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While I mainly agree with your point, this list is not exhaustive. HvKK still also operates some 40 CN235s in utility roles. These aircraft are used for any and all kinds of missions. Germany and France now lack a similar smaller cargo aircraft in their inventory after C-160 was retired and have...

More than likely different pie, different contractors, different hands.

Per Özbek, HvKK and RAF chiefs also discussed the sale of ex-RAF C-130Js. Either the scope of the deal is lowered from 10-12 to 5 or this is just the first phase. So this is still not a done deal. "The Turkish Air Force will continue its journey with 5 C-130JC4s to be purchased from England in...

He means the ÖMTTZA program here, not YNZMA. ÖMTTZA is now 3 years behind schedule. Görgün also said last month that deliveries for ÖMTTZA would start in 2025. Unclear which engine will be used.

Not really, they were going to buy it, can't have no oil and gas in a country, they can't have it from anywhere else. Insult here is us still doing nothing for the last 3 months.

Kaan is not currently being developed for MUGEM. And we don't know, preliminary hangar design is not public.

HvKK chief visited the 12 joint RAF/Qatari squadron as RAF chief's guest. (aircraft shown here however is from the 11 Squadron from the same base). I think they are actively studying creating a joint Turkish/RAF squadron for training. as we previously discussed.

and the new 3100 tonnes CG-3100 from STM.

I think for a ship like this being able to operate at rough seas and having water cannons are bigger capabilities. They will be smaller than Dost Class corvettes, which are armed with a twin forty. Navy is already getting enough ships with the OPVs and Istifs, they won't need these. Coast Guard...

He wasn't kidding when he said new aero design. Can't see it from the video but photos tell a much different story. Winglets on the wing and tail boom. It's interesting to me that SATCOM is not offered as standard on the new model. Either Baykar is now Apple of the skies and want to...

From Coast Guard 2024 report: "Within the scope of the National Coast Guard Ship project, 2+6 ships will enter the Coast Guard Command inventory. The first ship will be launched in 2027 and the second ship in 2028. Main and auxiliary diesel engines will be indigenous." Looks like an Ares...

First of the new 8 LCTs were launched today. "The Ç-159 class will be able to carry and land all tanks and armored vehicles in the TAF inventory, including the Altay tank. The ships were specially designed for dropping off and picking up ZAHAs. In addition to military missions, the ships...

It's not Gökhan or it's an old placeholder design. Images SAGE shared on their website differ from it, mainly the shorter tail fins.

We could have the Turkish Karakurt Class with Gezgins instead :P

Hisar Class OPVs lack the Cenk-S(Cenk-400) radar and ES/EA modules that is found on Istif class ships. They can carry half the amount of ASMs and VLS cells from what's shown. I'm very surprised actually that the design changed considerably to lengthened Istif hull. They probably keep the same...

What's the point of calling her an OPV if it's to be armed with 8 cell VLS, it's better armed than Ada Class ships now. "The Hisar Class Offshore Patrol Ships are considered as an important step towards Turkey's domestic and national defense industry targets. The first ship will be built by...

"If Europe is serious about Ukraine, it must engage with Turkey. From the Mediterranean to the Caspian, Turkey is not just engaging in force projection—it is executing a strategic realignment, disrupting Russia’s operational calculus."

Tweet was deleted, but if that claim refers to the photo I shared above, that's not a LAU-129 or any other air to air pylon I know. Akıncı uses that point to carry quad Toluns on the Sadak-4T.

I wasn't expecting this at all! This is a great game changer. Amazing news.

Lovely snowy photos from Tekirdağ. Prototype 4?