Btw, they have sorf of come full circle:
N-156, T-38, F-5A, F-5E, F-17, F-18A, F-18E, T-X

had hey chosen the Northrop T-X, that would have made more sense

^ cant wait till Bayar comes in here and says the Tempest is the new TFX. Turkey will be the main partner lol

I don’t know how anyone can believe that the very clear picture Deino provided is even connected to that transport aircraft in the picture.. which is quite blurry.

I am pretty sure Turkey can field a YAK-141 based VTOL

ok so who will pay for its development? Russia probably won’t, they’re interested in the Su-57K, unless Turkey pays most of reviving a Yak-141.
Also why would you want to go from a 5th gen aircraft to a 4th gen?

And do you really want to leave the US-NATO alliance for Russia? Sure, it means Incirlik might be gone.. but it also means it makes it much easier for NATO to side with Greece during a dispute. Also supporting the Kurds.

Russia?.. they support Syria, your enemy.

what happened to the following members:

PLA
Hyperwarp
Hotdog
Pinko

an honest question.

the general discourse is that the Typhoon is more oriented towards air superiority while the F-35 is more oriented towards strike.
but how does the F-35 fare for European air forces wanting to meet NATO commitments for air superiority?

Yes. All those other airplanes have either been retired or in the process of being replaced. the F-15 will soldier on for some time.

Granted, I don’t think their F-15s is as well suited for maritime strike as some of the other choices, but I believe Japan already had dedicated maritime strikers.
F-14 and the Tornado probably would have been more expensive to operate