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]

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 238[5] 29 Block 50+, 72 Block 50TM, 102 Block 40TM, 36 Block 30TM[7]
AWACS
Boeing 737 AEW&C United States AEW E-7A 4[5]
Maritime Patrol
CASA CN-235 Spain patrol / utility 8[8]
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 [9]
Airbus H215 France utility / transport M 21[5]
TAI T129 Turkey utility 6
Trainer Aircraft
KAI KT-1 Republic of Korea trainer / light attack 40[5]
TAI Hürkuş Turkey advanced trainer B 15 [5]
T-38 Talon United States jet trainer 68[5]
Canadair CF-5 Canada jet trainer NF-5A/B 20[5] 15 used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team[10]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Italy basic trainer 35[5]
PAC MFI-17 Mushshak Pakistan basic trainer 52 on order[5]
UAV
Bayraktar TB2 Turkey UCAV Block I / II 107[11] More under production as is seen from the picture released from Baykar
TAI Anka Turkey UCAV Block A / B 22[12]
Vestel Karayel Turkey reconnaissance 10[13]
Bayraktar Mini UAV Turkey reconnaissance 140[13]
Malazgirt UAV Turkey reconnaissance 4[13]
IAI Heron Israel reconnaissance 10[13]
TAI Gözcü Turkey reconnaissance[14]
TAI Pelikan Turkey reconnaissance[15]

See also

References
  1. "F-16.net: Turkish Air Force". Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  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. "Turkey CCIP upgrade".
  8. "MELTEM II (CN-235) | Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii". www.tusas.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  9. "Helicopter | TAI". tusas.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  10. "Turkish Stars history". SEVENTH AKROTİM. tsk.tr. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  11. SABAH, DAILY (2020-05-08). "Number of Turkish military drones reaches 107 with latest deliveries". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  12. https://www.airturkhaber.com/haberler/deniz-kuvvetlerinde-anka-sayisi-22-oldu/
  13. https://www.sabah.com.tr/galeri/ekonomi/iste-tsknin-iha-envanteri/11
  14. "İŞTE TÜRK GÖZCÜ'SÜ". Hurriyet. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  15. "Pelikan". Ruvsa. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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