Turkiye Assigns AKINCI and S&R Helicopter for Iran
The Turkish Defence Ministry assigned an AKINCI and S&R helicopter to the Iranian President’s helicopter. AKINCI identified a source of heat as a crash site.
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Air
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
Space
Turkish Air Force Attends NATO’s Space Symposium
Turkish Air Force attended the first NATO Space Symposium, which was held under the NATO Allied Command Transformation in Toulouse, France.
Air
Defence Politics
Incirlik Becomes a Combat Base
The Ministry of Defence announced that the 10th Tanker Base Command was renamed the 10th Main Jet Base Command.
Modernisation
E/W
TuRAF Goes for Northrop Grumman's IVEWS E/W Systems
Turkish Air Force chooses Northrop Grumman's AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for Turkish f-16s.
Weapon / Missile
Air
Turkish Air-To-Air Missiles at Their Final Stages
Bozdoğan and Gökdoğan air-to-air missiles produced for the Turkish Air Force are ready for acceptance tests.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Turkish Air Force Commander Visits Pakistan
Turkish Air Force Commander General Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu visited Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force.
Sensors
Air
ASELSAN Delivers ASELPOD to TurAF
ASELSAN delivered the 14th ASELPOD to the Turkish Air Forces. SSB President Haluk Görgün congratulated ASELSAN for the delivery.
Expo and Air Show
Ammunition
ASFAT to Produce HGK-84
The defence ministry awarded ASFAT a contract to supply HGK-84 Kits for Turkish Air Force.
Air
UK Retires C-130J Hercules, Final Destination Turkiye?
RAF plans to retire five C-130 Hercules and disband the 47th Squadron. The retired Hercules might be sent to Turkiye to strengthen TuRAF.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
UAE and Saudi Arabia to Join Anatolian Eagle Exercise
Turkish Air Force organises the Anatolian Eagle-2023 Exercise. The UAE and Saudi Arabia will attend the exercise with F-16 Block 60 and F-15SA, respectively.
Air
The First Black Hawk for Turkish Air Force
Turkish Aerospace has handed over the first locally assembled T-70 Black Hawk utility helicopter to the Turkish Air Force (TurAF).
Air
Modernisation
Erciyes Modernisation Programme Continues, 11th Hercule Delivered
Within the scope of the SSB's Erciyes Project, TUSAŞ delivered the eleventh C-130 aircraft to the Air Force Command (TurAF).
Air
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
ANKA to getting CATS Eye
TURAF wants to upgrade the ANKA armed UAV with ASELSAN's common aperture targeting system (CATS) electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) payload.
Air
Modernisation
Modernised Stratotanker Returns Turkey
Turkish Defence Ministry announced that the first KC-135R Blok 45 aerial tanker is back on the fleet after modernisation. Turkey has seven KC-135R aircraft in the Turkish Air Force (TurAF).
