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OpinionOPINION: Could instability threaten Turkey's F-35 ambitions?
Turkey’s first Lockheed Martin F-35A is scheduled to be delivered in 2018. So, in roughly a year to 18 months, normal protocol dictates staging a roll-out ceremony inside its assembly hall in Fort Worth, Texas, where US government dignitaries will lavish praise on one of the programme’s earliest supporters and ...
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NewsTurkish F-16s to receive new self-protection pods
Turkey’s Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fleet will receive a bolstered electronic warfare capability, after Harris was awarded a contract to provide more defensive aids suites for the air force.
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NewsFinal Peace Eagle AEW&C delivered to Turkey
Boeing has delivered the fourth 737-700-derived Peace Eagle airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system aircraft to the Turkish air force at Konya air base, completing Ankara’s acquisition of the type 13 years after it was ordered.
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BAE chosen to assist with Turkey's TFX fighter project
Turkey’s Undersecretariat of Defence Industries (SSM) has chosen BAE Systems to assist with the design of the nation’s next-generation fighter.
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NewsRussian Su-24 shooting heightens tension with Turkey
The US government is trying to prevent further encounters between the Russian and Turkish air forces over the border zone between Turkey and Syria.
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NewsTurkey gifts retired T-37 trainers to Pakistan
Turkey is to donate 34 Cessna T-37 Tweet jet trainers/light attack aircraft to Pakistan in an agreement signed on 28 October.
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Syrian UAV activity alarms Israel
Israeli sources have described the current activity over Syria as being a "traffic jam" of unmanned air vehicles, with the number of types involved having increased since the Russian military became actively involved in the conflict.
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NewsPICTURE: TAI's Hurkus trainer gains winglets
Turkish Aerospace Industries has begun work an a winglet design for its Hurkus single-engined trainer, and has installed the modification on both of its current test examples.
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NewsAirbus confirms four killed in A400M crash
Airbus Defence & Space says four of its flight-test personnel were killed and another two seriously injured when an A400M tactical transport crashed in Spain on 9 May.
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NewsTAI completes Turkish F-16 upgrade
The Turkish air force has received the last of 163 Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds to have been upgraded with new avionics equipment and an expanded weapons capability.
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NewsTwin crash prompts Turkey to order RF-4E retirement
After a latest crash in which four crew members were killed when a pair of McDonnell Douglas RF-4E/TMs, Turkey has decided to retire the type after a 35-year service life.
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NewsUpgraded Anka carries out maiden flight
Turkish Aerospace Industries has begun flight testing of the Block B variant of its Anka medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle, local news sources have reported.
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NewsTurkish air force receives second A400M
The Turkish air force has taken delivery of its second of an eventual 10 A400M tactical transports from Airbus Defence & Space, with the aircraft having been transferred to Kayseri air base earlier this month.
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NewsTurkey receives penultimate AEW&C 737
The Turkish air force has received its penultimate 737-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system aircraft from Boeing, following its conversion by in-country partner Turkish Aerospace Industries.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: TAI orders Martin-Baker seats for Hurkus B
Martin-Baker is to supply the crew escape system for the Turkish air force’s Hurkus B turboprop trainers, under a deal signed on the opening day of the Farnborough air show.
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NewsTurkey confirms F-35 procurement plans
After a 15-month delay, Turkey has approved a decision to order an initial two Lockheed Martin F-35s, launching the acquisition phase of its next-generation fighter project.
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NewsTurkey ends delay by accepting first A400M
Turkey has at last accepted its first A400M tactical transport from Airbus Defence & Space, making it the second operator to receive the type after a delay of several months.
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NewsTurkey ready to accept first delayed AEW aircraft
The Turkish force is nearing the end of a seven-year wait to receive its first Boeing 737-based airborne early warning and control system aircraft.
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NewsTurkey approves Hurkus launch order
The Turkish military has approved plans to buy a first batch of 15 Hurkus trainers from Turkish Aerospace Industries, with the decision announced following a meeting of the nation's SSM procurement body on 26 September.
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