Turkish Air Force | News & Discussions

[hyperman]

Nothing has been decided yet but our government is on his best behaviour. For instance; abandoning our historic policy of supporting Cuba during UN votes

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Interesting.. Turkey didn't Abstain, it just decided to not be in the room when the vote was happening. lol

 

[PakAl]

Turkey should reject F35

and also cancel the Eurofighter Typhoon deal

just because US offers doesn't mean Turkey should start begging for more

Turkey is on the path to Superpower status and it does not suite a rising Superpower to be treated like this or behave like this

KAAN is coming and a stop gap needs to be found

billions of dollars will leave Turkey and that money can be better spent on providing the acceleration of the KAAN and upgrading the F16 fleet even further with indigenous systems

F35 will cost a fortune to Turkey and will take Turkey backwards not forward

I am also against the F16 upgrade and F16 new jet to Pakistan

Turkey needs 4.5th generation and 5th generation planes till Kaan is inducted, they also need upgrades to F16s, and Usa engines for Kaan. So most likely Turkey will buy F35s (if available) and also do a deal for the engines for Kaan. This will also lead to Usa removing sanctions which will benefit Turkish economy, will generate billions. Usa benefit will be to keep Turkey in check so too much independence is not given to them, i am sure F35s will come with many strings attached.

 

[FuturePAF]

Turkey needs 4.5th generation and 5th generation planes till Kaan is inducted, they also need upgrades to F16s, and Usa engines for Kaan. So most likely Turkey will buy F35s (if available) and also do a deal for the engines for Kaan. This will also lead to Usa removing sanctions which will benefit Turkish economy, will generate billions. Usa benefit will be to keep Turkey in check so too much independence is not given to them, i am sure F35s will come with many strings attached.

Perhaps Türkiye should transfer the S-400 to Qatar and Saudi in exchange for funding to many Turkish military programs in development?

Once the transfer is complete, Turkey can rejoin the F-35 program per US law, and receive the already build 6 Turkish F-35s in storage since 2020 ASAP.

Once Turkish F-35s are on Turkish soil it will be a lot harder to limit support to the planes. Besides Turkey has learned what it needed to learn from the S-400 and if it can get funding to speed up the Siper program, it will be better for Turkey in the long run; F-35 experience will facilitate the development of the KAAN and attract even more Saudi and Qatar funding for that program.

 

[hyperman]

Perhaps Türkiye should transfer the S-400 to Qatar and Saudi

They don't want it, and it creates a problem for them b/c they also rely on US equipment, which will be embargoed.

The only reasonable solution is it either gets dismantled and put into storage or gets transferred to Azerbaijan, but for any transfer, Russia has to approve.

 

[FuturePAF]

They don't want it, and it creates a problem for them b/c they also rely on US equipment, which will be embargoed.

The only reasonable solution is it either gets dismantled and put into storage or gets transferred to Azerbaijan, but for any transfer, Russia has to approve.

The GCC May not want the problems from the US, but could lobby them to not get sanctioned, so their air defenses are back up ASAP and ready in case Iran fires another salvo their way, should things escalate in that direction.

It would be a test of the GCC lobby in DC though. One that they maybe able to pull off.