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Turkey selects BAE for block 50 self-protection
Jun 01, 2004 - BAE Systems has been selected by the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, Undersecretariat for Defense Industries and the Turkish Air Force as the key subcontractor for an integrated electronic self-protection system to be installed on that nation's F-16 fighters. [Read more...]
Turkish provocation over the Aegean
May 03, 2004 - Over 15 Turkish fighter jets have reportedly violated the Athens FIR (Flight Information Regions) this morning in the north and south Aegean, when Greek Minister of Defense Spilios Spiliotopoulos was on board of an F-16 fighter jet flying over the northeastern Aegean island of Limnos. [Read more...]
Loss of Turkish F-16 pilot in 1996: ECHR gets involved
Mar 04, 2004 - According to Turk.us, the family of a Captain who was killed in a dog fight over the Aegean Sea, sued Athens, at the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR). [Read more...]
TuAF F-16 pilot found dead
Jan 18, 2004 - The Turkish Air Forces Command announced that Mehmet Karakuzu, the pilot of the F-16 which crashed in Aegean Kutahya province on Friday, was found dead on Sunday. [Read more...]
Turkish F-16 crash - SAR efforts continue
Jan 16, 2004 - Teams are searching for the wreckage of an F-16 Fighting Falcon which crashed near Tavsanli town of western Kutahya province after it took off from Main Jet Base in northwestern Balikesir province on Friday. [Read more...]
TuAF F-16C crashes - pilot safe
Dec 22, 2003 - Today, at 18:31 local time, a Turkish F-16C block 40 crashed during a training flight. The F-16 belonged to the 6th AJÜ (Ana Jet Üs), based at Bandirma AB. Pilot Serhat Yildirim ejected safely but suffered some injuries. [Read more...]
TuAF F-16C crashes in northern Turkey
Nov 06, 2003 - Today, a Turkish F-16C Block 50 from the Fifth Main Jet Base Command at Merzifon AB crashed during a training flight in the north of the country. Fortunately both the pilot and the co-pilot survived the accident. [Read more...]
New Turkish provocation over the Aegean
Jun 30, 2003 - Two Turkish F-16s harassed a commercial plane of the Greek express courier company "Veravia". The propeller cargo plane had taken off from Athens' "Eleftherios Venizelos" International Airport and was en route to Larnaca Airport in Cyprus. [Read more...]
Turkish F-16s buzz Greek passenger plane
Jun 09, 2003 - Today, two Turkish F-16s flew close to an Olympic Airways Boeing 717 in Greek airspace, triggering the crash avoidance alarm and prompting a protest by the Greek Foreign Ministry. The passenger plane (flight 321) was en route from Athens to Istanbul. [Read more...]
Greek F-16 block 30 crashes, pilot safe
Jun 04, 2003 - Yesterday, a Greek air force F-16 block 30 crashed into a field near Volos soon after takeoff on a training flight from the military base of Nea Anchialos. The pilot ejected safely. [Read more...]
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