List of active 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 active military aircraft in the Turkish Air Force.

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Aircraft

Current inventory

AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
Combat aircraft
F-16 Fighting Falcon United States multirole F-16C/D Block 30 32 [1] Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI. [2] [3]

The Block 30s are undergoing F-16 Özgür I program to the Block 30M. [4] Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded to the latest Block 50+ standards under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP Programs as Block 40M and Block 50M. [5] 40 F-16 Vipers on order. [6]

93 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. [1] One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. [7]

F-16C/D Block 30M 3 [8]
F-16C/D Block 40M 100 [9] [10]
F-16C/D Block 50M 70 [9] [10]
F-16C/D Block 50+ 29 [9] [10]
F-4 Phantom II United States fighter-bomber F-4E 19 [9] Upgraded to the F-4 Terminator 2020 [11]
AEW&C
E-7 Peace Eagle United States AEW E-7T 4 [12] Being upgraded with ASELSAN’s ESM/ELINT System, that replaced EL/L-8382. [5]
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker United States aerial refueling KC-135R 7 [12] Upgraded to Block 45.1 [13]
Reconnaissance/Electronic warfare
Bombardier Global Express Canada EW/SIGINT/ELINT Global 6000 4 on order. [12] Being developed under HAVA SOJ project by TAI and Aselsan. [14]
CASA/IPTN CN-235 Spain SIGINT/ELINT CN-235M-100 3 [9] One used for reconnaissance under Treaty on Open Skies [15] Licensed built by TAI [16]
Transall C-160 Germany EW C-160T 1 [9] [17] Used for electronic warfare and training. [18]
Transport
CASA/IPTN CN-235 Spain transport / maritime patrol/

air ambulance

CN-235M-100 45 [18] 3 used for SAR - licensed built by TAI [16] One used for maritime patrol [19]

One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. [20]
One leased by the Turkish Naval Forces. [21] One used by the Special Forces. [22]

C-130 Hercules United States tactical airlifter C-130B 6 [9] On going upgrade to C-130EM/BM Erciyes. [23]
C-130E 13 [9]
C-130J Super Hercules United Statestactical airlifter C4 12 planned to be procured from RAF. [5]
Airbus A400M Atlas European Union strategic airlifter 10 [12] 6 more planned [5]
Cessna Citation II United States VIP transport 550 2 [15]
Cessna Citation III United StatesVIP transport 650 VII 2 [15]
Gulfstream 550 United StatesVIP transport1 [15]
Helicopters
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar France CSAR AL 6 [1]
SAR UL 14 [1]
Bell UH-1 Iroquois United States utility UH-1H 13 [9] [24] 1 crashed in December 2024. [25]
Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk United Statesutility / CSAR T-70 3 [26] [27] 3 on order [12] [28]

Licensed built by TAI [26]

TAI T625 Gökbey Turkeyutility4 on order. [29]
Trainer aircraft
T-38 Talon United States jet trainer T-38M 68 [12] Upgraded under project ARI to T-38M. [30]
Canadair CF-5 Canadajet trainer NF-5A/B 13 [10] Used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team [31]
TAI Hürjet Turkey advanced jet trainer Block 0 16 on order. It will replace CF-5 and T-38 Talon. [32] [33]
Block 1
TAI Hürkuş Turkey advanced basic trainer B 55 Hürkuş-2B on order. [34]
KAI KT-1 Woongbi Republic of Korea advanced basic trainer KT-1T 39 [12] Licensed built by TAI. [30]
PAC MFI-395 Super Mushshak Pakistan basic trainer MFI-395 IIB 10+ [35] [36] 42 on order. It will replace SF.260 and T-41 Mescalero. [35]
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 Italy basic trainer SF.260D 32 [9] [37] Licensed built by TAI. [38]
Cessna T41 Mescalero United Statesbasic trainer T-41D 25 [18]
UAV
TAI Anka Turkey UCAV B / S 19 [18]
TAI Aksungur TurkeyUCAV5 [18]
Bayraktar Akıncı TurkeyUCAV B 12 [9]

Note : Six F-35 Lightning II owned by the Turkish Air Force are stored in hangar in US. [39]

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