f-16 News

Guess the Missing at Israel’s Blue Flag; Jordan
Air Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software Bilateral Relations

Guess the Missing at Israel’s Blue Flag; Jordan

Eight countries attended the Blue Flag Aerial Exercise in Israel. United Arab Emirates Air Chief visited the drill, and eight others flew for the drill.

U.S. Made No Financing Offers to Turkey on F-16 Jets
Air Bilateral Relations

U.S. Made No Financing Offers to Turkey on F-16 Jets

The U.S. denied President Erdogan's comment that Washington had made an offer to sell F-16 fighter jets but added that it had not made Turkey a financing.

Turkey is Offered to Acquire F-16 Instead of F-35: Erdoğan
Air Bilateral Relations

Turkey is Offered to Acquire F-16 Instead of F-35: Erdoğan

President Erdoğan briefed Turkey on the F-16 Block 70 purchase process before his departure for the Africa Tour that starts with Angola.

Kalın: F-35A Comes to the Agenda if Crisis Over
Air Bilateral Relations

Kalın: F-35A Comes to the Agenda if Crisis Over

Spokesperson to the President of Turkey, İbrahim Kalın, made exclusive statements to Milliyet regarding Turkey’s request to acquire F-16s from the U.S.

Turkey Wants to Buy 40 US F-16 Fighters
Air Modernisation

Turkey Wants to Buy 40 US F-16 Fighters

Turkey has requested to acquire 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets and nearly 80 modernisation kits for its existing warplanes.

Turkish F-16s scramble Russian Su-24
Air Regional / Strategy

Turkish F-16s scramble Russian Su-24

Turkish F-16s scrambled two Russian aircraft as part of the NATO mission. Turkish Defence ministry released video footage of the mission.

F-16s to get Ramjet Engine air to air missile Gökhan
Air Weapon / Missile Expo and Air Show

F-16s to get Ramjet Engine air to air missile Gökhan

The manager of TUBİTAK SAGE institute Gökhan Okumuş stated that Gökhan air to air missiles with Ramjet engines would be first used on F-16 jet aircraft.

TDU company exports inflatable dummy F-16 aircraft
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software

TDU company exports inflatable dummy F-16 aircraft

TDU Defence company introduced its newest product, an inflatable dummy F-16 aircraft to decieve opponent side with realistic targets to spend ammuniation.

Lockheed Promotes F-16 in Ukraine
Air Expo and Air Show

Lockheed Promotes F-16 in Ukraine

The Arms and Security Defence Expo begins today in Kyiv. The US Company Lockheed Martin has a booth for the first time ever.

Israel’s F-16s are now Commercial
Air

Israel’s F-16s are now Commercial

U.S. private company that provides adversary (“red air”) and joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) training to the air forces will operate F-16.

Tubitak Sage's Indigenous Claw for the Fighting Falcon
Air Weapon / Missile

Tubitak Sage's Indigenous Claw for the Fighting Falcon

BOZDOĞAN Missile, developed by TÜBİTAK-SAGE, hit the aerial target. The Turkish version of AIM9X is fired from an F-16 jet targeting another aerial platform.

Fifth Fighting Falcon Returns to the Skies
Air Modernisation

Fifth Fighting Falcon Returns to the Skies

The Presidency of Defence Industries (Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı/SSB) announced that the fifth F-16 Fighting Falcon is delivered to the Turkish Air Force.

General Raza visited TUSAŞ Facilities
Air Bilateral Relations

General Raza visited TUSAŞ Facilities

Pakistan Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Nadeem Raza and his delegation visited Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) in Ankara.

HAVELSAN Develops Troubleshooting Simulator for F-16
Air Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software

HAVELSAN Develops Troubleshooting Simulator for F-16

Anadolu Agency: HAVELSAN announced that it has developed the F-16 Troubleshooting Training Simulator to keep F-16s increase operational readiness rate.

Dutch Air Force to Patrol on Belgian Air Space
Air

Dutch Air Force to Patrol on Belgian Air Space

Royal Netherlands Air Force takes over Belgium’s Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duties after the F-16 grounding to perform QRA air-policing to cover up.

Belgian Air Force Grounds F-16 Fleet
Air Modernisation

Belgian Air Force Grounds F-16 Fleet

Belgian Air Force announced on February 11 that an F-16 aircraft had engine problems on take-off and landed immediately.