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Chronological Listing of Turkish Air Force PHOTO TO ADD
F-16 |
| 7th May 1991 |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 30 E | 88-0022 | 142 Filo | Engine failure. Akinci, Ankara | Major Semih Birdoğan ejected about 400 - 500 feet from the runway | ACES II | |
| 5th July 1991 |
TuAF |
Block 30B F-16C |
86-0067 | 143 Filo | Crashed near Dinar, Turkey | ACES II | ||
| 25th June 1992 |
TuAF |
Block 30B F-16C |
87-0012 | 143 Filo | ACES II | |||
| 1st April 1993 |
TuAF |
Block 40D F-16C |
90-0002 | 162 Filo | ACES II | |||
| 28th April 1993 |
TuAF |
Block 40A F-16C |
89-0029 | 141 Filo | ACES II | |||
| 3rd January 1994 |
TuAF |
Block 40H F-16C |
91-0009 | 192 Filo | Crashed near Bursa, Turkey | ACES II | ||
| 22nd November 1994 |
TuAF |
Block 40D F-16C |
90-0003 | 192 Filo | Flew into Lake Manjas, Turkey | ACES II | ||
| 8th February 1995 |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 40H | 91-0021 | 192 Filo | Fuel transfer system not activated while being pursued by two Greek Mirage F.1s. Crashed into Aegean Sea | First Lieutenant Mustafa Yıldırım ejected a few hundred feet above the sea | ACES II | |
| 29th February 1995 |
TuAF |
Block 40A F-16C |
89-0033 | 141 Filo | ACES II | |||
| 11th October 1995 |
TuAF |
Block 30E F-16C |
88-0023 | 143 Filo | ACES II | |||
| 8th October 1996 |
TuAF |
F-16D Block 40 J | 91-0023 | 192 Filo | Crashed into the Aegean Sea nine miles off the island of Chios during a routine flight (Shot down by Greek missiles) | ACES II | ||
| Captain Osman Çiçekli (IDF/AF) ejected | TUAF flight officer (First Lieutenant Mustafa Yıldırım) ejected too late and was killed | ACES II | ||||||
| 25th July 1997 |
TuAF |
F-16 | ? | Eskisehir | training mission, crashed in western Turkey | Pilot ejected | ||
| 6th November 1997 |
TuAF |
131 Filo Konya Air Base |
crashed near Asagi Pinarbasi village shortly after take-off | Martin-Baker | ||||
| Lieutenant Mustafa Gumus ejected | Second-Lieutenant Tugkan Inan ejected | Martin-Baker | ||||||
| 26th August 1999 |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 40 | ? | 182 Filo | Batman | 1st Lt. Ozcan Kete ejected | ACES II | |
| 4th April 2000 |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 50 |
93-0657 OR 93-0666 |
151 Filo | collided during a night flight Sivas / Yildizeli | Capt. Murat Özaydin Killed - conflicts with Turkish media reports that he survived |
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ACES II |
| 4th April 2000 |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 50 |
93-0657 OR 93-0666 |
151 Filo | 1st Lt. Gungor Ozer ejected | ACES II | ||
| 24th May 2000 |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 40 | ? | 162 Filo | near Buçak, Burdur | Capt. Askin Sezer ejected | ACES II | |
| 27th June 2001 |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 30 E | ? |
143 Filo Akinci Air Base in Yenikent, Ankara. |
Engine problems. Akinci, Ankara | Capt. N. Tunc Sözen ejected, slightly injured | ACES II | |
| 25th September 2001 |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 30 B | ? | 14? Filo | Ankara / Akinci | ??? | ACES II | |
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6th November 2003 16.30 local time |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 50 | 93-0662 | 151 Filo | crashed near Utuk village in Zile town of northern province of Tokat | Colonel Albay Atilla Gülan ejected |
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ACES II |
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Monday 22nd December 2003 18.31h |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 40 | 90-0015 | 161 Filo | Crashed due to a technical failure during training flight near Bandirma town of Balikesir province in the Marmara Region | Lieutenant Ferhat Yıldırım ejected sustained severe injuries | ACES II | |
| 4th March 2005 |
TuAF |
F-16D Block ??? |
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Fatih Devravut killed |
Fatih Keskin killed |
ACES II | ||||||
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Monday 30th January 2006 14:45 local |
Turkish A. F. |
F-16C Block 40P |
93-0014 |
![]() 181 Filo ??Diyarbakir AB |
Crashed over a deserted area in Diar Bakr district in East Turkey, some 10 kilometers from the air base, during a routine exercise | Pilot ejected | ACES II | |
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Tuesday 23rd May 2006 09:48 GMT |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 50 |
?? |
![]() 192 filo 9th AJU from Balikesir AB, Dalaman |
A Greek and Turkish aircraft collided 50 km away from the Rhodos Island. 8 n.m off Karpathos island, | pilot 1st Lt. Halil Ibrahim Ozdemir ejected and rescued with some injuries |
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ACES II |
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Monday 11th September 2006 13:00h |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 50 |
94-0087 |
![]() 191st Filo Balikesir AB |
crashed
in the mountainous area near Evciler village
near Kazdaglari Mountaini
n the Bayramiç district of Canakkale in Canakkale province |
1st Lt. Özgür Alagöz ejected | ACES II | |
| Monday 16th October 2006 |
TuAF |
F-16 | Diyarbakir airbase | crashed in a mountainous area of southeast Turkey in the province of Bitlis during a training exercise | Pilot killed | ACES II | ||
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Tuesday 22nd May 2007 11:15 AM |
TuAF |
F-16C Block 40 |
91-0019 | Konya Air Base | On a training mission in the central Anatolian province of Konya. Crashed near the village of Kucukmuhsine, | Pilot IIker Ozbil ejected slightly injured. He was transfered by helicopter to the medical center of Meram. | ACES II | |
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Thursday 12th July 2007 |
TuAF |
F-16D Block 50 |
9nci AJÜ Balikesir Air Base |
crashed while it was trying to land at air base | ACES II | |||
| ejected OK | ejected OK | ACES II | ||||||
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