Unit Name: | Land Aviation Command |
Native Name: | Turkish: Kara Havacılık Komutanlığı |
Start Date: | 1957 |
Country: | Turkey |
Type: | Military aviation |
Command Structure: | Turkish Army |
Garrison: | Ankara |
Battles: | |
Current Commander: | Brig. Oğuz Baykal |
Identification Symbol Label: | Locket |
Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Wing symbol |
The Turkish Aviation Command and Turkish Army Aviation Command (Turkish: Kara Havacılık Komutanlığı), was established in 1948 under the name of "artillery crafting" within the Turkish Land Forces artillery school. It is the administrative center of the Turkish Land Aviation School in Isparta, which trains officers and petty officers to the Turkish army. The airbase has played an important role in the Cyprus Operation.
Since 1968, the rotary wing aircraft taken from the Turkish Air Force inventory joined the union. Its mission is to provide air support to Turkish land troops and to support the battle by making transport reconnaissance.
In the coup attempt on July 15, 2016, a group of soldiers attempted a coup attempt under the leadership of Ünsal Coşkun, who served as Commander of the Army Aviation School at the rank of brigadier general. Former brigadier Coşkun declared himself the Commander of the Aviation and managed some helicopters used in the coup until he went to Akıncı Air Base.[1]
Also a part of the Turkish Army's aviation force is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Brigade, located at Kahramankazan, Ankara.
T-129 ATAK | Attack helicopter | 54[2] | Turkey | Roketsan Cirit ve UMTAS silah sistemleri ile donatılmıştır. Toplam 51 adet sipariş edildi. | |
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | Multipurpose helicopter | 106[3] | United States | S-70A17/19: 56, S-70A28: 20 ve S-70D28: 30 helikopter. | |
Eurocopter AS-532UL Cougar | Multipurpose helicopter | 48 | Turkey | Produced under license by TAI. | |
Agusta-Bell AB206B3 JetRanger | Multipurpose helicopter | 25 | Italy | It is produced under license under the name JetRanger by Bell 206 Agusta. | |
Agusta-Bell AB205A1 | Multipurpose helicopter | 69 | Italy | ||
Bell UH-1H/2020-ASAM | Multipurpose helicopter | 52 | United States | ||
Agusta-Bell 204 | Multipurpose helicopter | 15 | Italy | ||
Bell UH-1H | Multipurpose helicopter | 85 | United States | ||
Bell AH-1P Cobra | Attack helicopter | 23 | United States | With the production of T-129 ATAK, it will gradually be out of service. | |
Bell AH-1W SuperCobra | Attack helicopter | 9 | United States | 3 of them were purchased in 2012. Equipped with Hellfire II K2. | |
Bell OH-58B | Reconnaissance helicopter | 3 | United States | ||
CH-47F | Transport helicopter | 11[4] | United States |
Bayraktar UAV | Tactic UAV | 12 | Turkey | |
Bayraktar Mini UAV | Mini UAV | 164 [5] | Turkey | |
Malazgirt Mini UAV | Mini UAV | 4 | Turkey |