Turkish Air Force Turns 109! Founded in 1911 it is the Oldest Air-force in Middle-East.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1267336902220398599

 

[waz]

Also the oldest airforce in the Muslim world.

 

[dBSPL]

The Future is in the Skies. (M.K.Atatürk)

Steel claws of the Turkish Armed Forces will always be the guarantee of peace in its skies.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1267358351274520576

https://twitter.com/x/status/1267335998591193088

Meanwhile somewhere in the Med...

 

[xenon54 out]

Worlds first female fighter pilot (Atatürks adoptive daughter) served for TuAF.

 

[cabatli_53]

115th anniversary of TurAF... Tf-X

 

[T-123456]

 

[Glass]

115th anniversary of TurAF... Tf-X

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is this new?

 

[bsruzm]

Leman Bozkurt Altınçekiç (1932–2001) was the first female accredited jet pilot in Turkish Air Force and NATO.

A service branch of the firsts.

 

[xbat]

first "BLACK" Fighter pilot , AHMET ALİ ÇELİKTEN

 

[xenon54 out]

first "BLACK" Fighter pilot , AHMET ALİ ÇELİKTEN

Never heard of him, interesting.

 

[Nein]

Interesting how the Ottomans started from Akincis to evolve into embracing modern warfare.

From horses to planes. Quite the evolution.

 

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first "BLACK" Fighter pilot , AHMET ALİ ÇELİKTEN

This was interesting, thanks for bringing it up!


The Ottoman Army 1914–1918, "Most Ottoman aircrew were recruited from the Turkish heartland ... others came from the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire as far south as Yemen, or even from neutral Iran.

Thought this was interesting too

 

[Nein]

This was interesting, thanks for bringing it up!


The Ottoman Army 1914–1918, "Most Ottoman aircrew were recruited from the Turkish heartland ... others came from the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire as far south as Yemen, or even from neutral Iran.

Thought this was interesting too

So in short the Ottomans started up the modern day arab airforces in the middle east??

 

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So in short the Ottomans started up the modern day arab airforces in thr middle east??

And Iran too