An ex-KLU fighter, back to the Netherlands.

Turkey became an F-4 operator in August of 1974, when the 1st of 40 new built F-4E ordered under the "Peace Diamond I" FMS program were delivered to 113 Filo. 73-1031 shown her was part of that initial batch, joining the TuAF in May 1975. It was one of 54 F-4W's selected for the "2020 Terminator" upgrade by IAI and Turkish Aerospace as from 1999. Note the "Filo 112 - Seytanlar - 1952 - 2015" sticker on the air inlet, paying tribute to Squadron 112 (established in 1952) and which operated the F-4E since the mid 1970's until the unit stood down in June 2015.

The aircraft is reported preserved at Ahmetbey (Turkey) at the Kirklareli Ahmad Bey since January 2016.

Four Boeing E-7 AEW&C aircraft have been delivered to the Turkish AF between February 2014 and December 2015. All are based at Konya and assigned to 131 Filo. Designated the E-7T (for Turkey) and locally known as the "Peace Eagle", each aircraft carries the name of one of the four cardinal directions North (Kuzey in turkish), East (Dogu), South (Güney) and West (Bati). Note that 13-003 pictured here at its homebase during Anatolian Eagle 2016 does not yet have the 131 Filo emblem applied to its vertical fin as can be seen on more recent images.

Turkey became a Hercules operator in 1964, receiving five new C-130E's which were later supplemented by three more of the same version. Then in 1991/92, Turkey received six 2nd hand surplus C-130B from the USAF, among them 57-0527 pictured here during exercise Anatolian Eagle 2016. Having been manufactured in 1958, 57-0527 is the oldest C-130 the TuAF ever operated. As from 2010, the TuAF also received six C-130E's from the Royal Saudi AF, bringing the total number of C-130 operated by Turkey to 20. The 19 remaining airframes have recently undergone a life extension program known as ERCIYES.

Special Tiger paint scheme.

ex Luftwaffe 22+44