TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

[Marlii]

Is this 20 billion figure true? I have a hard time beliving it as the UAE contract for 80 rafales was 19billion and that included all the armaments etc.

 

[Joe mark]

So the details are disclosed,

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1751062373325050138

Türkiye – F-16 Aircraft Acquisition and Modernization | Defense Security Cooperation Agency

www.dsca.mil

Greek F35 sale is also approved;

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1751057336431517895

Greece – F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) Aircraft | Defense Security Cooperation Agency

www.dsca.mil

Total cost is 40 F35 for estimated 8,6billion dolars. =)

If you left the F-35 deal, in which you were an industrial participant and benefited from it economically and technically, for the sake of aircraft, you would not be able to use your national munitions on them, and all this money is in munitions that you do not need because you have national alternatives at different stages of development, it is considered a miserable failure

 

[uçuyorum]

This is very sad news, we ended up begging for F16 after losing F35, and now Greece is getting 40 F35 and we getting F16s. To me 40F35 is worth more than 300 F16... and this news increases the urgency of KAAN, it doesn't reduce it. I bet they are having a good laugh at how they scammed us. Plus we accepted Sweden... like if they are going to give that many F35 to Greece then what did we even negotiate for

 

[boredaf]

So the details are disclosed,

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1751062373325050138

Türkiye – F-16 Aircraft Acquisition and Modernization | Defense Security Cooperation Agency

www.dsca.mil

Greek F35 sale is also approved;

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1751057336431517895

Greece – F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) Aircraft | Defense Security Cooperation Agency

www.dsca.mil

Total cost is 40 F35 for estimated 8,6billion dolars. =)

Even with everything else we are looking to buy, we got fucked so hard. I'll let someone else try to tally all of it up, but there is no way it would get anywhere close to being worth 23 fucking billion dollars. Unbelievable.

This isn't even on the yanks, btw, this is on our government; not just because their erratic and short sighted policies got us booted out of F-35 program and made it borderline impossible for us to get any alternatives to F-16s, but also they still ended up grovelling in front of the yanks to get F-16s and bend over with our asses on air. If the roles were reversed, we would have fucked them like this as well. Well fucking done by us.

 

[uçuyorum]

It would be funnier if they fast tracked Greece's F35 program and gave them priority in deliveries now that would be some joke

 

[Fatman17]

Such a shame Turkiye and Hungary all caved into pressure.

On top of that Hungary will be dependant on the EU while Turkiye will be getting ripped off in the biggest robbery regarding defence deals.

It seems Turkey was stuck in a cul-de-sac and couldn't wriggle out but in the end it opens the door on the F-35 program perhaps and the NOC for engines for the T-129 deal between Turkey and Pakistan .

 

[IC3M@N FX]

It would be funnier if they fast tracked Greece's F35 program and gave them priority in deliveries now that would be some joke

It doesn't have to be, if we produce them ourselves again under license like before, then everything will be fine.
They won't be able to sell us the F-35 at the moment because they know it would mean a fundamental shift in power in Europe and the Middle East.
For us it means insights into sensor technology, avionics and AESA radar, the equivalent to the F-35. We could also improve the MURAD AESA radar and generally the software & hardware of the KAAN & Hürjet.
When the production lines are running, Turkey will be asked to produce F-16s for other countries as well, which will also generate money for TAI & Turkey.

 

[Cenkcnk]

Wow such a brilliant policy. First got kicked out of f35 program and buy 23 billion dollars worth of us made weaponry. Make Greece f35 owner. This was impossible with previous governments (aka “old Turkey “)
And if we are buying this much AA and AG ammunitions. Where will we use Goktug, Atmaca blah blah ?

 

[Rodeo]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1751144312027426973

 

[Rodeo]

Now that they completed their mission, those S400s can happily self-combust in the hangars where they're rusting.
Or just turn them in to the US and go for another begging round for F35s. We can't sink lower than this anyway.

Well fucking done for anyone complicit in it.

 

[IC3M@N FX]

I don't understand some people in this forum, we need these fighter planes, the Russian ones suck, and the Chinese only sell the Russian clones to other countries which suck just as much. They don't sell the good fighters to others, otherwise they would have done it long ago.
Europe does not sell Eurofighters to us, Turkey is a bigger threat in their eyes than Iran & Co.
KAAN & Hürjet need at least 7-8 years to be competitive not only on paper, but also in an emergency, i.e. in absolute practice.
The F-4 Phantoms II Terminator are falling apart, they have long since reached their sell-by date.
Until KAAN, Hürjet, Kizilelma, Anka 3 really perform within the desired parameters to compete with F-35, Eurofighter & Rafaele it will take at least another 7-8 years.
Until then, we need a transitional period with almost 300 F-16 Block 70/Özgur + various HALE/MALE drones for the next 10 years.

We can't just eat steak every day, we have to eat other foods too.
The same applies to fighter planes, the F-16 is well known and the maintenance and servicing is cheap.
It's a versatile workhorse, the US uses more of their F16 Vipers, F18 Super Hornets & F-15 Strike Eagles on their war missions than their F-35s & F-22s which are just too expensive to operate....

 

[Knowledgeseeker]

I mean we all know that Turkey is facing massive pressure from the Western world, and the need to have a middle-gap solution until KAAN enters mass production, and matures. However, making a huge 23 billion dollar deal??? For what?? Have the Americans made any concessions to Turkiye that are hidden? Let's say that the Americans refused to offer the F-35, but why not go for a twin-engine fighter like the F-15EX? 23 billion.........

 

[Iskander]

I don't understand some people in this forum, we need these fighter planes, the Russian ones suck, and the Chinese only sell the Russian clones to other countries which suck just as much. They don't sell the good fighters to others, otherwise they would have done it long ago.
Europe does not sell Eurofighters to us, Turkey is a bigger threat in their eyes than Iran & Co.
KAAN & Hürjet need at least 7-8 years to be competitive not only on paper, but also in an emergency, i.e. in absolute practice.
The F-4 Phantoms II Terminator are falling apart, they have long since reached their sell-by date.
Until KAAN, Hürjet, Kizilelma, Anka 3 really perform within the desired parameters to compete with F-35, Eurofighter & Rafaele it will take at least another 7-8 years.
Until then, we need a transitional period with almost 300 F-16 Block 70/Özgur + various HALE/MALE drones for the next 10 years.

We can't just eat steak every day, we have to eat other foods too.
The same applies to fighter planes, the F-16 is well known and the maintenance and servicing is cheap.
It's a versatile workhorse, the US uses more of their F16 Vipers, F18 Super Hornets & F-15 Strike Eagles on their war missions than their F-35s & F-22s which are just too expensive to operate....

The fact that today - when half the world, especially in the regions close to us, seem to have gone crazy - the urgent need for these aircraft is undeniable. We are talking about a huge amount that the Americans call.
But the fact that the security of the country is most important is the truth

 

[IC3M@N FX]

Apart from that, the weight of money alone was the deciding factor in us getting this deal.
I'm sure some senators would have blocked it, but companies like Lockheed Martin & Co certainly told them underhand in no uncertain terms, "We'll fuck you if you block the deal, we're talking 23 billion if any of you fuckers even think about blocking it, we'll make sure you can forget your re-election".
Sorry for my vulgar language.
There's also a reason why we're probably ordering tons of ammunition to create relationships so that the US doesn't get too nervous.

 

[Deliorman]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1751151577727946908

 

[Deliorman]

Paying 23 billion dollars for 40 jets plus 79 more older ones to be upgraded and calling it a good deal and a WIN for Erdogan and Turkey... All while Greece is getting 40 F35s for 8,6 billion. You guys are crazy. I can use even harsher words but Mods will delete it.

We talk about a platform from the 70s that won't give Turkey any edge over the competition. This deal is a total BETRAYAL against Turkey from anyone who ever agrees to it. Let's hope the Congress votes against it.

 

[Bürküt]

Paying 23 billion dollars for 40 jets plus 79 more older ones to be upgraded and calling it a good deal and a WIN for Erdogan and Turkey... All while Greece is getting 40 F35s for 8,6 billion. You guys are crazy. I can use even harsher words but Mods will delete it.

We talk about a platform from the 70s that won't give Turkey any edge over the competition. Let's hope the Congress votes against it.

If we look at where we have come from the beginning of everything, you are right; it might not be a win . But at least there is something we finally get. And there are many other things on the list. Like about 1000 AIM-120-C8 AMRAAM missiles.

 

[uçuyorum]

What we acquired has no news value whatsoever, compared to what Greece is getting.

 

[IC3M@N FX]

Paying 23 billion dollars for 40 jets plus 79 more older ones to be upgraded and calling it a good deal and a WIN for Erdogan and Turkey... All while Greece is getting 40 F35s for 8,6 billion. You guys are crazy. I can use even harsher words but Mods will delete it.

We talk about a platform from the 70s that won't give Turkey any edge over the competition. This deal is a total BETRAYAL against Turkey from anyone who ever agrees to it. Let's hope the Congress votes against it.

Ok, we don't get any other fighter jets ready, neither from Europe nor from the USA, we don't have access to the F-35 fighter jets, we don't get the really good fighter jets from Russia SU57 or China J20 and J31 either because we are a NATO member.
The Greeks will get their 40 F-35s regardless of whether we get the F-16s or not.
So tell us the alternatives? Maybe I've missed something, I'm talking about milestones over the next 10 years.
Apart from that, you don't really believe that Greece will really get 40 F35s in the next 6-8 years.
The countries are all queuing up at the moment, first of all the US versions will be upgraded, then the other countries that have already ordered will follow. By the time Greece gets all its F35s, we will have already built 10-20 KAAN Block 10s.

Perhaps agreements have been made that are worth more than these fighter jets, such as an assurance that the US government will not do anything if General Electric builds an engine with TEI/Kale or other turkish Company that Turkey has full rights to.

 

[Lool]

The news coming this week is absolutely horrendous
23 billion dollars for some shit F16s while Greece takes 40 F35 fighter jets for 8 billion dollars alone? Even if the F35s, as the deal proclaims, wont come with munitions and Greece will be forced to use existing stockpile of missiles for their F35s..... is still a big rip off IMO

Wtf! Who on earth from the Turkish govt side was doing the maths when formulating this deal? This is a complete rip off! I wont be surprised if the US regained the losses it took for selling 40 F35s for just 8 billion through the deal made with Turkey!

Do you ppl know whats worse? Is that Sweden is now offficially a part of NATO while Turkey got the biggest middle finger in the world from the US