Turkish Air Force
Air forces of the Turkish military
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| 2025 | Additional deliveries planned to begin for HISAR A+ autonomous low altitude air defence missile system, continuing through 2028. |
| 2025 | Expected entry into inventory of UMTAS/LUMTAS-GM Block-2 long-range anti-tank guided missile system, capable of day/night firing with expanded range of 1-32+ km from land vehicles and 1-50+ km from helicopters. |
| 2025 | Additional deliveries planned to begin for HISAR O+ medium-range surface-to-air missile systems, continuing through 2028. |
| 2024 | Expected entry into inventory of UMTAS/LUMTAS-GM Block-1 long-range anti-tank guided missile system, featuring infrared imager or semi-active laser seeker with 1-16 km range from land vehicles and 1-20+ km range from helicopters. |
| 2023 | 2 Altay tanks were delivered as part of the planned 250-tank order. |
| May 29 2023 | TAYFUN Short-Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM) entered mass production. |
| 2022 | Aselsan developed the EIRS (Early Warning Radar System), a new generation S-Band radar with AESA and digital beamforming technology, capable of target detection up to 470+ km and operational up to 600+ km distance. |
| 2022 | Meteksan Defense developed the Retinar FAR-AD, a domestically produced drone detection radar system designed to counter mini/micro unmanned aerial vehicles and ground-based threats. |
| 2021 | Aselsan EIRS radar-integrated variants of the Anadolu ISUZU Seyit trucks entered the military inventory. |
| March 4 2021 | A Turkish Air Force Eurocopter AS532 Cougar helicopter crashed in Bitlis Province while en route to Tatvan District, resulting in the deaths of eleven servicemen and injuring two survivors. Lieutenant General Osman Erbaş, commander of the 8th Corps, was among those killed. |
| 2020 | Deliveries of Anadolu ISUZU Seyit armored truck for vehicle recovery began, configured for heavy-duty military logistics support. |
| 2019 | During Operation Claw (2019-2020), Turkey captured Strela-3 man-portable air-defense systems from the Kurdistan Workers' Party. |
| December 2019 | Delivery of 72 BMC TUĞRA 8×8 tractor and lowbed tank transporter trucks completed for the Land Forces, with each truck capable of transporting very heavy tanks up to 70,000 kg. |
| 2018 | BA 40, a 40mm single ambidextrous loading grenade launcher produced by Ata Arms, was delivered to the Turkish army by the end of this year. |
| 2013 | TÜBİTAK MAM began delivering 160,000 pieces of CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) protective clothing sets, including camouflage and plain variants, boot covers, and gloves as part of the NBC-KET Project. |
| September 14 2011 | FNSS Samur armoured vehicle-launched bridge project completed, with four units delivered in Ankara after six years of development. Additional 50 units were ordered. |
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