TR Air Forces|News & Discussion

[Zoth]

I'm not even sure why would we get T1s in this rate, but if our Airforce requires EF T1 it seems we are in a really dire situation,

Yeah you're right. Upgrade needs hefty money. But Other countries have other more reasonable alternatives on the table despite spending on upgrade. Apart from Meteor as an aircraft EF is good. As i said challenges are big but not impossible. I believe in ASELSAN capabilities. Our engineers could turn all software Hardware shits domestical sas if they were made in Türkiye.

On the other hand scrutinizing all details of EF will add great experience to TAI. İt is worth to purchase.

BTW i saw our CASAs over Egean coast flying like fighters. Please do not shit on CASAs they are really manevour planes.

The reason we have decided to buy EFs in the first place is to counter Greek Rafales until our Kaan gets into service. We don't even have a damn test airplane dedicated for radars yet so the tests on MURAD can be made much easier, we are talking about integrating it into EFs, as i already said above this is not an achievable target. So i see no reason to buy those T1s and either upgrade them ourselves or get them upgraded by others, simply not worth it.

Edit: I'm going to be brutally honest here, we have became quite capable on producing so many protoypes, the real deal is making those prototypes enter into mass production which we are not that good at it yet. We simply have become a small USA in this state, it's good to have dreams and big ambitions but we should hold our horses and look at the stuff from a realistic point of view.

 

[OPTIMUS]

Yeah you're right. Upgrade needs hefty money. But Other countries have other more reasonable alternatives on the table despite spending on upgrade. Apart from Meteor as an aircraft EF is good. As i said challenges are big but not impossible. I believe in ASELSAN capabilities. Our engineers could turn all software Hardware shits domestical sas if they were made in Türkiye.

On the other hand scrutinizing all details of EF will add great experience to TAI. İt is worth to purchase.

BTW i saw our CASAs over Egean coast flying like fighters. Please do not shit on CASAs they are really manevour planes.

but they are not suitable as transport aircraft. What did the TurAf want to have: maneuvering aircraft or transport aircraft?

You can't even get an F110 engine into the plane.

As far as ASELSAN capabilities are concerned: My suggestion then: From the Russians we should get bare Su 35 and the rest do ASELSAN????

Let's stay on earth....

 

[UkroTurk]

Internal saboteur in the people mindalways says :no no no you can't!

We could put god damn domestic AESA radars in , on, under , back everywhere of EF T1. We could transform theese god damn EFs into T999999.

 

[boredaf]

Internal saboteur in the people mindalways says :no no no you can't!

We could put god damn domestic AESA radars in , on, under , back everywhere of EF T1. We could transform theese god damn EFs into T999999.

Get back down to earth mate, that's not how real life works.

 

[Saithan]

Why are we talking about T1 ? MOD came out and said we're getting EF that can launch Meteor and new planes. Even though many weird speculationa are being circulated.

 

[Khagan1923]

Why are we talking about T1 ? MOD came out and said we're getting EF that can launch Meteor and new planes. Even though many weird speculationa are being circulated.

There will be no T1 purchases. First 20 will be Tranche 4 if the option is used the next 20 will be Tranche 5 but at the very least be Tranche 4+.

The Brits might offer some T1 on the free for training purposes if that even is an option.

btw there are ways to accelerate delivery of the planes. Qatar, Spain,Italy and Germany have all Tranche 4 orders. Germany even has already put in orders for a future Tranche 4+/5.

Germany I think is unlikely due to its security position right now but orders from Qatar,Spain or Italy could be moved to Türkiye with some convincing. I think the most likely is Türkiye taking over some planes in production meant for Qatar or Spain.

I expect all 20 Fighters to be delivered to the TurAF at the least until 2029.

 

[TR_123456]

Germany I think is unlikely due to its security position right now but orders from Qatar,Spain or Italy could be moved to Türkiye with some convincing. I think the most likely is Türkiye taking over some planes in production meant for Qatar or Spain.

How many of our pilots are already training on the Ef?
I believe none,takes two years at least no?

 

[Saithan]

There will be no T1 purchases. First 20 will be Tranche 4 if the option is used the next 20 will be Tranche 5 but at the very least be Tranche 4+.

The Brits might offer some T1 on the free for training purposes if that even is an option.

btw there are ways to accelerate delivery of the planes. Qatar, Spain,Italy and Germany have all Tranche 4 orders. Germany even has already put in orders for a future Tranche 4+/5.

Germany I think is unlikely due to its security position right now but orders from Qatar,Spain or Italy could be moved to Türkiye with some convincing. I think the most likely is Türkiye taking over some planes in production meant for Qatar or Spain.

I expect all 20 Fighters to be delivered to the TurAF at the least until 2029.

I am just speculating, but could it be that BMC got contract on some vehicles so that Qatar might allow us to take up some of the jets, they've secured a spot in production line ?

 

[Khagan1923]

How many of our pilots are already training on the Ef?
I believe none,takes two years at least no?

I believe due to no official signature, none.

We will probably send 2-3 pilots with maintance crew to Britain for training who then will return and train further pilots in Türkiye.
We also have a joint F-16-EF unit with the Qataris if I'm not mistaken maybe they can gain some experience there too.

 

[Khagan1923]

I am just speculating, but could it be that BMC got contract on some vehicles so that Qatar might allow us to take up some of the jets, they've secured a spot in production line ?

TBH everything is possible in Türkiye .

 

[TR_123456]

We will probably send 2-3 pilots with maintance crew to Britain for training who then will return and train further pilots in Türkiye.

When,if in a year it will be 2028 till they are ''finished'' with training on the EF?
If we get the first 4/6 in that year it would be ok.

We also have a joint F-16-EF unit with the Qataris if I'm not mistaken maybe they can gain some experience there too.

Forget that,probably not allowed and you need training from the best pilots available,no offence to Qatari pilots but they are not on par with the Europeans.
And btw,we have a complicated doctrine where these fighter jets need to be integrated into.

 

[Sanchez]

News regarding HvKK modernization. Writer didn't mention their source, so we do not know how good they are. Seems to usually track what's been officially mentioned in the last few months.

"As previously reported, Türkiye will not receive the Tranche 1 model of the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet in the UK Air Force fleet, but the latest variant, the Tranche 4. I recently learned two important pieces of information on this subject.

Firstly, if there are no other developments until the signing of the purchase agreement, Turkey will receive a total of 40 Eurofighters. However, since there are different variants of these aircraft; single-pilot/dual-pilot and models under development, we will learn the details after the agreement. There are already 4 models of this aircraft; Tranche (tranche) is defined as 1-2-3-4. Currently, the last model is Tranche 4, but Tranche 5 is also being developed. I don't know if Turkey will get the model under development.

...Considering that the delivery of Eurofighter Typhoons to be supplied by Turkey will begin in 2-3 years, it is certain that a part of the agreement will be Tranche 4. Time will show what kind of development will take place for the Eurofighter Tranche 5 model, which is much more equipped and has features similar to the fifth generation F-35.

It is also worth mentioning that the procurement of military transport aircraft from the UK, cooperation in the development of the national combat aircraft KAAN produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TUSAŞ) and other issues are also on the table...

The second point is that the delivery of the aircraft will start in 2-3 years. Not only will the newest Eurofighter model be purchased, but it will also join the Turkish Air Force fleet in the first months of 2028 or earlier, probably earlier than the American Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70s.

The agreement with the US for 40 F-16 Block 70 models has been finalized. With the talks being led by the UK, we will soon hear news of an agreement for the supply of 40 Eurofighter Tranche 4s. What remains is the controversial fifth-generation fighter jet agreement for 40 F-35s. There seems to be no problem in this regard during the term of US President Trump, but those wondering under which program Turkey will purchase these 3 warplanes at the same time will have to wait a little longer. Because it is stated that a new approach will be in question regarding procurement when the opportunity to purchase all 3 models arises.

Türkiye Eurofighter’ın en son modelini alacak!

Milli Muharip Savaş Uçağı (MMU) KAAN hizmete girinceye kadar Türkiye hava muharebe gücünü tahkim etmek için Eurofighter Typhoon savaş uçağı alımında son aşamaya gelmiş durumda. Avrupa'da dört ülkenin işbirliğiyle üretilen Eurofighter savaş uçağının satın alma görüşmelerine İngiltere öncülük...

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Because it is stated that a new approach will be in question regarding procurement when the opportunity to purchase all 3 models arises.
Zira 3 modeli de alma imkanı ortaya çıkınca tedarik konusunda yeni bir yaklaşımın söz konusu olacağı belirtiliyor.

I wonder what he means by that.

 

[IC3M@N FX]

If Turkey should really receive F-35s, it will no longer need F-16 Block 70s and the order should be canceled.
The F-16 as a weapon system will no longer play a role in the modern air combat doctrine of the 21st century in 15 years.
It is still a GEN 4 fighter no matter which block, It is also unlikely that there will be more blocks after Block 70 like Block 80/90.

The Eurofighter Tranche 4/5 or later LTE Version is a high performance multirole fighter of Gen 4.5+ it has a much lower RCS and probably a much better EW/ECM, comparable to the Rafale, which is almost invisible to radar or the enemy has great difficulty in detecting the aircraft because of the top notch ECM capabilities.

I know that Turkey ordered these planes because the fighter pilots can fly the F-16 in their sleep, and the infrastructure is already there.
Turkey is probably with Greece and maybe Israel the only country that can bring out the full potential of the plane as a pilot and bring it to its performance limit.

But if I had the choice, I would order 80 instead of 40 Eurofighters and give up the 40 F-16 Block 70 regardless of whether you get the F-35 or not.
It is the better fighter aircraft in all respects.

 

[Turkic]

If Turkey should really receive F-35s, it will no longer need F-16 Block 70s and the order should be canceled.
The F-16 as a weapon system will no longer play a role in the modern air combat doctrine of the 21st century in 15 years.
It is still a GEN 4 fighter no matter which block, It is also unlikely that there will be more blocks after Block 70 like Block 80/90.

The Eurofighter Tranche 4/5 or later LTE Version is a high performance multirole fighter of Gen 4.5+ it has a much lower RCS and probably a much better EW/ECM, comparable to the Rafale, which is almost invisible to radar or the enemy has great difficulty in detecting the aircraft because of the top notch ECM capabilities.

I know that Turkey ordered these planes because the fighter pilots can fly the F-16 in their sleep, and the infrastructure is already there.
Turkey is probably with Greece and maybe Israel the only country that can bring out the full potential of the plane as a pilot and bring it to its performance limit.

But if I had the choice, I would order 80 instead of 40 Eurofighters and give up the 40 F-16 Block 70 regardless of whether you get the F-35 or not.
It is the better fighter aircraft in all respects.

Again, there is no big air force in the world to give up on 4th gen jets yet. There are features where 5th gen jets still can not compete with 4th gens.

EF is a high-end fighter jet and it's position to be in the TurAF can not be filled by either F-16 or F-35. Nor the position of F-16's can be filled by either. Unfortunately, the Typhoon is too expensive and we can't afford to order 40 of them instead of 40 F-16's. That's already why F-16's place can not be filled by EF. It's purchase and operating costs are extremely high. Utanmasa it would compete with Raptor's.

The answer to why F-35 can't fill F-16's place is it's problems and rather high purchase and operating costs. And don't forget the fact that we will never be able to use F-35's against Greece (I don't believe we'll ever have an actual war in the next decades but gotta be ready) but we can operate our F-16's no matter what.

 

[Sanchez]

(especially with our use of awacs)

We will be the second ever to use E-7s with Typhoons. There'll be a lot to study together with the UK there.

Dassault (and Saab..sometimes even Boeing) make up a lot of bullshit propaganda about how they're not even 4,5th gen but are actually closer to 5th gen because of their amazing, insane electronic warfare capabilities

They have to, because they need to sell their products which lack the said very low observability features. No aircraft that carries its payload of 2 1000l tanks and 4 AAMs under its carriage can ever be called "stealth". By their design, Gripen, F-18, Rafale or EF-2000 would ever be called "stealth" aircraft. But, they can incorporate other 5th gen features, like a very good radar and very good sensor fusion, together with lowered RCS.

As you point out, companies always make claims for their products, but operators all have nothing to say but praise for F-35. Be it Korean, American, British, Japanese and most recently French as you linked it in every single report or interview with a pilot, F-35 is talked about as the literal best of the best and that past generations of aircraft simply don't even come close.

Our purchase of EF-2000s won't negate the threat of Greek and Israeli F-35s. We need more, more high performance aircraft, better missiles, much better radars and larger radar coverage on the ground, in air, at the sea.

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Full report is 100 pages long and it's open to the public but it's in French.

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[Strong AI]

Our purchase of EF-2000s won't negate the threat of Greek and Israeli F-35s. We need more, more high performance aircraft

Everything comes down to KAAN's indigenous engine for me. If we succeed, it will be a new era for our AF, if not, i see dark times ahead for our AF.

 

[Sanchez]

Everything comes down to KAAN's indigenous engine for me. If we succeed, it will be a new era for our AF, if not, i see dark times ahead for our AF.

True, but it doesn't end there. Even with its behemoth of a radar, Kaan will need external support to see the enemy very low visible aircraft first. All 5th gen aircraft do. It's more than just the engine, or just Kaan. Radar and SAM umbrella we need to build will probably just be hard and expensive to attain as building few squadrons of Kaans. F-35 and other next generation aircraft are just that good. It will be the same whether we buy F-35 or not as well.

 

[Saithan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1894813413672657333

 

[fushkee]

Am I wrong or I saw Anka-3 accompanying them in one of the flir views.

 

[IC3M@N FX]

Am I wrong or I saw Anka-3 accompanying them in one of the flir views.

No it was F-16