- December 1st, 2025
Turkey has achieved an unprecedented first in global military aviation. On November 28, 2025, the Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) became the world’s first fighter-class drone to execute a successful radar-guided beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile engagement in a...
Turkey’s long-touted fifth-generation fighter jet, KAAN, has been promoted by Ankara as the moment the country “joins the club” of elite air powers. For foreign customers, however, the attraction is not so clear-cut. Behind the glossy rollouts and state-backed hype...
A senior Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) official has voiced concerns over Turkey’s potential military build-up in Syria, specifically at key air bases that could significantly shift regional power dynamics. Ankara negotiates a security agreement with Damascus, raising fears of an...
Late Wednesday night, the Turkish Air Force launched a series of airstrikes targeting positions held by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Syria and Iraq. The strikes were a direct response to an earlier deadly attack on the headquarters...