Air Force Events ·🇹🇷 Turkey

Turkey Air Force Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Recorded aircraft losses, crashes, shoot-downs and deliveries for the Turkey air force, each with a date and source. See the Turkey air force overview.

Events at a glance

Events per year 2022–2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 14 Nov 2026.

By event type 20 events logged · 10 airframes lost

Shot down 1
Destroyed 1
Crash 8
Damaged 3
Ordered 4
Delivered 2
Retired 1

These totals count what GlobalMilitary.net has logged from public reports since 2022, not a complete register: an event we have not recorded is not an event that did not happen. Coverage of the tracked wars is much denser than coverage of peacetime events, so the two do not compare directly.

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Turkey air force losses, crashes & deliveries

Aircraft Country

NOV 122026 UH-60 Black Hawk Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · Crashed in Samanköy, Yeşilyurt, Malatya, for a reason not yet determined; all four military personnel aboard killed.
NOV 42026 2× Hürkus Delivered 🇹🇷 Turkey · Two more Hürkuş-II basic trainers accepted, bringing the Air Force fleet to four of 55 on order; 12 due in 2026, all by 2028.
SEP 282026 2× Hurkus B Delivered 🇹🇷 Turkey · First two Hürkuş-II basic trainers handed over at TUSAŞ Kahramankazan; 10 more due by end-2026, all 55 by 2028.
AUG 122026 F-16C/D Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · Crashed during a training flight near Çiftlikköy, Yalova Province; the pilot ejected and was recovered unhurt.
MAY 62026 20× KAAN Ordered 🇹🇷 Turkey · First Turkish Air Force order for 20 KAAN Block 10 fighters signed with Turkish Aerospace at SAHA 2026.
APR 222026 CH-47F Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · CH-47F crashed during night training flight near Temelli, Ankara; all 5 crew survived with no serious injuries, aircraft sustained substantial damage.
MAR 262026 C160 Retired 🇹🇷 Turkey · Last Turkish C-160D Transall, 69-029 of 221 Squadron, makes its final flight after 55 years and 285,000 fleet flight hours.
FEB 252026 F-16C/D Destroyed 🇹🇷 Turkey · F-16C crashed shortly after takeoff from Balikesir 9th Main Jet Base; pilot killed.
NOV 112025 C-130B/E Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · In-flight breakup over Georgia/Azerbaijan border; 20 killed.
OCT 272025 20× Typhoon Ordered 🇹🇷 Turkey · Contract with the UK for 20 new-build Eurofighter Typhoons, worth about 10.7 billion dollars, signed in Ankara.
OCT 162025 12× C-130J Ordered 🇹🇷 Turkey · Turkey confirms the purchase of 12 ex-RAF C-130J-30 Super Hercules.
DEC 92024 UH-1H Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · AP reported two Turkish Army UH-1s collided near Isparta; six aboard the destroyed helicopter died.
AUG 292024 TAI Aksungur Shot down 🇹🇷 Turkey · Shot down by Iraqi air defence over Kirkuk; Iraq's Joint Operations Command confirmed the downing.
JUN 62024 40× F-16 Block 70 Ordered 🇹🇷 Turkey · Turkey signs the LOA for 40 new F-16 Block 70 and 79 upgrade kits, a 23 billion dollar package; the kits were later dropped.
JUN 42024 SF-260 Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · Turkey’s Defence Ministry said an SF-260 crashed near Kayseri during training and both pilots were killed.
MAR 142024 NF-5A/B Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · Crashed at Konya during training; the Defence Ministry said the pilot ejected and one ground worker was killed.
MAR 52024 UH-1H Damaged 🇹🇷 Turkey · UH-1 from the 2nd Main Jet Base made an emergency landing in a field at Bademler, Urla, after a technical fault; one crew member injured.
JAN 252024 C160 Damaged 🇹🇷 Turkey · Made a gear-up landing at Kayseri after a malfunction; the Defence Ministry said the crew survived and damage was slight.
APR 282023 C-130B/E Damaged 🇹🇷 Turkey · A C-130 came under small-arms fire approaching Wadi Sayidna during a Sudan evacuation mission; it landed safely.
SEP 42022 UH-60 Black Hawk Crash 🇹🇷 Turkey · Sikorsky helicopter crashed in northern Iraq during Operation Claw-Lock; one soldier killed, seven survived, per Turkish defence ministry.