Engineering: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

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 Global 6000 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]

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

  • Satellites of Turkey

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Hoyle, Craig (2025). "World Air Forces 2026". Flight Global. https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=113841. 
  2. ↑ "TAI Aircraft". https://www.tusas.com/en/products/aircraft. 
  3. ↑ "TRMilitary • Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri". https://www.trmilitary.org/viewtopic.php?t=40&sid=10d45b3090ac938b71f4ef714634c108&view=print. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "An Overview of Fixed Wing Air Platform Procurement & Modernization Programs of the Turkish Air Force". https://www.defenceturkey.com/tr/icerik/an-overview-of-fixed-wing-air-platform-procurement-modernization-programs-of-the-turkish-air-force-6035. 
  5. ↑ Torlak, Hakan (2024-03-01). "ÖZGÜR Projesinde ilk teslimat yapıldı" (in tr). https://www.defenceturk.net/ozgur-projesinde-ilk-teslimat-yapildi. 
  6. ↑ "Turkey f16 net". https://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article21.html. 
  7. ↑ Habertürk. "Antalya SOLOTÜRK gösterisi ne zaman, saat kaçta, nerede? SOLOTÜRK ne demek, anlamı nedir?" (in tr). https://www.haberturk.com/antalya-soloturk-gosterisi-ne-zaman-saat-kacta-nerede-soloturk-ne-demek-anlami-nedir-3237010. 
  8. ↑ "Turkiye to Acquire 44 Eurofighter Typhoons in Total". TurDef - Global Defence News. https://turdef.com/article/turkiye-to-acquire-44-eurofighter-typhoons-in-total. 
  9. ↑ Akin, Ezgi (2025-10-27). "Turkey's Erdogan, UK's Starmer ink $11B Eurofighter deal in Ankara". Al-Monitor. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/10/turkeys-erdogan-uks-starmer-ink-11b-eurofighter-deal-ankara. 
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  17. ↑ "Embraer 2024 Medya Günü Etkinliği ve C-390 Millennium Orta Askeri Nakliye Uçağına Bir Bakış". https://www.defenceturkey.com/tr/icerik/embraer-2024-medya-gunu-etkinligi-ve-c-390-millennium-orta-askeri-nakliye-ucagina-bir-bakis-6030. 
  18. ↑ "Turkish Stars Cargo Planes Gallery". https://aerobaticteams.net/en/resources/i253/Turkish-Stars-Cargo-Planes-Gallery.html. 
  19. ↑ "ERCIYES C-130 Modernization Program Will Keep C-130B/E Aircraft in Service Until the 2040s". https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/erciyes-c-130-modernization-program-will-keep-c-130b-e-aircraft-in-service-until-the-2040s-5327. 
  20. ↑ "Türkiye İngiltere'den 12 C-130J Alıyor! | SavunmaSanayiST" (in tr). 2025-02-28. https://www.savunmasanayist.com/turkiye-ingiltereden-12-c-130j-aliyor/. 
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  22. ↑ "Turkey boosts order for CN-235". Flightglobal. 1998-10-21. https://www.flightglobal.com/turkey-boosts-order-for-cn-235/23702.article. 
  23. ↑ Embraer, In association with. "2024 World Air Forces directory" (in en). https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/2024-world-air-forces-directory/156008.article. 
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  26. ↑ "CN235 Aviyonik Modernizasyon Projesi ve 2'nci HBFM". https://www.defenceturkey.com/tr/icerik/cn235-aviyonik-modernizasyon-projesi-ve-2-nci-hbfm-4946. 
  27. ↑ "COUGAR'LAR MİLLİ AVİYONİK SİSTEMLERLE UÇACAK" (in tr). https://www.aselsan.com/tr/haberler/detay/175/cougarlar-milli-aviyonik-sistemlerle-ucacak. 
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  31. ↑ "Seventh Acroteam - Turkish Stars". 15 October 2019. https://www.turkyildizlari.tsk.tr/Custom/TurkYildizlariEN/189. 
  32. ↑ Merkezi, Haber (2022-06-07). "ANKA İHA'da Teslimat Sayısı 36'ya Ulaştı, İhracatlar Sürüyor" (in tr). https://www.savunmasanayist.com/anka-ihada-teslimat-sayisi-36ya-ulasti-ihracatlar-suruyor/. 
  33. ↑ "Bayraktar TB2 24 ülkeye ihraç ediliyor" (in tr). 2022-09-01. https://www.trthaber.com/haber/ekonomi/bayraktar-tb2-24-ulkeye-ihrac-ediliyor-705530.html. 
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  42. ↑ "HvKK, KC-135R Stratotanker'leri A330 MRTT'lerle Değiştirecek". https://www.defenceturkey.com/tr/icerik/hvkk-kc-135r-stratotanker-leri-a330-mrtt-lerle-degistirecek-4600. 
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