Turkish Air Force

Turkey has warned that it will react if Russia again violates Turkey's border with Syria after Russian aircraft breached Turkish airspace over the weekend, with Moscow saying the incident was not intentional but due to a "navigational error."

NATO allies have called on Moscow to take all necessary measures to ensure that  incidents like the recent violations of Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes do not take place in the future.

Russia has informed Turkey that the violation of Turkish airspace near the Syrian border on Oct. 3 was due to a ?navigation error,? according to Russian sources. 

The Turkish Air Force has temporarily grounded its two Airbus A400Ms after the crash of a plane of the same type in Spain, daily Hürriyet learned May 10. 

At least four people were killed May 9 when an A400M crashed near Seville airport in southern Spain during a test flight, the first fatal incident involving the new transport craft.

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.

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.