Forum: Air Power

Hi guys. I'm curious about what do you think about Turkish Air Forces? Poweful? Inferior? Question

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They ain't inferior... but do you know the saying "you get what you pay for?"... something like that...

Dear Bushmaster78FS, If your trying to imply that the Turkish Air Force is a consumer rather than a producer of Air Force technology then you are grossly mistaken. The Turkish Aerospace Industry is 75% self-sufficient. It produces under licence the F-16. It exports technology to countries such as the UK, France and the USA. It is a partner country in several International projects such as the Airbus Military A400M. It has developed its own Anti-tank missiles comparable only to the Hellfire II. It has developed Targeting and Navigation Pods similar to the lightenin III, the ASELPOD. It produces Self-protection suits, Mission Computers, UAV's similar in mission to the US predator (see TIHA UAV), Friend and Foes identification systems etc. TAI has developed both indegenous Turbo-prop and Turbo fan engines. They are now working on a Turbo-shaft engine. This is just off the top of my head. There are so many R&D projects that I dont have time to list them here.

Dear TAI, I do not recall why I said what I said a few months ago. No offense meant, and it doesn't make sense to me now. A high school friend of mine had his brother working for TAI in the fuel section of F-16 assy line. Visited the facilities many times. Thanks for the information.