]

Licensed built by TAI[29]

T625 Gökbey  Turkey 4 on order.[32]
Trainer aircraft
SF.260  Italy Basic trainer SF.260D 32[8][33] Licensed built by TAI.[34]
T-41 Mescalero  United States T-41D 25[15]
MFI-395 Super Mushshak  Pakistan MFI-395 IIB 16[35][36][37] 42 on order. It will replace SF.260 and T-41 Mescalero.[35]
KT-1 Woongbi  South Korea Advanced trainer KT-1T 39[11] Licensed built by TAI.[38]
TAI Hürkuş  Turkey 2B 55 Hürkuş-2B on order.[39]
T-38 Talon  United States Jet trainer T-38M 68[11] Upgraded under project ARI to T-38M.[38]
TAI Hürjet  Turkey Advanced jet trainer Block 0 16 on order. It will replace CF-5 and T-38 Talon.[40][41]
Block 1
CF-5A/B Freedom Fighter  Canada
 Israel 		Aerobatics F-5/2000 13[42] Upgraded by Israeli Military Industries. Used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team[43]
UAV
TAI Anka  Turkey UCAV B / S 36[44]
Bayraktar Akıncı B 20[45]
TAI Aksungur 5[15]
TAI Anka-3 Stealth UCAV On order.[46][47]

Note : Six F-35 Lightning II owned by the Turkish Air Force are stored in hangar in US.[48]

Future

  • Undergoing negotiations between Turkey and USA for F-35 Lightning II for possible acquisition in the future if the S-400 issue is resolved.[49][50] Turkey resubmitted the offer to buy 40 F-35s as US expressed interest to sell the aircraft.[51]
  • Defense Ministry, has confirmed the signing of a contract to purchase 40 F-16V Block 70s from the United States.[52]
  • Undergoing negotiations for acquisition of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon.[53] Germany approved to start technical meetings, along with other partners of the consortium and has approved the assignment of a Temporary Sales Authority for the sale of the aircraft.[54][55]The document, prepared within the scope of the procurement was sent to the British Ministry of Defense and the relevant company.[56]
  • 20 TF KAAN Block 10 developed by TAI is expected to be delivered by 2028–2029. Expected to replace F-16 Fighting Falcon by mid 2030s.[57][36]
  • Contract for the upgrade program of the second phase of Özgür upgrade program - Özgür-II for the F-16s was signed in IDEF23. Its expected to include Block 30, Block 40 and Block 50 variants.[58]
  • Undergoing negotiations for acquisition of new tanker aircraft to replace KC-135. Possibilities are A330 MRTT or KC-46.[59][60]
  • Contract was signed for the avionics modernization of AS532 Cougar between ASELSAN, ASFAT and AIRBUS.[61]
  • Anka-3 stealth UCAV developed by TAI is expected to be delivered by 2025 for testing purposes. Mass production deliveries expected to start by 2026.[62][46]
  • Possible acquisition of Bayraktar Kızılelma developed by Baykar unmanned combat aircraft in the future.[63]
  • Possible acquisition of C-390 Millennium transport aircraft in future, after it was offered by Embraer for TAF.[64]

Retired aircraft

Retired aircraft of the forces. Includes the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons inventory:[65][66][67][68][69][70][71]

European & Local made

US-made

See also

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