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This is a list of modern weapons of the Turkish Air Force that are currently in service.
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This is a list of modern weapons of the Turkish Air Force that are currently in service.
| Weapon | Origin | Role | Versions | In service | Notes | |
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| Surface to Air Weapons | ||||||
| S-400 |  | Mobile surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system | S-400 M | 36 Fire Unit with 4 Batteries. [1] | 192+ missiles. [2] | |
| HISAR |  | Mobile short to long range surface-to-air missile | HİSAR-A, HİSAR-O and HİSAR-U | Deployed to Syria under Operation Spring Shield [3] | Produced by ASELSAN and Roketsan | |
| MIM-14 |  | Long range surface-to-air missile | Improved Nike Hercules | 92 Fire Unit with 92 Batteries. [4] | Not in active service.To be replaced by Hisar-U | |
| MIM-23 | | Medium range surface-to-air missile | Hawk XXI | 92 Fire Unit with 16 Batteries. [4] | Modernized. To be replaced by Hisar-O. | |
| Rapier missile |  | Medium range surface-to-air missile | Rapier 2000 | 515 Fire Unit with 86 Battery. [5] | Produced under license by Roketsan.Replace by Hisar-A | |
| Atılgan PMADS | | Short range surface-to-air missile | Zıpkın Variant [6] | 64 Fire Unit with 32 Battery. | Produced by Roketsan. | |
| KORKUT | | Anti-aircraft gun | KORKUT KKA, KORKUT SSA [7] | 13 systems [8] | Produced by ASELSAN | |
| Bofors 40 mm |  | Anti-aircraft gun | L70 variant with radar system capabilities. | 803 | Upgraded by ASELSAN. | |
| Oerlikon 35 mm |  | Anti-aircraft gun | GDF-003 with Skyguard [9] | 120 [10] | Produced under licence by MKEK. | |
| Oerlikon 20 mm | | Anti-aircraft gun | GAI-D01 | 440 [11] | Produced under licence by MKEK. | |
| Rheinmetall 20 mm |  | Anti-aircraft gun | Zwillingscanone | 432 | Produced under licence by MKEK. | |
| FIM-92 Stinger | | MANPADS | - | 1000+ Launchers | Produced under license by Roketsan. | |
| Radar Systems [12] | ||||||
| KORAL [13] | | Mobile Electronic Warfare Radar | ||||
| KALKAN [14] | | Long range Air Defence Radar | Will also be used with HİSAR air defence systems. | |||
| AN/MPQ-44 | | Surveillance radar | Issued with Nike Hercules missiles. [15] | |||
| AN/MPS-14 | | Height Finder Radar | Issued with Nike Hercules missiles. [15] | |||
| AN/MPQ-14 | | Command Guidance Radar | Issued with Nike Hercules missiles. [15] | |||
| AN/FPS-71 | | High-Power Acquisition Radar | Issued with Nike Hercules missiles. [15] | |||
| AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel | | Short Range Air Defense Radar | Issued with HAWK missiles. [16] | |||
| AN/MPQ-62 | | Continuous Wave Acquisition Radar | Issued with HAWK missiles. [16] | |||
| AN/MPQ-61 | | HAWK High Power Illuminator Radar | Issued with HAWK missiles. [16] | |||
| Dagger radar | | Multi-beam high resolution 3D radar system. | Issued with Rapier missiles. [17] | |||
| Blindfire radar | | Unit Guidance Radar | Issued with Rapier missiles. [18] | |||
| Selex RAT-31DL |  | Long-range air surveillance radar | Upgraded in 2014. [19] | |||
| Selex RAT-31SL | | Short-range air surveillance radar | Upgraded in 2014. [19] | |||
| AN/FPS-117 [20] | | Long-range air surveillance radar | ||||
| AN/TPS-77 [21] | | Long-range air surveillance radar | ||||
| AN/TPS-64 [22] | | Long-range air surveillance radar | ||||
| HR-3000 RSRP [23] | | Long-range air surveillance radar | ||||
| TRS 22XX Parasol |  | Long-range air surveillance radar | Produced by Havelsan [24] | |||
| TRS 3445 Suricate | | Short-range air surveillance radar | Produced by Havelsan [25] | |||
| Weapon | Origin | Role | Versions | |||
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| Air-to-air missiles | ||||||
| AIM-120 AMRAAM | | Medium-range air-to-air missile | AIM-120A, AIM-120B, AIM-120C-7 [26] | |||
| AIM-7 Sparrow | | Medium-range air-to-air missile | AIM-7E, AIM-7F | |||
| AIM-9 Sidewinder | | Short-range air-to-air missile | AIM-9E/F/X/M/L/I/S/P3 | |||
| BOZDOĞAN | | Medium-range air-to-air missile | In active development. | |||
| GÖKDOĞAN | | Short-range air-to-air missile | In active development. | |||
| Air-to-ground missiles | ||||||
| B61 | | Nuclear bomb | Mod 7 | |||
| SOM | | Land/Ship attackCruise missile | SOM B1 & B2 | |||
| AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER | | Land attack cruise missile | SLAM-ER | |||
| Standoff Land Attack Missile | | Land attack cruise missile | AGM-84H/K | |||
| Popeye (missile) |  | Land attack cruise missile | Popeye II | |||
| AGM-88 HARM | | Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile | AGM-88B | |||
| AGM-65 Maverick | | Air-to-surface guided missile | AGM-65G, AGM-65A/B | |||
| AGM-154 JSOW | | Glide bomb | AGM-154A-1/C | |||
| Bombs | ||||||
| JDAM | | Guidance kit | In use with GBU-31, GBU-38 | |||
| HGK [27] | | Guidance kit | In use with MK-84 | |||
| KGK [28] | | Guidance kit | In use with MK-82 | |||
| NEB [29] | | Penetration bomb | NEB B1 | |||
| BLU-109 bomb | | Penetration bomb | ||||
| CBU-58 | | Cluster bomb | ||||
| CBU-100 | | Cluster bomb | ||||
| CBU-105 WCMD | | Cluster bomb | ||||
| Mark 81 bomb | | General-purpose bomb | ||||
| Mark 82 bomb | | General-purpose bomb | ||||
| Mark 83 bomb | | General-purpose bomb | ||||
| Mark 84 bomb | | General-purpose bomb | ||||
| Matra Durandal | | Anti-runway bomb | ||||
| GBU-8 | | Laser-guided bomb | 8/B HOBOS | |||
| GBU-12 Paveway II | | Laser-guided bomb | ||||
| GBU-10 Paveway II | | Laser-guided bomb | ||||
| GBU-31 | | Anti-radiation bomb | ||||
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