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Aerial firefighting

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Total Turkish aerial firefighting fleet consist of 27 aircraft , 101 helicopters and 10 unmanned aerial vehicles which are used by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture , General Directorate of Forest , Turkish Aeronautical Association ,Ministry of National Defence and Ministry of Interior and Turkish Armed Forces. The list below consist only known aircraft, helicopters and uavs which are mentioned officially to be used by General Directorate of Forest , Ministry of Forest and Agriculture and Turkish Aeronautical Association and its in inventory.[1]

Aircraft Image Origin Role Type Quantity Details
Firefighting aircraft
CL-215 Bombardier  Canada Firefighting Amphibious aircraft 8[2][3] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.

6 are operational. Rest are non-airworthy condition.[4]

Beriev Be-200  Russia Firefighting Amphibious aircraft 3[5] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.

Leased from Russia.

M-18 Dromader  Poland Firefighting Utility aircraft 11+2[6] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.

11 aircraft are non-airworthy condition. Required maintenance. Additional 2 aircraft was leased from Poland.[7]

Air Tractor AT-802  United States Firefighting Amphibious aircraft 8[8] Used by General Directorate of Forest.

12 on order.[9]

6 AT-802A Fire Boss and 2 AT-802F in service.

Beechcraft Super King Air  United States Reconnaissance Reconnaissance aircraft 1[10] 350ER variant in use. Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Cessna Citation V  United States Transport/Reconnaissance Transport aircraft 11[11] Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Cessna Citation III  United States Transport/Reconnaissance Transport aircraft 1[12] 650 variant in use.[12]
Firefighting helicopter
Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight  United States Firefighting Heavy transport helicopter 12[13][14] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association and General Directorate of Forest.

Leased from USA.

Mil Mi-26  Russia Firefighting Heavy transport helicopter N/A Leased from Russia.[15]
Kamov Ka-32  Russia Firefighting Utility helicopter 3[16] Used by General Directorate of Forest.

Leased from Russia.

Mil Mi-8  Russia Firefighting Utility helicopter 14[17][18] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.

Leased from Russia.

Sikorsky/TAI T-70  United States Firefighting Utility helicopter 3[19][20] Used by General Directorate of Forest.

Licensed built by TAI.

Bell 429 GlobalRanger  United States Firefighting Multipurpose utility helicopter 5[21] Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Bayraktar TB2[22]  Turkey Reconnaissance/Survelliance UAV Unknown Used by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture.
TAI Anka  Turkey Reconnaissance/Survelliance UAV Unknown Used by Turkish Armed Forces.[23]
TAI Aksungur[24]  Turkey Reconnaissance/Survelliance UAV Unknown Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Alpin[25] -  Turkey Reconnaissance/Survelliance Rotorcraft/VTOL UAV Unknown Used by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture.

Future acquisition

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Name Origin Role Type Quantity Details
TAI T925  Turkey Firefighting Utility helicopter 10 It was signed contract with TAI for 10 T925 10 ton class utility helicopters which are capable of throwing 4 tons of water for 208 million USD.[26]

References

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  2. ^ "Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne?". euronews (in Turkish). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. ^ "Muğla, Balıkesir, Denizli, Aydın ve Manisa'da orman yangınları: Yangın söndürme uçağı Bafa Gölü'ne sert iniş yaptı". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-06-19.
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  5. ^ "Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne?". euronews (in Turkish). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  6. ^ "CL-215" (PDF).
  7. ^ "10 yıl önce THK'nın uçuştan kestiği yangın söndürme uçaklarını Polonya'dan kiraladık – Tolga Özbek" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  8. ^ "Military Database". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  9. ^ "Yangınla Mücadelede Dev Filo". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  10. ^ Habertürk (2023-03-05). "Orman yangınlarıyla mücadele için yangın söndürme uçakları OGM'ye teslim edildi – Güncel haberler". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  11. ^ "Orman Yangınlarında Gücümüz Artıyor". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  12. ^ a b "Military Database". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
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  14. ^ "OGM hava filosunu çift rotorlu 'Chinook'la güçlendiriyor". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  15. ^ "Orbats". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
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  18. ^ "Gece görüşlü helikopter İzmir'de baraja düştü" (in Turkish). 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  19. ^ ""Alev kuşları" bu yıl orman yangınlarını söndürmek için 10 bin 683 saat uçuş yaptı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  20. ^ "T-70 deliveries by TAI".
  21. ^ "Yangınla Mücadelede Hava Gücümüz Artıyor". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  22. ^ Alemdar, Ahmet (2020-06-18). "Bayraktar TB2 İHA, Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı envanterine girdi". DefenceTurk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  23. ^ "UAVs used for detecting wildfires".
  24. ^ Kolukısa, Hasan (2021-07-31). "AKSUNGUR İHA yangınla mücadelede 60 saat havada kaldı". DefenceTurk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  25. ^ "İnsansız Helikopter ALPİN, Manavgat yangınıyla mücadele ediyor". SavunmaTR (in Turkish). 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  26. ^ "OGM orman yangınlarıyla mücadelede hava gücüne güç kattı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
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