Who has the strongest air force in ME ?

[Quasar]

in the very near future with 116 F-35 (100 F-35A and 16 F-35B) + TFX program + LHD with F-35B + SOJ + Peace Eagle Turkey will be THE ONE (undisputed) !!!

for now Isreal, Turkey and KSA




Turkish Indigenous Jet Fighter Program (TFX)

 

[Storm Force]

Israel NO CONTEST

 

[cabatli_53]

I suppose the list will be more or less like following:


In terms of AF size:

1-Israel (~400 fighers + 33 F-35A order)
2-Turkey (~300 fighters + 100 F-35A + ~16 F-35B )
3-KSA


In terms of training center and space:

1-Turkey
2-KSA
3-Israel (Israel needs foreign training centers and aerospaces which is a big handicap)


In terms of tactic/experience:

1-Israel (Gazza operations, Arab-Israel wars, Lebonan/Syria air strikes)
2-Turkey (N. Irak operations, Aegean dogfights, Syrian engagements, Serbia, Cyprus Peace operation)
3-KSA (Yemen operations)

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Saudi's airforce is looking to be very advanced.

Israel and Turkey will be amongs the first to support 5th gen fighters.

 

[cabatli_53]

In terms of self sufficiency of industry for strategic aircraft missiles/bombs can be listed as following;

1-Israel
2-Turkey
3-Iran
4-UAE



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Israel Air to Ground precision guided missiles:
-Popeye (100km)
-Delilah (250km)

Delilah

Turkey Air to Ground Precision guided missiles
-SOM-B (300km)
-SOM-J (250km)
-SOM-ER (500km)

SOM-B

Israel Air to Air missiles
Pyton-5 IIR guided short range
Derby Rf guided long range

Rafael Pyton-5

Turkey Air to Air missiles
Sahin-IIR guided short range (Under development/prototype production phase)
Goktug-Rf guided long range (Under development/prototype production phase)

Tübitak SAGE, Sahin (Hawk)

 

[bsruzm]

It's amazing how such a small country- Israel - is so powerful.

It is not.

 

[Jf Thunder]

i would say Turkey

 

[Luca1]

The most power air wing in ME. Is not a ME country... It's the USA, of course.

 

[Neptune]

The most power air wing in ME. Is not a ME country... It's the USA, of course.

Yeah sure...as if you count Israel as an enclave.

(No offense to Israel)

 

[AUz]

Israel for now.

In next 20 years however, things are looking promising for Turkey though.

I won't be surprised if Turkish Air Power comes out to be the most dominating in the region in 2035 and onwards.

116 F-35s, indigenous TF-X program, naval ships carrying F-35Bs, and indigenous systems, avionics, and weapon systems.

And oh, a country of almost 80 million!!

It would be hard for Israel to keep up with Turks.

 

[scorpion king 1]

usa
uk
pakistan
china
russia
israeal
in my opinion

 

[Manindra]

usa
uk
pakistan
china
russia
israeal
in my opinion

Except Israel rest above mentioned countries are also located in Middle East Asia, I need my Geography class for second time.

 

[mike2000 is back]

the Israel's ses to be the most experienced,the most modern seems to be the Saudi's.
Hard to choose
your thoughts ?

Israel will beat the crap outta any country in the region anyday. So we should be comparing: who has the most modern Air Force in the Middle East outside Israel.

 

[SecularNationalist]

of course isreal

 

[Luca1]

Yeah sure...as if you count Israel as an enclave.

(No offense to Israel)

We have no AF base in Israel. But thank you for providing an air base. Personally, U.S. Should with draw from ME and you guys should learn to get along with Israel. Turkey can be a good example.