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Great video. But we should remember that as of June 2026, we only have 10 active large tactical airlifters in service and C-130s are still out.
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No news from Embraer regarding the C390?
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Apart from air force chief's visit to Portugal last month, nothing.
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Çiğli AFB, 2.th AJÜ along with Air Training Command and Air Technical Schools Command to be moved to Manisa Akhisar. Weird thing is the news being broken by the AKP's district official. Strategy wise, probably a safer location.
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I wouldn't expect any news on any possible procurement until NATO Summit has concluded. Either we will hear and read about a massive purchase from the Americans (KC-46A, C-130J, F-16, F110 and so on) or we will hear the same phrases we have heard for the last 3-4 years now regarding all this.
If the latter happens I would expect headway to be made on things like C-390, possibly more A400M and A330 MRTT+ in the near future.
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new c130j are not happening as c390 are better and almost cost the same. More A400m are also unlikely simply because they are to expensive to buy and maintain its really about C390 and which tanker the airforce chooses (KC46 or A330). F16 purchase is currently on hold because LM prices are off the charts and not to mention all new purchases have to through congress.
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A 20+bn F-16 sale already cleared the congress years ago.
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Greece will pay 600 million euros for 3 C-390s and a "first logistical package" by the way. C-390 is more expensive and if we ordered fresh built C-130Js we would have commonality with ex-RAF C-130s.
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Speaking of which, any news on the C-130Js?
They were getting overhaul but is there any update on that?
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They were getting overhauled, I believe they would have a wingbox change as well and we know that few months ago TurAF technicians flew to UK for training. No timeline is provided, but work is being done concurrently on the airframes. We should remember that wingbox replacement is a very very arduous task, it's the spine replacement equivalent for an aircraft, very labor intensive, can take up to a year to complete. Marshall on their website claim that the process currently takes 10 months.
Deal was signed in October 2025, I'd expect the first or first two aircraft reaching Konya no earlier than Q4 2026, more realistically Q1-2 2027. We reallyyy need to sort out C-130B-Es.
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So Akhisar will also be announced as an AJÜ like Dalaman before it and there will be a transfer of some capability there, but not clear if command structure will be carried over just yet. That's probably because it will be, but it's not yet officially announced. Most fun thinbg is, I think we now have more AJÜs than we have fighter squadrons. Not very nice. I'd like to learn more about the reasoning behind turning all secondary bases to AJÜs.
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