List of firefighting equipment of Turkey explained

Aerial firefighting

Total Turkish aerial firefighting fleet consist of 27 aircraft, 101 helicopters and 10 unmanned aerial vehicles which are used by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture, General Directorate of Forest, Turkish Aeronautical Association,Ministry of National Defence and Ministry of Interior and Turkish Armed Forces. The list below consist only known aircraft, helicopters and uavs which are mentioned officially to be used by General Directorate of Forest, Ministry of Forest and Agriculture and Turkish Aeronautical Association and its in inventory.[1]

AircraftImageOriginRoleTypeQuantityDetails
Firefighting aircraft
CL-215 BombardierFirefightingAmphibious aircraft8[2] [3] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.4-6 are operational. Rest are non-airworthy condition.
Beriev Be-200FirefightingAmphibious aircraft3[4] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.Leased from Russia.
M-18 DromaderFirefightingUtility aircraft11+2[5] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association. 11 aircraft are non-airworthy condition. Required maintenance. Additional 2 aircraft was leased from Poland.[6]
Air Tractor AT-802FirefightingAmphibious aircraft4[7] Used by General Directorate of Forest.16 on order.[8]
Beechcraft Super King AirReconnaissanceReconnaissance aircraft1[9] 350 variant in use. Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Cessna Citation VTransport/ReconnaissanceTransport aircraft11[10] Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Firefighting helicopter
Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea KnightFirefightingHeavy transport helicopter12[11] [12] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association and General Directorate of Forest. Leased from USA.
Kamov Ka-32FirefightingUtility helicopter3[13] Used by General Directorate of Forest.Leased from Russia.
Mil Mi-8FirefightingUtility helicopter14[14] [15] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.Leased from Russia.
Sikorsky/TAI T-70FirefightingUtility helicopter3[16] [17] Used by General Directorate of Forest.Licensed built by TAI.
Bell 429 GlobalRangerFirefightingMultipurpose utility helicopter5[18] Used by General Directorate of Forest.Leased from USA.
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Bayraktar TB2[19] Reconnaissance/SurvellianceUAVUnknownUsed by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture.
TAI AnkaReconnaissance/SurvellianceUAVUnknownUsed by Turkish Armed Forces.[20]
TAI Aksungur[21] Reconnaissance/SurvellianceUAVUnknownUsed by General Directorate of Forest.
Alpin[22] -Reconnaissance/SurvellianceRotorcraft/VTOL UAVUnknownUsed by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture.

Future acquisition

!Name!Origin!Role!Type!Quantity!Details
TAI T925FirefightingUtility helicopter10It was signed contract with TAI for 10 T925 10 ton class utility helicopters which are capable of throwing 4 tons of water for 208 million USD.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Alev kuşları" bu yıl orman yangınlarını söndürmek için 10 bin 683 saat uçuş yaptı . 2023-11-29 . www.aa.com.tr.
  2. Web site: 2021-07-29 . Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne? . 2023-06-22 . euronews . tr.
  3. Web site: Muğla, Balıkesir, Denizli, Aydın ve Manisa'da orman yangınları: Yangın söndürme uçağı Bafa Gölü'ne sert iniş yaptı . 2024-06-19 . www.ntv.com.tr . tr.
  4. Web site: 2021-07-29 . Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne? . 2023-06-22 . euronews . tr.
  5. Web site: CL-215 .
  6. Web site: 10 yıl önce THK'nın uçuştan kestiği yangın söndürme uçaklarını Polonya'dan kiraladık – Tolga Özbek . 2024-08-04 . tr.
  7. Web site: Yangınla Mücadelede Dev Filo . 2023-06-22 . www.ogm.gov.tr . tr-TR.
  8. Web site: Yangınla Mücadelede Dev Filo . 2023-07-25 . www.ogm.gov.tr . tr-TR.
  9. Web site: Habertürk . 2023-03-05 . Orman yangınlarıyla mücadele için yangın söndürme uçakları OGM'ye teslim edildi – Güncel haberler . 2023-07-25 . Habertürk . tr.
  10. Web site: Orman Yangınlarında Gücümüz Artıyor . 2023-09-05 . www.ogm.gov.tr . tr-TR.
  11. Web site: 2021-07-29 . Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne? . 2023-06-22 . euronews . tr.
  12. Web site: OGM hava filosunu çift rotorlu 'Chinook'la güçlendiriyor . 2023-09-06 . www.aa.com.tr.
  13. Web site: devirsaati . 2019-05-15 . Türkiye'nin ilk Türk bayraklı ve Türk tescilli yangınla mücadele helikopterleri göreve hazır Devir Saati . 2023-06-29 . tr.
  14. Web site: 2021-07-29 . Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne? . 2023-06-22 . euronews . tr.
  15. Web site: 2023-09-17 . Gece görüşlü helikopter İzmir'de baraja düştü . 2023-09-17 . tr.
  16. Web site: "Alev kuşları" bu yıl orman yangınlarını söndürmek için 10 bin 683 saat uçuş yaptı . 2023-11-29 . www.aa.com.tr.
  17. Web site: T-70 deliveries by TAI .
  18. Web site: Yangınla Mücadelede Hava Gücümüz Artıyor . 2023-09-05 . www.ogm.gov.tr . tr-TR.
  19. Web site: Alemdar . Ahmet . 2020-06-18 . Bayraktar TB2 İHA, Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı envanterine girdi . 2023-06-22 . DefenceTurk . tr.
  20. Web site: UAVs used for detecting wildfires .
  21. Web site: Kolukısa . Hasan . 2021-07-31 . AKSUNGUR İHA yangınla mücadelede 60 saat havada kaldı . 2023-06-22 . DefenceTurk . tr.
  22. Web site: İnsansız Helikopter ALPİN, Manavgat yangınıyla mücadele ediyor . 2023-06-22 . SavunmaTR . 29 July 2021 . tr.
  23. Web site: OGM orman yangınlarıyla mücadelede hava gücüne güç kattı . 2023-09-06 . www.aa.com.tr.

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