# List of Turkish Air Force aircraft

The Turkish Air Force operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, supported by a domestic aerospace industry, such as Turkish Aerospace Industries, that has made contributions to locally produce license-built aircraft and indigenous Unmanned aerial vehicle. The following is a list of currently active military aircraft in the Turkish Air Force.

## Aircraft
### Current inventory

| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
| Combat aircraft ||||||
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | multirole | F-16C/D Block 30 | 35 | Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI. Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP to Block 50+ standard. All will be ugpraded under F-16 Özgür/Özgür II program. Undergoing Özgür I upgrade of Block 30s. 93 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. |
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | multirole | F-16C/D Block 40M | 100 | Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI. Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP to Block 50+ standard. All will be ugpraded under F-16 Özgür/Özgür II program. Undergoing Özgür I upgrade of Block 30s. 93 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. |
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | multirole | F-16C/D Block 50M | 70 | Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI. Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP to Block 50+ standard. All will be ugpraded under F-16 Özgür/Özgür II program. Undergoing Özgür I upgrade of Block 30s. 93 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. |
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | multirole | F-16C/D Block 50+ | 29 | Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI. Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP to Block 50+ standard. All will be ugpraded under F-16 Özgür/Özgür II program. Undergoing Özgür I upgrade of Block 30s. 93 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. |
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | multirole | F-16C/D Block 70 | 40 (on order) | Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI. Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP to Block 50+ standard. All will be ugpraded under F-16 Özgür/Özgür II program. Undergoing Özgür I upgrade of Block 30s. 93 F-16Ds are used for conversion training. One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. |
| F-4 Phantom II | United States | fighter-bomber | F-4E | 19 | Upgraded to the F-4 Terminator 2020 |
| AEW&C ||||||
| E-7 Peace Eagle | United States | AEW | E-7T | 4 | Being upgraded with ASELSAN’s ARES-2A ESM/ELINT System, that replaced EL/L-8382. |
| Tanker ||||||
| KC-135 Stratotanker | United States | aerial refueling | KC-135R | 7 | Upgraded to Block 45.1 |
| Electronic warfare / Reconnaissance ||||||
| CASA/IPTN CN-235 | Spain | SIGINT/ELINT | CN-235M-100 | 4 | One used for reconnaissance under Treaty on Open Skies Licensed built by TAI |
| Transall C-160 | Germany | EW | C-160T | 1 | Used for electronic warfare and training. |
| Bombardier Global Express | Canada | EW/SIGINT/ELINT | Global 6000 | | 4 on order. Being developed under HAVA SOJ project by TAI and Aselsan. |
| Transport ||||||
| CASA/IPTN CN-235 | Spain | transport / maritime patrol/ air ambulance | CN-235M-100 | 45 | 3 used for SAR - licensed built by TAI One used for maritime patrol One used by SoloTürk demonstration team. One leased by the Turkish Naval Forces. One used by the Special Forces. Undergoing avionics modernization as TCAS, IFF Mode 5S, ADS-B OUT, GPS-based Navigation. |
| C-130 Hercules | United States | tactical airlifter | C-130B | 6 | On going upgrade to C-130EM/BM Erciyes. One used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team. |
| C-130 Hercules | United States | tactical airlifter | C-130E | 13 | On going upgrade to C-130EM/BM Erciyes. One used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team. |
| C-130J Super Hercules | United States | tactical airlifter | C4 | | 12 planned to be procured from RAF. |
| Airbus A400M Atlas | European Union | strategic airlifter | | 10 | 6 more planned |
| Cessna Citation II | United States | VIP transport | 550 | 2 | |
| Cessna Citation III | United States | VIP transport | 650 VII | 2 | |
| Gulfstream 550 | United States | VIP transport | | 1 | |
| Helicopters ||||||
| Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | France | CSAR | AL | 6 | |
| Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | France | SAR | UL | 14 | |
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois | United States | utility | UH-1H | 13 | |
| Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk | United States | utility / CSAR | T-70 | 3 | 3 on order Licensed built by TAI |
| TAI T625 Gökbey | Turkey | utility | | | 4 on order. |
| Trainer aircraft ||||||
| SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 | Italy | basic trainer | SF.260D | 32 | Licensed built by TAI. |
| Cessna T41 Mescalero | United States | basic trainer | T-41D | 25 | |
| PAC MFI-395 Super Mushshak | Pakistan | basic trainer | MFI-395 IIB | 16 | 42 on order. It will replace SF.260 and T-41 Mescalero. |
| KAI KT-1 Woongbi | Republic of Korea | advanced trainer | KT-1T | 39 | Licensed built by TAI. |
| TAI Hürkuş | Turkey | advanced trainer | 2B | | 55 Hürkuş-2B on order. |
| Canadair CF-5 | Canada | jet trainer/aerobatics | NF-5A/B | 13 | Upgraded to F-5/2000. Used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team |
| T-38 Talon | United States | jet trainer | T-38M | 68 | Upgraded under project ARI to T-38M. |
| TAI Hürjet | Turkey | advanced jet trainer | Block 0 | | 16 on order. It will replace CF-5 and T-38 Talon. |
| TAI Hürjet | Turkey | advanced jet trainer | Block 1 | | 16 on order. It will replace CF-5 and T-38 Talon. |
| UAV ||||||
| TAI Anka | Turkey | UCAV | B / S | 36 | |
| Bayraktar Akıncı | Turkey | UCAV | B | 20 | |
| TAI Aksungur | Turkey | UCAV | | 5 | |
| TAI Anka-3 | Turkey | Stealth UCAV | | | On order. |
Note : Six F-35 Lightning II owned by the Turkish Air Force are stored in hangar in US.

## Future

* Undergoing negotiations between Turkey and USA for F-35 Lightning II for possible acquisition in the future if the S-400 issue is resolved. Turkey resubmitted the offer to buy 40 F-35s as US expressed interest to sell the aircraft.
* Defense Ministry, has confirmed the signing of a contract to purchase 40 F-16V Block 70s from the United States.
* Undergoing negotiations for acquisition of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon. Germany approved to start technical meetings, along with other partners of the consortium and has approved the assignment of a Temporary Sales Authority for the sale of the aircraft.The document, prepared within the scope of the procurement was sent to the British Ministry of Defense and the relevant company.
* 20 TF KAAN Block 10 developed by TAI is expected to be delivered by 2028–2029. Expected to replace F-16 Fighting Falcon by mid 2030s.
* Contract for the upgrade program of the second phase of Özgür upgrade program - Özgür-II for the F-16s was signed in IDEF23. Its expected to include Block 30, Block 40 and Block 50 variants.
* Undergoing negotiations for acquisition of new tanker aircraft to replace KC-135. Possibilities are A330 MRTT or KC-46.
* Contract was signed for the avionics modernization of AS532 Cougar between ASELSAN, ASFAT and AIRBUS.
* Anka-3 stealth UCAV developed by TAI is expected to be delivered by 2025 for testing purposes. Mass production deliveries expected to start by 2026.
* Possible acquisition of Bayraktar Kızılelma developed by Baykar unmanned combat aircraft in the future.

## Retired aircraft

Retired aircraft of the forces. Includes the Ottoman Aviation Squadrons inventory:

### European & Local made

* AEG C.IV
* Airco DH.9
* Airspeed Oxford
* Albatros B.I
* Albatros C.I
* Albatros C.III
* Albatros C.XV
* Albatros D.III
* Albatros D.V
* Aviatik B.I
* Avro 504
* Avro Anson
* Blériot XI
* Blériot-SPAD S.51
* Bristol Beaufighter
* Bristol Beaufort
* Bristol Blenheim
* Bristol Prier monoplane
* Bristol Scout
* Breguet XIV
* Breguet XIX
* Caproni Ca.3
* Caudron C.27
* Caudron C.59
* Caudron G.3
* De Havilland Mosquito
* de Havilland Dragon
* Deperdussin TT
* Dewoitine D.21
* DFW C.V
* DFW Mars
* Etrich Taube
* Fairey Battle
* Farman MF.7
* Fleet Model 1
* Fiat R.2
* Focke-Wulf Fw 44
* Focke-Wulf Fw 58
* Focke-Wulf Fw 190
* Fokker Eindecker
* Fokker D.VII
* General Aircraft Monospar
* Gotha Go 145
* Gotha WD.2
* Gotha WD.12
* Gotha WD.14
* Gotha WD.15
* Halberstadt C.V
* Halberstadt D.II
* Halberstadt D.V
* Hawker Hurricane
* Heinkel He 111
* Hanriot H.180
* Junkers A 35
* Junkers F 13
* Koolhoven F.K.49
* Letov Š-16
* LVG B.I3
* Messerschmitt Bf 109
* Miles Magister
* Miles Master
* MKEK-4
* Nieuport 17
* Nieuport 24
* Nieuport 27
* Nieuport-Delage NiD 42
* Morane-Saulnier AR
* Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
* Morane-Saulnier MoS-50
* Nuri Demirağ Nu D.36
* Parseval PL9
* Pfalz D.III
* Polikarpov Po-2
* Polikarpov R-5
* Potez 25
* PZL P.24
* REP Type N
* Rohrbach Ro III
* Rumpler B.I
* Rumpler C.I
* Rumpler C.IV
* Savoia-Marchetti S.59
* Short Type 184
* SPAD S.XIII
* Supermarine Southampton
* Supermarine Spitfire
* Supermarine Walrus
* THK-2
* THK-4
* THK-5
* THK-09
* Tupolev ANT-9
* Westland Lysander
* Vickers Viscount
* Voisin III

### US-made

* A-26 Invader
* B-24 Liberator
* C-45 Expeditor
* C-47 Skytrain
* C-54 Skymaster
* F-84F Thunderstreak
* F-5 Freedom Fighter
* F-84 Thunderjet
* F-86 Sabre
* F-100 Super Sabre
* F-102 Delta Dagger
* F-104 Starfighter
* H-1 Cobra
* H-13 Sioux
* H-19 Chickasaw
* H-55 Osage
* H-58 Kiowa
* PA-18 Super Cub
* P-40 Warhawk
* P-47 Thunderbolt
* T-6 Texan
* T-11 Kansan
* T-33 Shooting Star
* T-34 Mentor
* T-37 Tweet
* Curtiss BF2C Goshawk
* Curtiss Falcon
* Curtiss Fledgling
* Curtiss-Wright CW-22
* Martin B-10
* Martin B-26 Marauder
* Martin Baltimore
* Vultee V-11