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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 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 multirole F-16C/D Block 30 32 Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI.

Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP.
All will be ugpraded to Block 70 standarts within F-16 Özgür program.
93 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. One used by SoloTürk demonstration team.

F-16C/D Block 30M 3
F-16C/D Block 40M 100
F-16C/D Block 50M 70
F-16C/D Block 50+ 29
F-4 Phantom II United States fighter-bomber F-4E 19 Upgraded to the F-4 Terminator 2020
AEW&C
E-7 Peace Eagle United States AEW E-7T 4 Being upgraded with ASELSAN’s ESM/ELINT System, that replaced EL/L-8382.
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker United States aerial refueling KC-135R 7 Upgraded to Block 45.1
Reconnaissance/Electronic warfare
Bombardier Global Express Canada EW/SIGINT/ELINT Global 6000 4 on order. Being developed under HAVA SOJ project by TAI and Aselsan.
CASA/IPTN CN-235 Spain SIGINT/ELINT CN-235M-100 3 One used for reconnaissance under Treaty on Open Skies Licensed built by TAI
Transall C-160 Germany EW C-160T 1 Used for electronic warfare and training.
Transport
CASA/IPTN CN-235 Spain transport / maritime patrol/

air ambulance

CN-235M-100 45 3 used for SAR - licensed built by TAI One used for maritime patrol

One used by SoloTürk demonstration team.
One leased by the Turkish Naval Forces. One used by the Special Forces.

C-130 Hercules United States tactical airlifter C-130B 6 On going upgrade to C-130EM/BM Erciyes.
C-130E 13
C-130J Super Hercules United States tactical airlifter C4 12 planned to be procured from RAF.
Airbus A400M Atlas European Union strategic airlifter 10 6 more planned
Cessna Citation II United States VIP transport 550 2
Cessna Citation III United States VIP transport 650 VII 2
Gulfstream 550 United States VIP transport 1
Helicopters
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar France CSAR AL 6
SAR UL 14
Bell UH-1 Iroquois United States utility UH-1H 13 1 crashed in December 2024.
Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk United States utility / CSAR T-70 3 3 on order

Licensed built by TAI

TAI T625 Gökbey Turkey utility 4 on order.
Trainer aircraft
T-38 Talon United States jet trainer T-38M 68 Upgraded under project ARI to T-38M.
Canadair CF-5 Canada jet trainer NF-5A/B 13 Used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team
TAI Hürjet Turkey advanced jet trainer Block 0 16 on order. It will replace CF-5 and T-38 Talon.
Block 1
TAI Hürkuş Turkey advanced basic trainer B 55 Hürkuş-2B on order.
KAI KT-1 Woongbi Republic of Korea advanced basic trainer KT-1T 39 Licensed built by TAI.
PAC MFI-395 Super Mushshak Pakistan basic trainer MFI-395 IIB 10+ 42 on order. It will replace SF.260 and T-41 Mescalero.
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Italy basic trainer SF.260D 32 Licensed built by TAI.
Cessna T41 Mescalero United States basic trainer T-41D 25
UAV
TAI Anka Turkey UCAV B / S 19
TAI Aksungur Turkey UCAV 5
Bayraktar Akıncı Turkey UCAV B 12

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

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. Turkey resubmitted the offer to buy 40 F-35s as US expressed interest to sell the aircraft. Also reported by MOD that US doesnt have any objections regarding S400s.
  • Defense Ministry, has confirmed the signing of a contract to purchase 40 F-16V Block 70s from the United States.
  • Undergoing negotiations for acquisition of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 5s. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Undergoing negotiations for acquisition of new tanker aircraft to replace KC-135. Possibilities are A330 MRTT or KC-46.
  • Undergoing avionics modernization of CN-235 aircraft which will gain capabilities such as TCAS, IFF Mode 5S, ADS-B OUT, GPS-based Navigation.
  • Contract was signed for the avionics modernization of AS532 Cougar between ASELSAN, ASFAT and AIRBUS.
  • 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.
  • Possible acquisition of Bayraktar Kızılelma developed by Baykar unmanned combat aircraft in the future.

Retired Aircraft

Retired aircraft of the forces:

European & Local made

US-made

See also

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