List of Turkish Air Force aircraft

See also: List of equipment of the Turkish Air Force and Military equipment of Turkey

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.

Aircraft

Current inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Combat aircraft
F-16 Fighting Falcon	United States  Turkey	Multirole	F-16C/D Block 30TM	35[1]	Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI.[2][3] Block 30s are being upgraded to 'TM' standart. Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP to Block 50+ standard.[4] They will further be upgraded under F-16 Özgür program which is already being applied to Block 30s.[5] 60 F-16Ds are used for conversion training.[6] One used by SoloTürk demonstration team.[7] 40 F-16C/D Block 70 on order.[8]
			F-16C/DM Block 40 & 50	172[9]
			F-16C/D Block 50+	29[9]
F-4 Phantom II	United States  Israel	Fighter-bomber	F-4E Terminator 2020	19[9]	Upgraded by Israeli Military Industries[10]
AEW&C
E-7 Peace Eagle	United States	AEW&C	E-7T	4[11]	Being upgraded with ASELSAN’s ARES-2A ESM/ELINT System, that replaced EL/L-8382.[4]
Electronic warfare / Reconnaissance
CN-235	Spain  Indonesia	SIGINT/ELINT	CN-235M-100	2[12]	One used for reconnaissance under Treaty on Open Skies[13] Licensed built by TAI[14]
C-160	European Union	EW/Trainer	C-160T	1[15]	Used for electronic warfare and training.[16]
Global Express	Canada  Turkey	EW/SIGINT/ELINT	Global 6000		4 on order.[12] Being developed under HAVA SOJ project by TAI and Aselsan.[17]
Tanker
KC-135 Stratotanker	United States	Aerial refueling	KC-135R	7[12]	Upgraded to Block 45.1[18]
Transport
A400M Atlas	European Union	Strategic airlifter	A400M-180	10[12]
CN-235	Spain  Indonesia	Airlift/MPA/Air ambulance	CN-235M-100	40[12]	3 used for SAR - licensed built by TAI.[14] One used for maritime patrol.[19] One used by SoloTürk demonstration team.[20] One used by the Special Forces.[21] Undergoing avionics modernization as TCAS, IFF Mode 5S, ADS-B OUT, GPS-based Navigation.[22]
C-160	European Union	Tactical airlifter	C-160T	1[1]	Underwent modernizations by TAI.[23] One used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team.[24]
C-130 Hercules	United States		C-130BM	6[12]	On going upgrade to C-130EM/BM Erciyes.[25]
			C-130EM	12[12]
C-130J Super Hercules			C4		12 planned to be procured from RAF.[26]
Citation II		VIP transport	550	2[13]
Citation III			650 VII	2[13]
Gulfstream 550			C-37B	1[13]
Helicopters
AS532 Cougar	France	CSAR	AL	6[12]
		SAR	UL	14[12]
UH-1 Iroquois	United States	Utility	UH-1H	13[9][27][28]
S-70 Black Hawk			T-70	3[29][30]	3 on order.[11][31] Licensed built by TAI[29]
T625 Gökbey	Turkey				4 on order.[12]
Trainer aircraft
SF.260	Italy	Basic trainer	SF.260D	34[12]	Licensed built by TAI.[32]
T-41 Mescalero	United States		T-41D	25[16]
MFI-395 Super Mushshak	Pakistan		MFI-395 IIB	16[12]	36 on order.[12] It will replace SF.260 and T-41 Mescalero.
KT-1 Woongbi	South Korea	Advanced trainer	KT-1T	39[12]	15 on order.[12] Licensed built by TAI.[33]
TAI Hürkuş	Turkey		2B	1[12]	14+40 on order.[12]
T-38 Talon	United States	Jet trainer	T-38M	68[12]	Upgraded under project ARI to T-38M.[33]
TAI Hürjet	Turkey	Advanced jet trainer	Block 0		16 on order.[12] It will replace CF-5 and T-38 Talon.
			Block 1
CF-5A/B Freedom Fighter	Canada  Israel	Aerobatics	F-5/2000	18[12]	Upgraded by Israeli Military Industries. Used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team[34]
UAV
TAI Anka	Turkey	UCAV	B / S	36[35]
Bayraktar Akıncı			B	20[36]
TAI Aksungur				5[16]
TAI Anka-3		Stealth UCAV			on order.[37][38]

Note : 6 F-35 Lightning II owned by the Turkish Air Force are stored in a hangar in the U.S.^[39]

Future

• Undergoing negotiations between Turkey and USA for F-35 Lightning II for possible acquisition in the future if the S-400 issue is resolved.^[40][41] Turkey resubmitted the offer to buy 40 F-35s as US expressed interest to sell the aircraft.^[42]
• Defense Ministry, has confirmed the signing of a contract to purchase 40 F-16V Block 70s from the United States.^[43]
• Undergoing negotiations for acquisition of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon.^[44] Germany approved to start technical meetings, along with other partners of the consortium and has approved the assignment of a Temporary Sales Authority for the sale of the aircraft.^[45][46] Memorandum of understanding signed between Turkey and the United Kingdom.^[47]
• 20 TF KAAN Block 10 developed by TAI is expected to be delivered by 2028–2030. Expected to replace F-16 Fighting Falcon by mid 2030s.^[48][49]
• Contract for the upgrade program of the second phase of Özgür upgrade program - Özgür-II for the F-16s was signed in IDEF23. Its expected to include Block 30, Block 40 and Block 50 variants.^[50]
• Undergoing negotiations for acquisition of new tanker aircraft to replace KC-135. Possibilities are A330 MRTT or KC-46.^[51][52]
• Contract was signed for the avionics modernization of AS532 Cougar between ASELSAN, ASFAT and AIRBUS.^[53]
• Anka-3 stealth UCAV developed by TAI is expected to be delivered by 2025 for testing purposes. Mass production deliveries expected to start by 2026.^[54][37]
• Possible acquisition of Bayraktar Kızılelma developed by Baykar unmanned combat aircraft in the future.^[55]
• Possible acquisition of C-390 Millennium transport aircraft in future, after it was offered by Embraer for TAF.^[56]

Retired aircraft

Retired aircraft of the forces. Includes the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons inventory:^{[57][58][59][60][61][62][63]}

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
• 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 PL9
• 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
• 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