TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

[yusuf]

F-16 C B30 TM golden treatment of canopy?[url=https://hizliresim.com/X5sGgh] [/URL]

 

[yusuf]

[url=https://hizliresim.com/oG38Jb] [/URL]

 

[Quasar]

[url=https://hizliresim.com/oG38Jb] [/URL]

I have the feeling that at some point TAI will go for indium-tin-oxide added canopy which seems lacking in J 20, SU 57 or f 35

 

[Ryder]

If anybody was anticipating Russian jets in the Turkish airforce.

Well Ismail Demir shot it down and say no Russian jets will be bought.

Due to numerous factors like training, compatible weapon systems, price, maintinence and spare parts.

Ismail Demir said Russian jets are different from Western/Nato ones and would lead to starting from scratch.

 

[Yasar_TR]

If anybody was anticipating Russian jets in the Turkish airforce.

Well Ismail Demir shot it down and say no Russian jets will be bought.

Due to numerous factors like training, compatible weapon systems, price, maintinence and spare parts.

Ismail Demir said Russian jets are different from Western/Nato ones and would lead to starting from scratch.

Well, as new Aesa radars will be incorporated into our f16’s in the next few years, there is no need to buy any foreign made planes.

ASELSAN'ın Yerli AESA Radar Program Takvimi açıklandı

ASELSAN tarafından geliştirilen Aktif Elektronik Faz Dizinli Radarlara ilişkin program takvimi paylaşıldı. Yerli AESA Radar, bu yıldan itibaren görücüye çıkıyor

www.savunmasanayist.com

 

[Yasar_TR]

"Yerli AESA radar en az F-16 Viper'daki APG-83 kadar kabiliyetli olacak"

Elektronik Harp ve Radar Sistemleri Daire Başkanı Ahmet Akyol yerli AESA radarın en az F-16 Viperdaki kadar kabiliyetli olacağını açıkladı.

www.defenceturk.net

The Aesa radar systems planned to be incorporated in to our F16’s will be at least as good and as capable as the apg83 radars used by V70 vipers.

 

[yusuf]

 

[Isa Khan]

teşekkür ederim

https://www.facebook.com/planespottersbangladesh/posts/1716065988570304

 

[Test7]

Structural improvement of the fifth F-16 Block-30 fighter jet was completed and delivered to the Turkish Air Force Command

 

[Yasar_TR]

Structural improvement of the fifth F-16 Block-30 fighter jet was completed and delivered to the Turkish Air Force Command

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I would like to hear that the new Aselsan Aesa radar also been fitted to these!

 

[Hexciter]

It sounds good!
TurAFB Al-Watiya/Libya

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1377253858280361985

 

[Oublious]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1376415624876990467

Really expensive and difficult fighter to maintain...

 

[Anmdt]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1376415624876990467

Really expensive and difficult fighter to maintain...

I don't know what did he expect US to do? Leave remnants of a paint which can be possibly transferred to 3rd parties to be reverse-engineered?
This is quite normal and should be acceptable for such a weapon, which also applies for engine MRO, it was meant to be supervised by USAF personnel for some critical parts.
SSB isn't doing less than US in terms of retrieval or unused or replaced parts.

 

[Turko]

F35 chassis is not a gateway every spring you need to paint. Why would you have to change its colour?

 

[Combat-Master]

I don't know what did he expect US to do? Leave remnants of a paint which can be possibly transferred to 3rd parties to be reverse-engineered?
This is quite normal and should be acceptable for such a weapon, which also applies for engine MRO, it was meant to be supervised by USAF personnel for some critical parts.
SSB isn't doing less than US in terms of retrieval or unused or replaced parts.

I never much liked long-term lease agreements.

 

[Combat-Master]

Exclusive - The President of Turkey's SSB talks to Defensehere about 'Project Liberty'​

4/1/2021 2:20:00 PM

In an exlcusive interview the President of SSB Prof. Dr. Ismail Demir spoke to defensehere.com about "Project Liberty (Özgür)".
Touching on the needs of the Turkish Air Force for aircrafts, Demir said the following:
"Liberty is a project carried out independently of the USA. So, if we were to be specific it is not exactly an agreement, but the outcome of Liberty has been successful so far and began to be integrated into our aircrafts. The systems are being integrated into the F-16s in blocks. Right now, we began the process of integrating a block into an F-16. In terms of the other blocks; there are slight differences in their development process, once finished, the process for their integration will also begin.
Project Liberty is as its name implies; it aims to liberate our F-16 aircrafts. Getting the F-16s to be independent means adapting them to domestic systems, implementing these systems into them and using them accordingly. In a sense we can say that this is a step towards turning the aircraft into your own property and your own system.
The modernization of the F-16s that we are talking about has already been a systematic modernization. Whether it is structural or avionics, there are things to be done at certain stages throughout the lifecycle of the aircraft. A part of that modernization is extending the life of the aircraft if needed. The other thing is that we are not expecting any problems in regard to Project Liberty. Liberty is a talent acquisition project and we believe that this talents acquisition can contribute a lot to the National Combat Aircraft.
Could the F-35 be an interim solution? We want to concentrate on our National Combat Aircraft rather than an interim solution. Meanwhile, our "jet trainer" aircraft project under the name of Hürjet is in progress. Perhaps this project has the capacity in itself to fill the gap regarding training. It is possible to bring certain capabilities to Hürjet, but our solution remains to be National Combat Aircraft (TF-X). Meanwhile, the need for another interim solution does not seem urgent at the moment. But with the developments that will take place over time, certain things may come to the fore. But for now, this is no clear alternative on the agenda.
As you know, Russia had offered the Su-35 aircraft. We considered and we continue to evaluate the offer. But this doesn’t mean that we are looking for, searched for or have requested a certain aircraft in the global market.

Exclusive - The President of Turkey's SSB talks to Defensehere about 'Project Liberty'

In an exclusive interview the President of SSB Prof. Dr. Ismail Demir spoke to defensehere.com about "Project Liberty (Özgür)". Touching on...

defensehere.com

 

[Kartal1]

Exclusive - The President of Turkey's SSB talks to Defensehere about 'Project Liberty'​

4/1/2021 2:20:00 PM

In an exlcusive interview the President of SSB Prof. Dr. Ismail Demir spoke to defensehere.com about "Project Liberty (Özgür)".
Touching on the needs of the Turkish Air Force for aircrafts, Demir said the following:
"Liberty is a project carried out independently of the USA. So, if we were to be specific it is not exactly an agreement, but the outcome of Liberty has been successful so far and began to be integrated into our aircrafts. The systems are being integrated into the F-16s in blocks. Right now, we began the process of integrating a block into an F-16. In terms of the other blocks; there are slight differences in their development process, once finished, the process for their integration will also begin.
Project Liberty is as its name implies; it aims to liberate our F-16 aircrafts. Getting the F-16s to be independent means adapting them to domestic systems, implementing these systems into them and using them accordingly. In a sense we can say that this is a step towards turning the aircraft into your own property and your own system.
The modernization of the F-16s that we are talking about has already been a systematic modernization. Whether it is structural or avionics, there are things to be done at certain stages throughout the lifecycle of the aircraft. A part of that modernization is extending the life of the aircraft if needed. The other thing is that we are not expecting any problems in regard to Project Liberty. Liberty is a talent acquisition project and we believe that this talents acquisition can contribute a lot to the National Combat Aircraft.
Could the F-35 be an interim solution? We want to concentrate on our National Combat Aircraft rather than an interim solution. Meanwhile, our "jet trainer" aircraft project under the name of Hürjet is in progress. Perhaps this project has the capacity in itself to fill the gap regarding training. It is possible to bring certain capabilities to Hürjet, but our solution remains to be National Combat Aircraft (TF-X). Meanwhile, the need for another interim solution does not seem urgent at the moment. But with the developments that will take place over time, certain things may come to the fore. But for now, this is no clear alternative on the agenda.
As you know, Russia had offered the Su-35 aircraft. We considered and we continue to evaluate the offer. But this doesn’t mean that we are looking for, searched for or have requested a certain aircraft in the global market.

Exclusive - The President of Turkey's SSB talks to Defensehere about 'Project Liberty'

In an exclusive interview the President of SSB Prof. Dr. Ismail Demir spoke to defensehere.com about "Project Liberty (Özgür)". Touching on...

defensehere.com

Not connected to the topic but he looks very tired. I hope he is fine.

 

[mulj]

Not connected to the topic but he looks very tired. I hope he is fine.

Me too, he seems to me very competent and ground to earth person

 

[Ryder]

Really!!!!

Turkey was actually close to getting the A10 Brrrt Machine!!!

 

[Oublious]

I am afraid they are outdated, orginally designed for tank hunting. Still used for CAS against insurgents.