f-16 News

Air Bilateral Relations

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

19 Oct, 02:01
2 min read

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.

Air Bilateral Relations

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

17 Oct, 01:51
2 min read

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan briefed Turkey on the F-16 Block70 purchase process. President Erdoğan made this statement before his departure for the Africa Tour that starts with Angola.

Air Bilateral Relations

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

12 Oct, 04:16
4 min read

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.

Air Bilateral Relations

Turkey Expects to Receive US Approval for F-16 Sale

12 Oct, 01:38
2 min read

Turkey expects the Biden administration to respond positively to its request to modernise its F-16 aircraft despite opposition from Armenia and Greece.

Air

Turkey Wants to Buy 40 US F-16 Fighters

08 Oct, 10:14
2 min read

According to Reuters, Turkey has requested the US to acquire 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes.

Air Regional / Strategy

Turkish F-16s scramble Russian Su-24

04 Sep, 12:02
2 min read

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

Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software

TDU Exports Dummy F-16

07 Jul, 11:36
1 min read

TDU Defence introduced its newest product, an inflatable dummy F-16 aircraft.

Air

Lockheed Promotes F-16 in Ukraine

15 Jun, 07:57
2 min read

The Arms and Security Defence Expo begins today in Kyiv. The US Company Lockheed Martin has a booth for the first time ever. The company promotes F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to Ukrainian Air Force (Повітряні Сили України).

Air

Israel’s F-16s are now Commercial

21 May, 01:56
1 min read

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

Air

Croatia to decide among Rafale, F-16 or Gripen trio

17 May, 09:56
2 min read

Croatian Air Force is near a decision for fighter aircraft. The Force had to decide between three aircraft: Rafale, F-16, and Gripen.

Air Weapon / Missile

Indigenous Claw for the Fighting Falcon

14 Apr, 03:06
2 min read

Turkey’s air-to-air missile Bozdoğan successfully hit the target.

Air Modernisation

Fifth Fighting Falcon Returns to the Skies

02 Apr, 09:03
1 min read

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