Turkish Air Force

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.

Two pilots have died after a Turkish Air Force F-4E crashed in the Central Anatolian province of Konya on the morning of March 5, the second such accident in less than two weeks.

An F-4E aircraft that took off for a training flight at 09.00 from Eskisehir airbase crashed one hour later in Konya, the Turkish Armed Forces said in a statement on its website.  

Six Turkish air force fighter planes violated Greek air space in the eastern Aegean on Thursday, with the general staff in Athens reporting at least three flyovers of isles in the Fourni chain.
 

Two F-4 fighter jets of the Turkish Air Force have crashed  in eastern Turkey, killing the four airmen in them, Turkey's Daily Sabah reported on Tuesday.

According to unofficial information, the two aircraft collided in mid-air.

Greek and Turkish fighter jets were involved in a mock dogfight over the Aegean on Tuesday in the first such incident during the last month.

Two Greek F-16s were scrambled to intercept a formation of six Turkish Air Force planes that flew into Greek air space without permission 35 miles southeast of Kastelorizo.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) made public harassment of its aircrafts by Greek military aircrafts, only a day after a similar announcement.

Greek F-16 planes "harassed" Turkish military trainer aircraft by putting them under radar-lock while they were flying over the Aegean Sea, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement on Dec. 23.

An F-16 fighter jet belonging to the Turkish Air Force crashed in Central Anatolia on Dec. 1, the Turkish military has stated.

The aircraft crashed in the province of Amasya's Merzifon district.

The General Staff said the jet's pilot had survived, but it did not specify the exact cause of the incident.

The jet had taken off from the Fifth Air Force Command base.

On Thursday Aug. 21, 2014, a U.S. Air Force F-15 requested an emergency landing in Turkey. It had been hit in its hydraulic systems during operations against the forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and was in no condition to reach as far as its original base in Qatar.