According to the news in İhlas News Agency Today, two Eurofighter Typhoons belonging to the British Royal Air Force were brought to Turkey for inspection.
Two Eurofighter type warplanes belonging to the British Royal Air Force, participating in the Ferocious Falcon V Exercise in Qatar, landed at Mürted Airfield Command in Ankara recently. As far as it is reported, these warplanes will be examined closely and detailed analyzes will be carried out within the scope of the purchase plan. Making a statement last month Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler Stating that he is not in favor of purchasing F-35 aircraft, “Even in the USA, their flights have been cut off, Israel cannot fly them. There are problems that cannot be solved in many countries in Europe. We should consider whether we should buy F-35s or use our domestic aircraft. My personal opinion is that I am not in favor of buying it.” he said. HE in the statement Minister Güler stated that they will purchase 40 Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes from the EU.Germany was against this and France-Spain said “We persuadeHe noted that he had promised.
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Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft, which has been actively used by many countries for a long time, It was seen as an F-35 alternative by the Turkish Armed Forces. Here As stated, “There was a question as to whether the combat aircraft we have would be able to meet the missions we are currently obliged to undertake. “The aircraft we have, our F-16s and F-4s, are sufficient for the tasks we will carry out.” Minister Güler continued his speech as follows:
“Of course, we are looking forward, we initially applied for the F-35. Look, there were some problems with the F-35. We are also working on alternatives. We will purchase 40 of the Viper planes called Block-70 ready-made, and we will build 79 of them in our own TAI factory. We are working on Eurofighters. We are negotiating with England and Spain. Both England and Spain say yes, and they are trying to persuade Germany. They work, we don’t. If possible, we plan to purchase 40 Eurofighters from there.
But the main thing for us is that we have 2 planes. We have Hürjet; It will be our training aircraft and it will also be a combat aircraft. Our main target is KAAN, our national combat aircraft; It will make its first flight at the end of this year. This is a fifth generation aircraft. We started today, we will finish it tomorrow, and we will pull it to the runway the next day. We will supply the domestic engine in 2028. “It will be flying with our own engine by 2031-2032 at the latest.”