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[TheInsider]

He also repeated something we have been saying for a long time in the forums. Dr. Kotil said, "If the TF-35000 engine is not operated on Kaan in 2028, we are in trouble!"

Yeah, but the context is like Erdogan will skin us alive.

 

[Oublious]

we lost a lot of time with partnering western companies. We lost 6 years talking and gathering.

 

[Oublious]

I remember when Faruk Aksit talking about making engine for the first time about TFX engine project when he was new 10 years ago. He told back then if we start now we will able to make it in 14 years. We are 10 years later and we started the project .

 

[Zafer]

Obviously all the time we were thinking Kaan engine development was not commissioned it actually was.

 

[infrared]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1769797647093637615

Last part of this tweet on Atak 2 is incorrect. Yes, Dr. Kotil says "we will deliver atak 2 before this year ends", but he right away corrects his mistake by saying "i'm correcting, its anka 3".

 

[Cenkcnk]

Atak 2 was like a huried move for the elections. It was like a flying skeleton. I don’t think it can be delivered so soon. KE and Anka3 deliveries would be good though

 

[Zafer]

Anka2 is Aksungur, Atak2 is a helicopter Anka3 is to b delivered around the end of this year.

 

[Fatman17]

Air Engineer Specialist Sergeant Ercan GUVEN is the identity of the martyr who lost his life during the crash of the NF-5 jet earlier in Konya. May Allah accept his martyrdom!

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RIP

 

[Cenkcnk]

Anka2 is Aksungur, Atak2 is a helicopter Anka3 is to b delivered around the end of this year.

my mistake sorry. corrected it. I meant Atak 2 for sure. that cabrio thing:

https://www.savunmasanayist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/atak-2-2.jpg

 

[Quasar]

ASELSAN’s IFF Mode 5/S Combined Interrogator/Transponder, integrates the interrogator and transponder functions into a single unit as a complete identification solution. #IFF Mode 5/S aims to enhance the current and future operational capabilities of air platforms by elevating the ability to identify and distinguish Friend from Foe.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770108799463899243

 

[Bogeyman]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772581371183092163

135th Fleet became Group Command!

The 135th Personnel Rescue (PK) and Forward Air Controller (IHK) Fleet Command within the Air Forces Command has been upgraded to 'Group Command' status.

Under the Group Command, the 136th Close Air Support and Courses Fleet Command was established.

 

[dBSPL]

ASELSAN’s IFF Mode 5/S Combined Interrogator/Transponder, integrates the interrogator and transponder functions into a single unit as a complete identification solution. #IFF Mode 5/S aims to enhance the current and future operational capabilities of air platforms by elevating the ability to identify and distinguish Friend from Foe.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770108799463899243

Autonomous drones with AESA radar and IFF interrogators in their avionics package, capable of engaging in close air combat carrying air-to-air missiles, will radically change all doctrinal approaches in combat aviation.

 

[Quasar]

Autonomous drones with AESA radar and IFF interrogators in their avionics package, capable of engaging in close air combat carrying air-to-air missiles, will radically change all doctrinal approaches in combat aviation.

Mod 5/S also provides encrypted GPS location info, so a nice addition to very needed airborn situational awareness as well

 

[Aloster]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772544167131955204

ASELSAN Murad Aesa radar in flight test with F 16 Özgür. Probably Block 30. I dont see the news here. I share it.

 

[Kartal1]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772581371183092163

135th Fleet became Group Command!

The 135th Personnel Rescue (PK) and Forward Air Controller (IHK) Fleet Command within the Air Forces Command has been upgraded to 'Group Command' status.

Under the Group Command, the 136th Close Air Support and Courses Fleet Command was established.

So does that mean that there will be two different units with specialization in CSAR and FAC instead of the old system where 135th's personnel is specialized in both and is tasked with both?

 

[Fatman17]

Following AESA radar first flight on F-16, Aselsan eyes 5th-gen aircraft integration - Breaking Defense

"The radar program will also prove critical for the nation’s advanced strategic drone programs," one expert said.

breakingdefense.com

Aselsan AESA takes flight

 

[Fatman17]

 

[zio]

irst better than radars for detection against stealth fighters on some stiuations

 

[DBdev]

Cool. I worked at level 4 maintenance factory this is TAF 5th Main Maintenance Factory Directorate in Ankara. Hopefully software and all hardware will become nationalized in the future. They are still using Italian Leonardo software for maintenance tests. Still this is a bit better example of NATO cooperation.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1774059009592500663

 

[CAN_TR]

So does that mean that there will be two different units with specialization in CSAR and FAC instead of the old system where 135th's personnel is specialized in both and is tasked with both?

As far as i know there are units within the 135th specializied in CSAR and FAC/TACP.

But this unit is a mystery after the coup they changed their name from MAK* (Muharebe Arama Kurtarma) to AKIP (Arama Kurtarma Ihtisasli Personel) and now they go by the name PK (Personel Kurtarma) and since then there is no clarity.

* for the people who don't know, not to mistaken with the MAK within the Special Forces Command.