Aside from having the second-largest army in NATO, Turkey also operates the third-largest fleet of U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets in the world. However, unlike many U.S. allies in the wider region, it d...
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Why Turkey Is Discussing Procuring Eurofighters From Britain
Turkey is in talks with the United Kingdom over a multibillion-dollar arms package that includes an estimated 24-48 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets. These talks come as the fate of another $20 billio...
F-16 Modernization Increasingly Important For Turkey As Greece Gradually Gains Unprecedented Airpower Advantage
Turkey is gradually coming to terms with the reality that the Greece’s air force could soon field a more technologically advanced fighter fleet in just a few years. “If our project to mode...
Why The Biden Administration Wants To Sell Turkey F-16s And Greece F-35s
The Biden administration hopes to win approval from Congress to sell modernized F-16s to Turkey and fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters to Greece. If approved, these multi-billion doll...
Why Turkey Would Welcome An Up-Close Look At Qatar’s Rafales
Turkey could soon get an opportunity to examine the French-built Dassault Rafale F3R multirole fighter jet if Qatar deploys some of these jets under a recently-ratified training agreement. This could ...
Even If Turkey Gets Modernized F-16s, Greece Will Still Have A Technological Edge In Airpower
The 2022 NATO Madrid Summit ended on Thursday, June 30. Remarks made by U.S. President Joe Biden and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the final day of that meeting could provide some early ...
These Kurdish-Led Forces Cannot Count On Syrian Air Defenses To Protect Them Against The Turkish Air Force
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has expressed its readiness to cooperate militarily with the Syrian government if Turkey goes through with its repeated threats to launch another cross-b...
What Joint Russian-Syrian Air Patrols Might Mean For Foreign Air Forces Over Syria
In late January, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian and Syrian warplanes had conducted joint patrols along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates River. “The mission route include...