Turkish Air Force | News & Discussions

[falcon34]

Yes 225 km zoom to see a Jet Hangar or Early Warning Radar at Air Bases

and to fire 500+ km 300-ER air launched Ballistic Missile to destroy the target
AKINCI UCAV can do all these capabilities
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@AeronautIR
Does PAF has anything close to it?.
What would be performance of such a system in a clustered and contested Airspace such as ours

 

[falcon34]

@Yasser76 There you go,Yasser. That's what I was talking about. See?

He talks about balance. In most of his posts he mentions Greece as the main enemy. Now he says (again) there's no problem. He mentions Iran. Iran has not real air force nor solid plans of acquiring hundreds of fighter jets and AWACS in the future. He mentions Egypt. But his compatriot hyperman last night was saying Egypt will get in the Saudi-Pakistani-Turkish-Qatari "alliance".

Hes just like that Viksindian guy. Both can't accept the truth, no doubt the Turks git some solid tech but they are in a transition phase.
Secondly Chinese will never sell Iranians J10Cs, other Su35s and migs 29s will be walk over for azeri Jf17/PL15 combo

 

[Merzifonlu]

Jokes aside Anatolian women are way more beautiful than you see the ones on the European.

Anatolian women are currently genetically almost 95% mixed Greek + Georgian + Slavic + Persian (Armenians and Kurds are originally Persian nations). Over the past 1000 years, the share of Turks who came from Central Asia in the gene pool has greatly decreased. Therefore, looking in Thessaloniki or Samsun doesn't make much difference in terms of the probability of finding a beautiful woman.

Turkey, therefore, is not genetically Turkish, but it is culturally Turkish.

 

[AeronautIR]

@AeronautIR
Does PAF has anything close to it?.
What would be performance of such a system in a clustered and contested Airspace such as ours

I haven't read about this ASELFLIR in detail yet. We have many othee ASELSAN products in service but I don't think they have 225 km range like this model. It is quite useful in our airspace because of its long range. With PL-15's advantage, the IAF will stay at a distance for now, like they did on 10th May.

 

[Aziqbal]

Turkish air force is now reaching maturity with home grown systems

maybe not quite there with the fighter jets but the foundation is ready

a BIG NO to F16 and F35 "Baby Killer" which is a stain on humanity's conscious

 

[Foinikas]

Turkish air force is now reaching maturity with home grown systems

maybe not quite there with the fighter jets but the foundation is ready

a BIG NO to F16 and F35 "Baby Killer" which is a stain on humanity's conscious

The thing is that Americans here are pushing us for more F-35s! Meanwhile,the whole project has been problematic since the start.

 

[hyperman]

And you've so far completed just 1 aircraft at most,if I'm not mistaken. And maybe that's not even fully operational.

@Aziqbal He threw his line again A thousand times will one advise him,scold him,tell him not to do something,a thousand times and one he will do it again.

People around the world are laughing at such statements: Turkey will upgrade to be the F-16 to be better than the best US upgrade which is the F-16V? Gentlemen,boasting has limits,get back to reality.


An initial payment just like with the F-35 you never got

Hi is right, the Viper is built for US exports its not being procured by the US, and the only people that have bought it are those who can't buy F-35s or its too expensive to buy for them. Those the Viper was pitched as an alternative. Lockheed didn't load it up with the same package as the avionics on the F-35, to keep prices down and b/c it wasn't a requirement.

In some aspects the Ozgur got exceed the Viper. There is a genuine debate in Turkey to cancel the Viper and buy and go F-35s if they are available, as the only reason they were buying vipers is b/c of the strain on older fighters and flight hours, which even when upgraded will cost more to maintain and other things b/c they aren't new airframes.

 

[Sami_1]

A word of advice to the Turks: the world is not built on lies or wishful thinking. The spirits of nations and soldiers are destroyed when power is based on illusion and misleading propaganda.


The Turks must possess even a shred of credibility for anyone to believe their claims, which have become increasingly absurd.

What the Turks are saying is a series of repeated lies, which have been ongoing for three years. Let's clarify things simply:

How many Turkish aircraft are equipped with AESA radar as of January 20, 2026? How many Turkish aircraft have been upgraded with the F-16 Ozgur-2 system? Zero, of course. How many Turkish F-16V aircraft have they received from the US? The deal has been on hold for a year and a half. The only thing the Turks have implemented is a $10 billion deal with the British to sell them 20 aircraft.

We will be generous with the Turks and say that they have upgraded 35 old F-16s with the F-16 Ozgur system, although it hasn't been proven that even 5 of them have been delivered.

In short, the Turks do not have any upgraded F-16 fighters that have entered service. They do not have any Turkish missiles. The BVR is in service with a range of 180 kilometers, as they claim. Turkish superiority exists only in the imaginations of Turkish teenagers. No deals have been signed for 120 F-16s, F-35s, or Eurofighters. Only 20 Typhoons. Oman has not announced the export of any older Eurofighter Typhoon fighters to Turkey or Britain for refurbishment. Oman will not deliver any fighters before the Rafale contract is signed. Qatar has not delivered anything. The Americans have not agreed to deliver F-110 engines for mass production for the Turkish national project, whose development program, which requires years, has not been completed.

The Turks have equipped their F-4 aircraft with advanced paints that make them superior to other air forces in the region.

The Turks never tire of repeating the lies of imaginary superiority and their supposed control, while in reality they live in terror of the Israeli Air Force, which crushes them mercilessly in Syria should any Turk even think of raising their head or announcing their presence there.

As for repeating the same old rhetoric for years, it has become utterly ridiculous, and no one is convinced. The talk about the Turks getting anything is nonsense. Their air force is slowly dying, and their development programs are immature. They threaten with their power while empty-handed, becoming a laughingstock among armies and nations. They should shut up and be very quiet because they keep repeating trivial talk about equipment that hasn't even entered service. They keep saying they'll get it, that they've already secured it, and every year they postpone delivery dates to the following years. So, in terms of real military balance, the Turks are incapable of competing with or challenging any country except Syria, which possesses nothing. The Greeks have upgraded more than 62 F-16V aircraft to date. They have received 24 Rafale F3R fighters. They have received 10 M346 aircraft equipped with AESA radar.

They haven't stopped negotiating and contracting for new fighters, and time is on their side because the program to upgrade 83 F-16V aircraft is nearing completion. Deliveries of F-35s to Greece will begin in 2028.

There's a huge difference between parroting empty words like parrots without any real presence on the ground, any credibility, or any proof. We explained to the Turks previously that any war they enter now, or even until 2030, will result in their merciless aerial annihilation because they possess nothing real or complete. That's why they still rely on F-4 fighters to this day. It's all propaganda and propaganda that no one cares about or believes anymore. All we hear is propaganda, but nothing real or factual except for Turkish inflated egos and propaganda that actually encourages their defeat in any conflict because wars are fought with operational equipment, not with the words of children and teenagers. The Turks should either have credible and factual information and operational equipment, not dreams, wishes, illusions, and fantasies, or they should remain completely silent.


Turkey is a failed tool for fragmenting Middle Eastern countries, and its attempts to deviate from its assigned role have led to a ban on developing its air force by the US and Europe. Furthermore, they will not allow the Turks to surpass the capabilities of the Greek air force. Therefore, Greece is effectively developing its air force at a faster pace. Turkey will not receive any F-35 fighter jets due to the objections of Greece and Israel. Consequently, it will not receive any aircraft before 2030, even if any deal is signed. The same applies to the F-16V fighters. Since January 2024, the US has announced its desire to export 40 F-16V fighters. Now, at the end of January 2026, the Turks have only received the middle finger of the F-16V from the US. No deal has been signed, and there is no US approval for the F-110 engines. Negotiations could continue for many years until the US shuts down the F-16V production line. This confirms that the Turks should remain silent and only speak out upon receiving the fighters, because their claims of superiority have only been witnessed in the strikes they have suffered in Syria. Libya is from Israel and Egypt, while the paper tiger is the only one present in this forum.

 

[Foinikas]

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A word of advice to the Turks: the world is not built on lies or wishful thinking. The spirits of nations and soldiers are destroyed when power is based on illusion and misleading propaganda.


The Turks must possess even a shred of credibility for anyone to believe their claims, which have become increasingly absurd.

What the Turks are saying is a series of repeated lies, which have been ongoing for three years. Let's clarify things simply:

How many Turkish aircraft are equipped with AESA radar as of January 20, 2026? How many Turkish aircraft have been upgraded with the F-16 Ozgur-2 system? Zero, of course. How many Turkish F-16V aircraft have they received from the US? The deal has been on hold for a year and a half. The only thing the Turks have implemented is a $10 billion deal with the British to sell them 20 aircraft.

We will be generous with the Turks and say that they have upgraded 35 old F-16s with the F-16 Ozgur system, although it hasn't been proven that even 5 of them have been delivered.

In short, the Turks do not have any upgraded F-16 fighters that have entered service. They do not have any Turkish missiles. The BVR is in service with a range of 180 kilometers, as they claim. Turkish superiority exists only in the imaginations of Turkish teenagers. No deals have been signed for 120 F-16s, F-35s, or Eurofighters. Only 20 Typhoons. Oman has not announced the export of any older Eurofighter Typhoon fighters to Turkey or Britain for refurbishment. Oman will not deliver any fighters before the Rafale contract is signed. Qatar has not delivered anything. The Americans have not agreed to deliver F-110 engines for mass production for the Turkish national project, whose development program, which requires years, has not been completed.
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The Turks have equipped their F-4 aircraft with advanced paints that make them superior to other air forces in the region.

The Turks never tire of repeating the lies of imaginary superiority and their supposed control, while in reality they live in terror of the Israeli Air Force, which crushes them mercilessly in Syria should any Turk even think of raising their head or announcing their presence there.

As for repeating the same old rhetoric for years, it has become utterly ridiculous, and no one is convinced. The talk about the Turks getting anything is nonsense. Their air force is slowly dying, and their development programs are immature. They threaten with their power while empty-handed, becoming a laughingstock among armies and nations. They should shut up and be very quiet because they keep repeating trivial talk about equipment that hasn't even entered service. They keep saying they'll get it, that they've already secured it, and every year they postpone delivery dates to the following years. So, in terms of real military balance, the Turks are incapable of competing with or challenging any country except Syria, which possesses nothing. The Greeks have upgraded more than 62 F-16V aircraft to date. They have received 24 Rafale F3R fighters. They have received 10 M346 aircraft equipped with AESA radar.

They haven't stopped negotiating and contracting for new fighters, and time is on their side because the program to upgrade 83 F-16V aircraft is nearing completion. Deliveries of F-35s to Greece will begin in 2028.
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There's a huge difference between parroting empty words like parrots without any real presence on the ground, any credibility, or any proof. We explained to the Turks previously that any war they enter now, or even until 2030, will result in their merciless aerial annihilation because they possess nothing real or complete. That's why they still rely on F-4 fighters to this day. It's all propaganda and propaganda that no one cares about or believes anymore. All we hear is propaganda, but nothing real or factual except for Turkish inflated egos and propaganda that actually encourages their defeat in any conflict because wars are fought with operational equipment, not with the words of children and teenagers. The Turks should either have credible and factual information and operational equipment, not dreams, wishes, illusions, and fantasies, or they should remain completely silent.


Turkey is a failed tool for fragmenting Middle Eastern countries, and its attempts to deviate from its assigned role have led to a ban on developing its air force by the US and Europe. Furthermore, they will not allow the Turks to surpass the capabilities of the Greek air force. Therefore, Greece is effectively developing its air force at a faster pace. Turkey will not receive any F-35 fighter jets due to the objections of Greece and Israel. Consequently, it will not receive any aircraft before 2030, even if any deal is signed. The same applies to the F-16V fighters. Since January 2024, the US has announced its desire to export 40 F-16V fighters. Now, at the end of January 2026, the Turks have only received the middle finger of the F-16V from the US. No deal has been signed, and there is no US approval for the F-110 engines. Negotiations could continue for many years until the US shuts down the F-16V production line. This confirms that the Turks should remain silent and only speak out upon receiving the fighters, because their claims of superiority have only been witnessed in the strikes they have suffered in Syria. Libya is from Israel and Egypt, while the paper tiger is the only one present in this forum.

Mashallah ya ghalbatar,mashallah

 

[Sinan]

View attachment 174028
A word of advice to the Turks: the world is not built on lies or wishful thinking. The spirits of nations and soldiers are destroyed when power is based on illusion and misleading propaganda.


The Turks must possess even a shred of credibility for anyone to believe their claims, which have become increasingly absurd.

What the Turks are saying is a series of repeated lies, which have been ongoing for three years. Let's clarify things simply:

How many Turkish aircraft are equipped with AESA radar as of January 20, 2026? How many Turkish aircraft have been upgraded with the F-16 Ozgur-2 system? Zero, of course. How many Turkish F-16V aircraft have they received from the US? The deal has been on hold for a year and a half. The only thing the Turks have implemented is a $10 billion deal with the British to sell them 20 aircraft.

We will be generous with the Turks and say that they have upgraded 35 old F-16s with the F-16 Ozgur system, although it hasn't been proven that even 5 of them have been delivered.

In short, the Turks do not have any upgraded F-16 fighters that have entered service. They do not have any Turkish missiles. The BVR is in service with a range of 180 kilometers, as they claim. Turkish superiority exists only in the imaginations of Turkish teenagers. No deals have been signed for 120 F-16s, F-35s, or Eurofighters. Only 20 Typhoons. Oman has not announced the export of any older Eurofighter Typhoon fighters to Turkey or Britain for refurbishment. Oman will not deliver any fighters before the Rafale contract is signed. Qatar has not delivered anything. The Americans have not agreed to deliver F-110 engines for mass production for the Turkish national project, whose development program, which requires years, has not been completed.
View attachment 174029
The Turks have equipped their F-4 aircraft with advanced paints that make them superior to other air forces in the region.

The Turks never tire of repeating the lies of imaginary superiority and their supposed control, while in reality they live in terror of the Israeli Air Force, which crushes them mercilessly in Syria should any Turk even think of raising their head or announcing their presence there.

As for repeating the same old rhetoric for years, it has become utterly ridiculous, and no one is convinced. The talk about the Turks getting anything is nonsense. Their air force is slowly dying, and their development programs are immature. They threaten with their power while empty-handed, becoming a laughingstock among armies and nations. They should shut up and be very quiet because they keep repeating trivial talk about equipment that hasn't even entered service. They keep saying they'll get it, that they've already secured it, and every year they postpone delivery dates to the following years. So, in terms of real military balance, the Turks are incapable of competing with or challenging any country except Syria, which possesses nothing. The Greeks have upgraded more than 62 F-16V aircraft to date. They have received 24 Rafale F3R fighters. They have received 10 M346 aircraft equipped with AESA radar.

They haven't stopped negotiating and contracting for new fighters, and time is on their side because the program to upgrade 83 F-16V aircraft is nearing completion. Deliveries of F-35s to Greece will begin in 2028.
View attachment 174030
There's a huge difference between parroting empty words like parrots without any real presence on the ground, any credibility, or any proof. We explained to the Turks previously that any war they enter now, or even until 2030, will result in their merciless aerial annihilation because they possess nothing real or complete. That's why they still rely on F-4 fighters to this day. It's all propaganda and propaganda that no one cares about or believes anymore. All we hear is propaganda, but nothing real or factual except for Turkish inflated egos and propaganda that actually encourages their defeat in any conflict because wars are fought with operational equipment, not with the words of children and teenagers. The Turks should either have credible and factual information and operational equipment, not dreams, wishes, illusions, and fantasies, or they should remain completely silent.


Turkey is a failed tool for fragmenting Middle Eastern countries, and its attempts to deviate from its assigned role have led to a ban on developing its air force by the US and Europe. Furthermore, they will not allow the Turks to surpass the capabilities of the Greek air force. Therefore, Greece is effectively developing its air force at a faster pace. Turkey will not receive any F-35 fighter jets due to the objections of Greece and Israel. Consequently, it will not receive any aircraft before 2030, even if any deal is signed. The same applies to the F-16V fighters. Since January 2024, the US has announced its desire to export 40 F-16V fighters. Now, at the end of January 2026, the Turks have only received the middle finger of the F-16V from the US. No deal has been signed, and there is no US approval for the F-110 engines. Negotiations could continue for many years until the US shuts down the F-16V production line. This confirms that the Turks should remain silent and only speak out upon receiving the fighters, because their claims of superiority have only been witnessed in the strikes they have suffered in Syria. Libya is from Israel and Egypt, while the paper tiger is the only one present in this forum.

What pile of dirt...

Regarding Libya i'm gonna just say one thing. "Al-Jaghbub".

How does a Turk knows about Jaghbub, what are they doing there. Let that eat you up.

 

[MMM-E]

How many Turkish aircraft are equipped with AESA radar as of January 20, 2026? How many Turkish aircraft have been upgraded with the F-16 Ozgur-2 system? Zero,

Ignorant People ( Sami-1 , Foinikas , etc ) never understand what about network centric warfare capability


It is people like me who can provide this kind of detailed information
AESA Radar is a standout capability for BVR combat
and Turkiye has more Fighter Jets than Greece as of 2026 for this capability


Hellenic Air Force by 2026
-- 42 F-16V and 29 F-16 Block52+ ( with link-16 data link ) : total of 71 Jets
Armament : 120 km AIM-120C7 BVR air to air Missile
Future addition : NO


Turkish Air Force by 2026
-- 193 F-16s ( with link-16 data link )
Armament : 120 km AIM-120C7 BVR air to air Missile
Future addition : 160 km AIM-120C8 , 185+/200+ km GOKBORA and GOKHAN air to air Missiles


---------------------------------------------

So , Turkish Air Force has huge advantage in BVR combat as of 2026
Thanks to network centric Warfare capability .. 193 Turkish F-16s can use Boeing E-7T AEWC's AESA Radar to detect the Greek F-16s from 300-350 km away and can guide AIM-120C7 missiles for BVR combat


Note : Pakistani Fighter Jets turned off their Radars and used AWACS to guide PL-15 missiles via link-17 data link to shoot down Indian RAFALEs in BVR combat

 

[MMM-E]

Turkish superiority exists only in the imaginations of Turkish teenagers. No deals have been signed for 120 F-16s, F-35s, or Eurofighters. Only 20 Typhoons.

Reality is different than loser Team's butthurt feelings

The deals have been signed for 40 F-16V with USA and 20 Eurofighter T-4 with the UK

Also Turkiye gets 12 Eurofighter T-3A from Qatar as of 2026
The first Eurofighter is expected to arrive in Türkiye by the end of February

12 Omani Eurofighters will be modernized with AESA Radar to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force as of 2027-2028

The Turks never tire of repeating the lies of imaginary superiority and their supposed control, while in reality they live in terror of the Israeli Air Force, which crushes them mercilessly in Syria should any Turk even think of raising their head or announcing their presence there.

Turkiye won in Libya and only 2 big Powers are in Libya now ( Turkiye and Russia )

Turkiye won in Syria and Israel only watched on TV when Turkish /Syrian Forces kicked PKK-YPG terrorists out of Afrin , Rasulayn , Telabyad , Tel Rıfat , Raqqa , etc

ROJAVA dream is dead

 

[Sinan]

Turkiye won in Libya and only 2 big Powers are in Libya now

I wouldn't count Russia. Maybe you don't know but our relations with Haftar is perfect. Like out of all countries Haftar's relation is best with Turkey as of now.

I can't share details (I can only share when it becomes public) but we are doing amazing things in Libya.

Like what's a Turkish construction giant's employee doing in Haftar controlled Benghazi?

https://tr.linkedin.com/in/murat-sungur-0b183865

 

[MMM-E]

Reality as of 2026 ( superiority )

Even Turkish F-4s are far better than Egyptian and Greek F-16s which lacks land attack Cruise Missile ... ( daydreamer teenegers your Countries can not develop even a Cruise Missile )

Egyptian F-16 : NO any Cruise Missile
Greek F-16 : NO any Cruise Missile

Turkish F-16 : 280 km SLAM-ER and 275 km SOM-J Cruise Missiles
Turkish F-4 : SOM Cruise Missile to hit PATRIOT , S-300 , BARAK-MX AD Systems


Turkiye with 50 SLAM-ER , 400 SOM and 200 CAKIR Cruise Missiles has superiority over Greece+Egypt combined for air to ground attack capability

even I am not talking about hundreds of IHA-230 , TOLUN-IIR , EREN , KUZGUN-TJ , KEMANKES , SUPER LIGHTNING Missiles which can carry by even Turkish UCAVs to hit Air Defense Systems and Warships

 

[MMM-E]

The same applies to the F-16V fighters. Since January 2024, the US has announced its desire to export 40 F-16V fighters. Now, at the end of January 2026, the Turks have only received the middle finger of the F-16V from the US

Only Egypt can buy monkey model Weapons
F-16 without AIM-120 BVR air to air Missile and without land attack Cruise Missile

The US Congress approved the sale of F-16s to Türkiye, but negotiations regarding the installation of Turkish-made electronic and radar systems and the provision of source codes have prolonged negotiations

Turkiye gets Eurofighters with source codes to use indigenous Missiles/Bombs

better go and worry about your Egyptin F-16s and RAFALEs without long range BVR Missiles and land attack Cruise Missile