Turkish Army Aviation Command

In September 2007, the SSM announced an order for 50 T129 ATAK armed reconnaissance helicopters, to be built by a consortium of Turkish Aerospace Industries and AgustaWestland (now rebranded to Leonardo - Helicopter Division). An option for 41 additional helicopters was taken up in the contract but the Army had an almost instant requirement for these helicopters and it was decided to order nine slightly less capable Erken Duhul Helikopteri (EDH) or Early Delivery Helicopters in November 2010. These were designated T129A and are part of the optional package, leaving the order for the advanced T129B version still at 50 examples. The EDH variant is armed with the 20mm canon and can fire unguided rockets but it cannot fire any precision guided munition. Eventually these EDHs will be upgraded to the T129B variant.

Marco Dijkshoorn

In June 2022, Italian defense firm Leonardo won the competition to supply the new training helicopter for the Turkish Army Aviation Command. 15 were ordered and they are designated AW119T (T for Turkish, obviously).

Tiziano Capenti

The 5th Maintenance Centre Command (5 ABMK) which is located at Güvercinlik performs depot-level maintenance to all helicopter and fixed-wing types of the Army Aviation Command, This unit will stay at Güvercinlik as regular maintenance will be performed at Isparta by local maintenance personnel. When depot-level maintenance is needed, aircraft will transfer back to Güvercinlik.

Anonymous

In December 2009, the SSM requested the foreign military sale of fourteen CH-47F Chinook helicopters, four of which will be equipped for combat search and rescue (CSAR) and Special Operations. The contract for the delivery of the first six aircraft was eventually signed in 2013. This $3.4 billion multi-year contract was followed by a $131 million contract signed in September 2015, taking the total acquisition to 11 aircraft. The first group of twenty pilots have been trained at Fort Rucker, AL, USA and graduated in mid-2016. The first five are expected to be absorbed by the Army Aviation Command. Five will be in a special operations configuration, and they will be operated by Özel Hava Grup (Special Air Group Command) while one will be operated for the Genelkurmay (General Staff) in the VIP transport role.

Turkish Army

In December 1998, a direct-sale contract was signed with Sikorsky by SSM for the delivery of 52 Black Hawk helicopters, 22 of which would be in the analogue S-70A-28A configuration and 30, that would follow from 2000, in the S-70A-28D digital configuration. In 1999 the Army received the first examples, some of which were delivered to the Special Forces. Under project Yarasa (Bat), signed in mid-2002, all analogue helicopters were upgraded to -28D standard by TAI and ASELSAN. Five D-models were converted to combat search and rescue (CSAR) standard and are designated S-70A-28DSAR. Each Aviation Regiment has a Search and Rescue Flight that has one S-70-28DSAR on quick reaction alert around the clock. Under the HeliMod program, a number of Army and Jandarma Black Hawks were upgraded and fitted with the ASELSAN HEWS system, which is a fully integrated Electronic Warfare Self Protection Suit indigenously developed to protect helicopters. The system comprises of Radar Warning Receiver System (RWR), Missile Warning System (MWS), and Laser Warning Receiver System (LWR) as well as countermeasures subsystems like Radio Frequency (RF) Jammer System, chaff-flare dispensers and Infra-red (IR) Counter Measure Systems.

Anonymous

The Turkish Army Aviation Command is the first receiver of the indigenously-developed Akıncı A UAV UCAV.

Baykar Makina

This Turkish-recognized "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - TRNC" AS532UL Cougar operates from Ilker Karter/Pınarbaşı, in Northern Cyprus (note the TNRC flag on the aft windows). Since 2023, Pınarbaşı has a tower and new hangars, probably to also house drones. Turkeys second base in Northern Cyprus, Geçitkale, also has a few new hangars since 2023.

Marco Dijkshoorn

The Cessna T182T Skylanes are used for liaison and training, not only from the main training facilities at Isparta but also at the other major Turkish Army air bases. This one, 10105, is used by 2nci Kara Havacilik Alay Komutanlığı at Malatya.

@19_burakkamis_05

All the Army regiments have a number of Turbo Skylanes in their inventory. They serve a multi-purpose role: as trainers and in the liaison role. In total, the Army operates 45 (one crashed) CeT182T that were delivered between December 2009 and August 2010 after which the remaining U-17B and T-41D were withdrawn from use. All feature a glass cockpit and have the Garmin 1000 glass flight deck system installed. They are also fitted with Mode-S transponders and are capable for to conduct ILS approaches. The Garmin equipment prepares students for the glass cockpit configurations they will encounter on other types operated by the Turkish Army. They are also fitted with Mode-S transponders that makes ILS approaches possible.

Anonymous

In 1996 an order for twenty AB206B-3 training helicopters was completed and when these were subsequently upgraded, they received the local AB206R designation. In 1998 thirteen refurbished Jandarma AB206R were taken on charge by the Army Aviation School to supplement the existing fleet. The Jet Rangers are the primary helicopter training platform, together with the AW119T.

Anonymous