Turkish Air Force

Airbus and the Turkish Air Force signed a letter of intent on May 6 to begin the certification of the Air Supply and Maintenance center in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri as a regional maintenance hub for CN-235 aircraft.

The CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engine transport plane used for military activities, including maritime patrol, surveillance and air transport.

At a time when the surrounding region is embroiled in conflicts, Turkey is set to host top commanders from NATO allies at the International Conference on Air and Space Power (ICAP 2015) in Istanbul, starting April 2. Attendees of the conference will include the head of NATO's Allied Command Transformation, General Jean-Paul Palomeros, and the commander of the U.S.

Questions are being raised after Patriot batteries placed in three Turkish provinces by NATO failed to prevent a Syrian missile from hitting Turkey.

Six Turkish Air Force planes entered Greek air space on Monday without permission, flying in the area between the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Chios shortly after 11 a.m.

The formation exited at 11.30 p.m. south of Samos.

It was 1976. A fleet of brand new F-104 aircraft in the Turkish skies was approaching the apron where the top brass were proudly watching their maiden flight in the Turkish Air Force. The first aircraft to land had a near crash landing but the rest of the ceremony was a merry event.

What a coincidence! The mighty Turkish Air Force has decided to decommission its last batch of eight RF-4E reconnaissance aircraft shortly after two such aircraft and one F-4E crashed in a span of six days. Gen. Abidin Ünal, commander of the elite Combat Air Force unit, ruled out any technical failure for the serial crashes of Feb.

Turkish Air Force Commander Gen. Abidin Ünal announced on March 11 that the fleet of RF-4E fighter jets, which have been involved in three accidents in less than two weeks, killing six pilots, will be decommissioned as of March 12.

The recent fighter jet crash in central Konya province which killed two Turkish pilots on March 5 was caused by pilot error, Turkish Defense Minister ?smet Y?lmaz said on March 10.

Two Turkish pilots who were killed after their jet crashed in the Central Anatolian province of Konya during a training flight were laid to rest on March 6, following a military ceremony in Eski?ehir.

By Costas Iordanidis

There are other issues beyond those focusing on the economy that the government, formerly of the ?Indignants? and currently adapting ? willingly or unwillingly ? to eurozone realities, is faced with. Ankara made sure to remind the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition of this reality, albeit in a rather annoying manner.