Turkish Air Force

The Turkish Air Force is the air and space force of the Turkish Armed Forces. It traces its origins to 1 June 1911 when it was founded as the... Wikipedia

• Founded:  1 June 1911, 23 April 1920 (Turkish Air Force), 31 January 1944 (Turkish Air Force Command, corps scale), 1 July 1949 (Turkish Air Force Command, army scale)
• Type:  Air force, Space force
• Role:  Aerial warfare, Space warfare
• Size:  50,000 personnel (2024), 294 aircraft, 3 satellites
• Part of:  TAF
• Headquarters:  Çankaya, Ankara
• March:  Turkish Air Force March Play (· info)
• Mascot(s):  Eagle
• Anniversaries:  1 June
• Commander-in-Chief:  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
• Minister of Defence:  Yaşar Güler
• Chief of the General Staff:  General Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu
• Air Force Commander:  General Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu
• Chief of Air Staff:  Lieutenant General Ergin Dinç
• Attack:  Akıncı, Aksungur, Anka-S, TB-2, TB-3
• Bomber:  F-4 Terminator
• Electronic, warfare:  CN-235, E-7T, ASOJ 23-A, Anka-I
• Fighter:  F-16C/D
• Utility helicopter:  AS532, T-70, UH-1H, T625
• Reconnaissance:  TB1, Anka+A, Anka-B
• Trainer:  TAI Hürkuş, KT-1, SF-260, T-38, T-41
• Transport:  A400M, C-130, CN-235, Citation
• Tanker:  KC-135
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo