TR Air-Force TF-X KAAN Fighter Jet

[hugh]

considering P1 is scheduled to fly in April, should we expect it to roll out this month?

 

[Mis_TR_Like]

We should use the current US-EU situation to draw in EU customers. Of course, there will need to be a delicate balance not to piss off the US too much when we still rely on them for engines.

 

[boredaf]

We should use the current US-EU situation to draw in EU customers. Of course, there will need to be a delicate balance not to piss off the US too much when we still rely on them for engines.

No country in Europe would even look at Kaan until TF35K is ready and has flown. Even then it would be a very tough sell for majority of them (not that majority of them would be interested in it) because there is an inherit push against anything and everything when it comes to us. And younger lads might not remember but it isn't just because of the current government either (they haven't helped with it either, mind you), they can go tomorrow and most of the issues would still remain.

I can't see anyone but maybe Spain and Portugal being interested, unless there is a massive fallout with the US and F-35 supply/support chain, even then, only if no reliable alternatives are available at all.

 

[Strong AI]

Major General Rashed Mohamed Abdulla Al Shamsi, Commander of the United Arab Emirates Air Force

 

[Sanchez]

Major General Rashed Mohamed Abdulla Al Shamsi, Commander of the United Arab Emirates Air Force

No, thanks!

 

[TR_123456]

Major General Rashed Mohamed Abdulla Al Shamsi, Commander of the United Arab Emirates Air Force

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Was this today?

 

[Strong AI]

Was this today?

Yes

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009257691936374963

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2009246534571827213

 

[Zafer]

I had predicted 48 Kaan for UAE, firm decisions can be made after the initial flight tests this year.

 

[mehmed beg]

KAAN is projected to go into the serial production in about 4 years.
Of course with the help of European defense companies, KAAN wouldn't have any problems with the engines, testing of the systems, weapons and avionics. Besides it could be a lot cheaper.
Of course, the most logical thing for Europeans would to get, let's say just 150 to 200 aircrafts till European next generation of planes fly. Moreover, they can use it as experience and have Turkiye cooperate in the future projects
Years saved and probably 20bn.
I am not holding my breath , though.

 

[Sanchez]

KAAN wouldn't have any problems with the engines

There's no equivalent European engine to F110, and definitely not TF35000.

It was us that rejected RR's deal, not the other way around.

 

[Huelague]

No, thanks!

Why?

 

[Oublious]

I had predicted 48 Kaan for UAE, firm decisions can be made after the initial flight tests this year.

Trojon horse.....

 

[Sanchez]

Why?

With Emiratis as a user, there's a non zero chance that Kaan will be used against us. It happened in the past with other stuff we sold. There are simply untrustworthy and do not deserve Kaan with all its capabilities.

Four Emirati F-16s to arrive in Souda Air Base | eKathimerini.com

Four F-16 fighter jets of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be delployed at the Souda Air Base in Crete in the next few hours, following Thursday’s call between the head of the Greek Armed Forces and his Emirati counterpart.

www.ekathimerini.com

 

[Zafer]

With Emiratis as a user, there's a non zero chance that Kaan will be used against us. It happened in the past with other stuff we sold. There are simply untrustworthy and do not deserve Kaan with all its capabilities.

Four Emirati F-16s to arrive in Souda Air Base | eKathimerini.com

Four F-16 fighter jets of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be delployed at the Souda Air Base in Crete in the next few hours, following Thursday’s call between the head of the Greek Armed Forces and his Emirati counterpart.

www.ekathimerini.com

They will buy from someone else and be their slaves, we don't want that. You can take precautions to prevent smart weapons from being used against us allowing only defensive use of the weapons. We may as well embed our professionals in the UAE as overseeing consultants making sure unwanted hands never touch our systems.

 

[Sanchez]

They will buy from someone else and be their slaves, we don't want that. You can take precautions to prevent smart weapons from being used against us allowing only defensive use of the weapons. We may as well embed our professionals in the UAE as overseeing consultants making sure unwanted hands never touch our systems.

There are no such systems in place. That's not how any of this works.

Again, this is why US is not selling F-35s to us or UAE and why Israel is trying their damnest to make sure US doesn't sell us F-35s.

 

[Zafer]

There are no such systems in place. That's not how any of this works.

Again, this is why US is not selling F-35s to us or UAE and why Israel is trying their damnest to make sure US doesn't sell us F-35s.

It is your system you can make your stipulations, the US made stipulations that were never acceptable for us. You can disallow even the use of CNC machines if the system is modified from its set up positions. You can even geofence systems allowing use only around homeland, disallowing being positioned far away. They will still be usefull to the user.

 

[Oublious]

LoL

UAE is the zionists off the Gulf. They are pair with the geo politics with dirty genocide country israel. Destablizing muslims countries in the Middle East and Africa. They buy Chinese Shorad systens abd send it to Sudan, so RFS can use it. Remember the butchering off civicilians in Sudan. Finance various terror groups in Somalia, second country who recognize Somaliland after israel is UAE!!!

I do not to write about funding pkk, they have finances Algeria MAK terror groups, Haftar and the last they are in clash with KSA in Yemen Hadrhamouet. Sponsoring another terror group.

LoL and still want to sell KAAN?

Selling Kaan to uea is give it away to israel.

You should ask yourself, why is uae destabilizing muslim countries and you want a part off it?

 

[Huelague]

With Emiratis as a user, there's a non zero chance that Kaan will be used against us. It happened in the past with other stuff we sold. There are simply untrustworthy and do not deserve Kaan with all its capabilities.

Four Emirati F-16s to arrive in Souda Air Base | eKathimerini.com

Four F-16 fighter jets of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be delployed at the Souda Air Base in Crete in the next few hours, following Thursday’s call between the head of the Greek Armed Forces and his Emirati counterpart.

www.ekathimerini.com

It depends on software programming.

 

[Huelague]

Some nice evolvement.

 

[Lool]

Why?

Because the UAE's leadership is composed of bloodthirsty maniacs with no shred of either honour or integrity in addition to their foreign policy being anti-Turkey and pro-Israel in essence


🔺️it is the UAE that visited Cyrpus, in December 2025, where MBZ paid his respects to Archbishop Makarios III's memorial; who was involved in the massacres and ethnic cleansing that the Greek Cypriots committed against the Cypriot Turks
🔺️According to many claims, it was the UAE that financed the US/Israeli-backed FETO-coup against Erdogan in 2016
🔺️According to some US officials, it was deemed that the UAE was involved in the selling of American weapons to China in order to be reverse-engineered by Chinese engineers in return for some tech transfer from China to bolster UAE's domestic arks industry
🔺️It is the UAE that was one of the main financers of the Assad regime and the SDF as well
🔺️It is the UAE that aided Somaliland seccession from Somalia even though they know that Turkey has invested heavily in Somalia and treats it with high strategic value
🔺️It is the UAE that aids the RSF, in Sudan, with weapons and AD systems to commit atrocities that left Sudan scarred to its core


Should we say more?