List of modern weapons of the Turkish Air Force
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This is a list of modern weapons of the Turkish Air Force that are currently in service.
Current weapons
Air Defense Weapons
| Weapon | Origin | Role | Versions | In service | Notes | |
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| Surface to Air Weapons | ||||||
| MIM-14 |  USA |
Medium Range Air Defense Weapon | Improved Nike Hercules | 92 Fire Unit with 92 Battery.[1] | Not in active service. | |
| MIM-23 | USA |
Medium Range Air Defense Weapon | Hawk XXI | 92 Fire Unit with 16 Battery.[1] | Modernized. | |
| Rapier missile |  UK/ Turkey |
Medium Range Air Defense Weapon | Rapier 2000 | 515 Fire Unit with 86 Battery.[2] | Produced under license by Roketsan. | |
| Atılgan PMADS | Turkey |
Short Range Air Defense Weapon | Zıpkın Variant[3] | 64 Fire Unit with 32 Battery. | Produced by Roketsan. | |
| FIM-92 Stinger | USA/ Turkey |
MANPADS | - | 108 Launcher | Produced under license by Roketsan. | |
| Radar Systems[4] | ||||||
| AN/MPQ-44 | USA/ Turkey |
Surveillance radar | Issued with Nike Hercules missiles. | |||
| AN/MPS-14 | USA/ Turkey |
Height Finder Radar | Issued with Nike Hercules missiles. | |||
| AN/MPQ-14 | USA/ Turkey |
Command Guidance Radar | Issued with Nike Hercules missiles. | |||
| AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel | USA/ Turkey |
Short Range Air Defense Radar | Issued with HAWK missiles. | |||
| AN/MPQ-62 | USA/ Turkey |
Continuous Wave Acquisition Radar | Issued with HAWK missiles. | |||
| AN/MPQ-61 | USA/ Turkey |
HAWK High Power Illuminator Radar | Issued with HAWK missiles. | |||
| Dagger radar | UK/ TUR |
Multi-beam high resolution 3D radar system. | Issued with Rapier missiles. | |||
| Blindfire radar | UK/ TUR |
Unit Guidance Radar | Issued with Rapier missiles. | |||
Missiles and Bombs
| Weapon | Origin | Role | Versions | |||
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| Air-to-air missiles | ||||||
| AIM-120 AMRAAM | USA |
Medium-range air-to-air missile | AIM-120A, AIM-120B, AIM-120C-7[5] | |||
| AIM-7 Sparrow | USA |
Medium-range air-to-air missile | AIM-7E, AIM-7F | |||
| AIM-9 Sidewinder | USA |
Short-range air-to-air missile | AIM-9E/F/X/M/L/I/S/P3 | |||
| Air-to-ground missiles | ||||||
| SOM (missile) | Turkey |
cruise missile | ||||
| Standoff Land Attack Missile | USA |
Land Attack cruise missile | AGM-84H/K | |||
| AGM-88 HARM | USA |
Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile | AGM-88B | |||
| AGM-65 Maverick | USA |
Air-to-surface guided missile | AGM-65G, AGM-65A/B | |||
| AGM-154 JSOW | USA |
Glide bomb | AGM-154A-1/C | |||
| Bombs | ||||||
| JDAM | USA |
GBU-31, GBU-38 | ||||
| Mark 84 bomb | USA |
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| GBU-12 Paveway II | USA |
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| GBU-10 Paveway II | USA |
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| GBU-8/B HOBOS | USA |
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| BLU-109 bomb | USA |
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| CBU-105 WCMD | USA |
CBU-103/105 | ||||
| Matra Durandal |  France |
Anti-runway bomb | ||||
References
- 1 2 "Turkey - Major Air Force Equipment". Global Security. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ↑ Weapons Transfers and Violations of the Laws of War in Turkey at Google Books
- ↑ http://www.tarafsizhaber.com/zipkin-askeri-usleri-koruyor-29482
- ↑ http://www.kokpit.aero/turkiyenin-orta-menzil-i-hawk-hava-savunma-sistemi
- ↑ "Turkish air forces boosted by new generation AMRAAM". September 10, 2014.
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