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 military aircraft in the Turkish Air Force.

Aircraft Current inventory AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes Combat aircraftF-16 Fighting FalconMultiroleF-16C/D Block 30TM34 Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI.Block 30s are being upgraded to 'TM' standard. Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP to Block 50+ standard. They will further be upgraded under F-16 Özgür program which is already being applied to Block 30s. 60 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. 1 used by SoloTürk demonstration team.F-16C/DM Block 40 & 50172F-16C/D Block 50+29F-16C/D Block 7040 on orderEurofighter TyphoonMultiroleTranche 3A24 on orderFull integration with domestic munitions. T3s will be upgraded to T4 standard. 20 more on option.According to the Turkish Presidency's Directorate of Communications, the agreement also includes an option for 20 additional aircraft.Tranche 520 on order F-4 Phantom II Fighter-bomber F-4E Terminator 202030Upgraded by Israeli Military Industries 18 more in reserve. KAAN Stealth Multirole Block 1020 on orderAccording to TAI executives, the company will supply limited-capacity 20 Kaan Block 10 by 2028. Total 300. AEW&C E-7 Peace Eagle AEW&C E-7T 4Being upgraded with ASELSAN’s ARES-2A ESM/ELINT System, that replaced EL/L-8382.Electronic warfare / Reconnaissance CN-235 Surveillance CN-235M-100 2 1 used for reconnaissance under Treaty on Open Skies, 1 used for maritime patrol. Global Express EW/SIGINT/ELINT Hava SOJ4 on orderAirframe modified by TUSAŞ. Mission systems of Aselsan. Tanker KC-135 Stratotanker Aerial refueling KC-135R7 Upgraded to Block 45.1 Transport C-17 Globemaster III Strategic airlifter Block 21 1 Leased from Qatar Emiri Air Force A400M Atlas A400M-180 10 Built in co-op with TAI C-130 Hercules Tactical airlifterC-130EM/BM Erciyes17 6 C-130BM and 11 C-130EM variants. All upgraded by TAI. C-130J Super HerculesC-130J-30 12 on order Being retrofitted by RAF. CN-235 Airlift/Air ambulance CN-235M-100 41 All licensed built by TAI. One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. Three used by the Special Forces for SAR. Undergoing avionics modernization as TCAS, IFF Mode 5S, ADS-B OUT, GPS-based Navigation. HelicoptersAS532 CougarCSARAL6 License built by TAI. A contract was signed for the avionics modernization between ASELSAN, ASFAT and AIRBUS.SARUL15UH-1 IroquoisUtilityUH-1H56Some underwent avionics modernization.S-70 Black Hawk T-70 6Produced under license by TAIT625 Gökbey6 First indigenous helicopter. Trainer aircraft SZD-50 Puchacz Glider SZD-50-3 Puchacz 20 Owned by Turkish Aeronautical Association. SF.260 Basic trainer SF.260D 34 Licensed built by TAI. MFI-395 Super Mushshak MFI-395 IIB 52 KT-1 Woongbi Advanced trainer KT-1T 40 Licensed built by TAI. TAI Hürkuş 2B 55 on orderT-38 TalonJet trainerT-38M68Upgraded under project ARI to T-38M.CF-5A/B Freedom FighterAerobaticsF-5/200018Upgraded by Israeli Military Industries. Used by the Turkish Stars demonstration teamTAI HürjetAdvanced jet trainerBlock 116 on orderFirst indigenous jet aircraft. UAVTAI AnkaUCAVB / S 36Bayraktar AkinciB20TAI Aksungur5

Future 6 F-35A Lightning II owned by the Turkish Air Force are stored in a hangar in the U.S. Undergoing negotiations for acquisition of new tanker aircraft to replace KC-135R. Possibilities are A330 MRTT or KC-46A. Possible acquisition of Bayraktar Kızılelma developed by Baykar unmanned combat aircraft in the future. Possible acquisition of C-390 Millennium transport aircraft in future, after it was offered by Embraer for TAF.

Retired aircraft Retired aircraft of the forces. Includes the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons inventory:

European & Local made AEG C.IV Airco DH.9 Airspeed Oxford Albatros B.I Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.XV Albatros D.III Albatros D.V Aviatik B.I Avro 504 Avro Anson Blériot XI Blériot-SPAD S.51 Bristol Beaufighter Bristol Beaufort Bristol Blenheim Bristol Prier monoplane Bristol Scout Breguet XIV Breguet XIX Caproni Ca.3 Caudron C.27 Caudron C.59 Caudron G.3 Caquot kite balloon De Havilland Mosquito de Havilland Dragon Deperdussin TT Dewoitine D.21 DFW C.V DFW Mars Etrich Taube Fairey Battle Farman MF.7 Fleet Model 1 Fiat R.2 Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Fokker Eindecker Fokker D.VII General Aircraft Monospar Gotha Go 145 Gotha WD.2 Gotha WD.12 Gotha WD.14 Gotha WD.15 Halberstadt C.V Halberstadt D.II Halberstadt D.V Hawker Hurricane Heinkel He 111 Hanriot H.180 Junkers A 35 Junkers F 13 Koolhoven F.K.49 Letov Š-16 LVG B.I3 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Miles Magister Miles Master MKEK-4 Nieuport 17 Nieuport 24 Nieuport 27 Nieuport-Delage NiD 42 Morane-Saulnier AR Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 Morane-Saulnier MoS-50 Nuri Demirağ Nu D.36 Parseval-Sigsfeld kite balloon Pfalz D.III Polikarpov Po-2 Polikarpov R-5 Potez 25 PZL P.24 REP Type N Rohrbach Ro III Rumpler B.I Rumpler C.I Rumpler C.IV Savoia-Marchetti S.59 Short Type 184 SPAD S.XIII Supermarine Southampton Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Walrus THK-2 THK-4 THK-5 THK-09 Tupolev ANT-9 Westland Lysander Vickers Viscount Voisin III

US-made A-26 Invader B-24 Liberator C-45 Expeditor C-47 Skytrain C-54 Skymaster F-84F Thunderstreak F-5 Freedom Fighter F-84 Thunderjet F-86 Sabre F-100 Super Sabre F-102 Delta Dagger F-104 Starfighter H-1 Cobra H-13 Sioux H-19 Chickasaw H-55 Osage H-58 Kiowa MQ-1 Predator PA-18 Super Cub P-40 Warhawk P-47 Thunderbolt RQ-7 Shadow T-6 Texan T-11 Kansan T-33 Shooting Star T-34 Mentor T-37 Tweet T-41 Mescalero Curtiss BF2C Goshawk Curtiss Falcon Curtiss Fledgling Curtiss-Wright CW-22 General Atomics Gnat Martin B-10 Martin B-26 Marauder Martin Baltimore Vultee V-11

See also Satellites of Turkey

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