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 | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Aircraft | ||||||
| F-4 Phantom II | United States | fighter-bomber | F-4E | 19[1] | Upgraded to the F-4 Terminator 2020[2] | |
| F-16 Fighting Falcon | United States | multirole | F16C/D Block 30 | 35[3] | 93 F-16D used for conversion training - licensed built by TAI[4] [5] Most of them have been upgraded to the latest Block 50+ standards under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP Programs as Block 40M and Block 50M.[6] 40 F-16V Block 70 and 79 upgrade kits on order.[7] One used by SoloTürk demonstration team.[8] On going upgrade of Block 30s under F-16 Özgür program to the F-16 Block 30M.[9] [10] | |
| F16C/D Block 40M | 100 | |||||
| F16C/D Block 50M | 70 | |||||
| F16C/D Block 50+ | 29 | |||||
| AEW&C | ||||||
| E-7 Peace Eagle | United States | AEW | E-7T | 4[11] | Being upgraded with ASELSAN’s ESM/ELINT System, that replaced EL/L-8382.[12] | |
| Tanker | ||||||
| KC-135 Stratotanker | United States | aerial refueling | KC-135R | 7 | Upgraded to Block 45.1[13] | |
| Reconnaissance/Electronic warfare | ||||||
| Canada | EW/SIGINT/ELINT | Global 6000 | 4 on order. Being developed under HAVA SOJ project by TAI and Aselsan.[14] | |||
| CASA/IPTN CN-235 | Spain | SIGINT | CN-235M-100 | 4 | One used for reconnaissance under Treaty on Open Skies[15] Licensed built by TAI | |
| Gulfstream G550 | United States | Command and control | 2[16] | |||
| Transall C-160 | Germany | EW | C-160T | 1[17] [18] | Used for electronic warfare and training.[19] | |
| Transport | ||||||
| CASA/IPTN CN-235 | Spain | transport / maritime patrol | CN-235M-100 | 45 | 3 used for SAR - licensed built by TAI[20] One used for maritime patrol[21] One used by SoloTürk demonstration team.[22] One leased by the Turkish Naval Forces.[23] | |
| C-130 Hercules | United States | tactical airlifter | C-130B | 13[24] | On going upgrade to C-130EM/BM Erciyes. | |
| C-130E | 6[25] | |||||
| C-130J Super Hercules | United States | tactical airlifter | C4 | 12 planned to be procured from RAF.[26] | ||
| Airbus A400M Atlas | European Union | 10 | 6 more planned[27] | |||
| Cessna Citation II | United States | VIP transport | 550 | 2 | ||
| Cessna Citation III | United States | VIP transport | 650 VII | 2 | ||
| Gulfstream IV | United States | VIP transport | 3 | |||
| Helicopters | ||||||
| Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | France | utility / | CSAR | AL | 6 | |
| SAR | UL | 14 | ||||
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois | United States | utility | UH-1H | 14[28] [29] | ||
| Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk | United States | utility / CSAR | 3[30] | 3 on order[31] Licensed built by TAI[32] | ||
| TAI T625 Gökbey | Turkey | utility | 4 on order.[33] | |||
| Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
| T-38 Talon | United States | jet trainer | T-38M | 68 | Upgraded under project ARI to T38M.[34] | |
| Canadair CF-5 | Canada | jet trainer | NF-5A/B | 13[35] | Used by the Turkish Stars demonstration team[36] | |
| TAI Hürjet | Turkey | advanced jet trainer | Block 0 | 16 on order. It will replace CF-5 and T38 Talon. [37] [38] | ||
| Block 1 | ||||||
| TAI Hürkuş | Turkey | advanced basic trainer | B | 55 Hürkuş-2B on order.[39] | ||
| KAI KT-1 Woongbi | Republic of Korea | advanced basic trainer | KT-1T | 39 | Licensed built by TAI.[40] | |
| PAC MFI-395 Super Mushshak | Pakistan | basic trainer | MFI-395 | 5[41] | 47 on order. It will replace SF.260 and T41 Mescalero. | |
| SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 | Italy | basic trainer | SF.260D | 32[42] [43] | Licensed built by TAI.[44] | |
| Cessna T41 Mescalero | United States | basic trainer | T-41D | 25 | ||
| UAV | ||||||
| TAI Anka | Turkey | UCAV | B / S | 19 | ||
| TAI Aksungur | Turkey | UCAV | 5 | |||
| Bayraktar Akıncı | Turkey | UCAV | B | 6 | ||