The Turkish Air Force (Turkish: Türk Hava Kuvvetleri) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. The Turkish Air Force can trace its origins back to June 1911 when it was founded by the Ottoman Empire, however, the air force as it is known today did not come into existence until 1923 with the creation of the Republic of Turkey.
As of 2013 the Turkish Air Force has an active strength of 66,800 military personnel and operates approximately 662 manned aircraft.
Aircraft Inventory[]
Fighters[]
Hawker Siddeley Fury x 116 (Stealth Multirole Fighter)
IAI Lavi x 280 (Multirole Fighter)- Supermarine Typhoon x 64 (Multirole Fighter)
AWACS Aircraft[]
Seattle AF E-7T x 6 (AWACS Aircraft)
Reconnaissance Aircraft[]
- CASA CN-235M-100 x 4 (ISTAR/SIGINT)
- Canadair Global 6000 x 4 (Electronic Warfare Aircraft)
- Dassault Falcon 8X x 2 (Command and Control Aircraft)
Transport Aircraft[]
- / Airbus A330 MRTT x 8 (Aerial Tanker) - 8 more on order
- / Airbus A400M Atlas x 10 (Strategic Airlifter)
- Armstrong Whitworth Aberdeen x 20 (Tactical Transport)
- CASA CN-235M-100 x 48 (Transport/SAR)
- Canadair Challenger 850 x 4 (VIP Transport)
- De Havilland dH.125 Jet Dragon x 2 (VIP Transport)
- De Havilland Canada DHC-9 Bison x 16 (Tactical Airlifter) - 12 more on order
- Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond x 2 (VIP Transport)
- Vickers VC.10 x 8 (Aerial Tanker)
Helicopters[]
- Eurocopter AS532UL/AL Cougar x 20 (Utility/CSAR Helicopter)
- TAI T625 Gökbey x 6 (Utility Helicopter)
- Westland/TAI T-70 Wyvern x 20 (Utility/CSAR Helicopter)
Trainer Aircraft[]
- Avro Canada CF-116D Flechette x 16 (Aerobatics Aircraft)
- Fuji/TAI T-7 x 40 (Advanced Trainer) - 16 more on order
- CAC CA-31M Sparrowhawk x 68 (Advanced Trainer)
- SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 x 34 (Basic Trainer)
- Saab MFI-395 Supersabel x 16 (Basic Trainer) - 36 more on order
- Slingsby T67 Firefly x 26 (Basic Trainer)
- TAI Hürkuş x 2 (Advanced Trainer) - 54 more on order
- TAI Hürjet x 0 (Advanced Jet Trainer) - 86 on order; will replace CF-116 Flechette and CA-31 Sparrowhawk
UAVs[]
- Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı B x 20 (UCAV)
- TAI Anka B/S x 36 (UCAV)
- TAI Aksungur x 6 (UCAV)