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Great shots of Oruçreis in New York for the US' 250th birthday fleet review.

Still no sign of Vuran Sungur 5 years later.

Just saw Evren Mercan quote this cover of Navy Magazine issue 570 from 1997. Headline reads "Towards the Open Seas". It's always been clear that navy staff envisioned a true blue water navy. Give them budget and political backing, and they will want carriers and more power projection...

Per what was last released, Mk-84 will be carried externally. AFAIK, F-35 is the only fighter that can carry a 2000lbs bomb internally.

İçel, F-518 really have been the fastest of the three sisters. Already flagged up, continuing her sea tests. Should be delivered in a few months, surely before 2027.

There's this too. Now there are 3 attempts at different phases and levels. Tübitak, Baykar and IC. There's also the MoU between RR and energy ministry.

HGK-84 kits are really not that hard to build compared to HGK-82 or say Teber kits. We should remember that Mk-84s are more specific weapons and like all weapons it has its advantages and disadvantages. If TurAF is ordering them in lower numbers, it's not because supplychain but doctrine.

That's literally how North Syria became a hotbed for PKK.

Bursa based HVS Aviation ordered 2 P180s. They recently got their air taxi certification and operate 2 G4s and a helicopter. @Zafer https://tolgaozbek.com/haberler/genel-havacilik/bursali-hvs-havacilik-2-piaggio-p180-siparisi-verdi/

We should add, they also chose their fight as F-35 and not engines. Greek publications that are linked to FDD and Hellenic Leaders like Kathimerini were quick to release reports saying "engines and F-35 are not linked".

Great point after 22:00 mark. Vance did mention a certification process already being underway regarding legality of transferring F-35s to Turkey(S400). And a sale notice was made to the congress for F110 engines. Engines will be delivered to TAI; and the project belongs to SSB, which is under...

Oh boy. S400 second system is also in the cards for sure 🤭

Akbaba claims Turkey is now looking to buy the entire EF stocks of Qatar and Oman, which would be 36 aircraft apart from the 20+20 new builds and 40 F-16Vs are back on the menu.

"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron are holding talks on a major air defense agreement that could pave the way for the purchase and joint production in Turkey of the French-Italian SAMP/T Mamba system, Intelligence Online reported.... The...

Past and present of army air defence