After a prolonged negotiation, earlier this year the U.S. green-lit a deal with NATO ally Turkey (Türkiye) for 40 new F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole fighters and 79 modernization kits for Ankara’s ...

Rashid Abdi, an analyst at Kenya’s Sahan research and perhaps the world’s leading authority on the Horn of Africa, reported on January 28, 2026, the deployment of three Turkish F-16s to Somalia. The ...

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ANKARA — Turkey scaled back a $23 billion military sales package that includes 40 new F-16 Block 70 fighter jets and 79 modernization kits for its existing fleet, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler ...

A view shows the entire process at the 10th Main Jet Base Command in Incirlik, from the preparations made by the Asenalar Squadron for air refueling to the mid-air refueling of F-16 and F-4E/2020 ...

Turkey's defense minister, Hulusi Akar, left, salutes from inside an F-16 jet Sept. 2, 2020, before a training flight. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP) WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has ...

SOM-J was originally developed to fit inside the F-35’s internal bays. Meant for both land and sea targets, it will also be integrated on the KAAN fifth generation stealth fighter and the Kizilelma ...

ANKARA — The Turkish Defense Ministry said Thursday that an initial payment for a military sale package that includes 40 new F-16 Block 70 fighter jets had been made. “The contracts came into force ...

As it looks to the future, Turkey hopes it can equip its air force with as many as four different types of 4.5-generation and fifth-generation fighter jets, including, Ankara hopes, its indigenous ...