Unable to receive positive signals from the USA, Turkey postponed the retirement of F-4s to 2030
Turkey took the choice to review the F-4 battles in the election, which it planned to elect more F-4 battles to 2030, while maintaining the advances for the supply of new F-16s so that the selection of the -35 appearance would not occur in favor of the Airfield. . The F-4 war plan in 30 modernized environments, which appears in an example between 1974-1979 in the inventory of the current Turkish Air Force, and shows 2020 in the 2000s, will be 50-60 years old for children.
The short-term completion of the F-35 new generation warship project, which is used by the US program due to Turkey’s purchase of the S-400 defense system from Russia, will target the Turkish Air Force and its medium-term plans will target the current Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar. In the applications published in the 2022 budget calendar in the previous Parliamentary Plan and Budget Committee, Akar announced the 2030 year of the Ministry of Defense, where the F-4 war battle was as difficult as 2030 over the day schools. Regarding the status of the F-16s in the inventory, Akar said, “F-16s are also longer with the current modernization projects.
‘PENSION’ POSTPONED
There are 240 F-16s and more than 30 F-4 fighter jets in the military equipment around the Turkish Air Force. The Turkish Air Force’s long-term aircraft, the F-35 and the National Combatant (MMU) project, was planned. According to this plan, with the future of the F-35s, the F-4s will be removed from the inventory in the early 2020s, the serial F-16′ will be removed from the inventory with the entry of the first TF-F-35s to be made with the first project to be produced in the 2030s. . However, for the use of the F-35, Turkey will remain in a position to use its inventory. On the one hand, while applications continue for the models for the Block 70 modernization of 40 new F-16s and 80 F-16s in the inventory, on the other hand, the retirement plan of the last F-4s on long missions has been postponed.
IN USE FOR 50 YEARS
It is the first fighter aircraft of the Turkish air force, as it was designed by the US McLarens as a 3rd generation fighter aircraft and designed by the US army. Turkey’s 236 F-4E Terminator before 2020 Considering the F-4E Terminator before 2020, 54 out of Turkey’s 236 F-4E aircraft, an agreement was reached with Israel. Currently, more than 30 F4E Terminators 2020 are actively on display. While the USA removes F-4 aircraft from the inventory in countries in the country and Germany, Turkey F-4s. are among the following countries.
F-16 MEETINGS WITH PENTAGON
The “High Level Defense Group Meeting”, which was held between the two days of the meeting between the Turkish and US defense ministries, is in Washington, since the previous one from Turkey’s F-35 program was discussed. MSB interview, end a conversation. A delegation from the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) came to Ankara on October 27, and the money Turkey made for the F-35 was discussed. Incident in the death of a dead man in Washington.
According to the general health standards of the Ministry of National Defense, it is seen that Turkey’s F-16 was also gone at the meeting held the previous day. The new meeting for the F-35 will be held at the beginning of 2022. There was no statement from the US Department of Defense regarding the meeting.