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Ankara Aviation Museum (Turkish: Ankara Hava Müzesi) is a military-based museum for aviation, owned and operated by the Turkish Air Force. The museum is located in Etimesgut district of Ankara, Turkey. The area of the museum is 64,321 m 2 (692,350 sq ft).
The Istanbul Aviation Museum, a.k.a. Turkish Air Force Museum, (Turkish: Havacılık Müzesi or Hava Kuvvetleri Müzesi) is a military-based museum for aviation, owned and operated by the Turkish Air Force. The museum is located in Yeşilköy neighborhood of Bakırköy district in Istanbul, Turkey. The area of the museum is 65,000 m 2 (700,000 ...
Turkish Air Force involvement in the Syrian civil war (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "History of the Turkish Air Force" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The open-air museum was inaugurated on December 16, 1997, and initially operated by a foundation. On May 28, 1999, the museum building was opened. After closing of the foundation, the museum was left to the Turkish Air Force on February 1, 2006. Anadolu University took over the facility from the Turkish Air Force on September 22, 2011.
Airbus A400M Atlas (code 16–0055) of the Turkish Air Force taxies upon arrival at RAF Mildenhall, England. Turkey is a partner nation in the Airbus A400M Atlas production program. The Turkish Air Force has ordered a total of ten A400M Atlas aircraft. [64] The first two A400M Atlas were delivered to the Turkish Air Force in 2014. [65]
The Turkish Air Force had 131 first line aircraft in 1937, of which only half were relatively modern. [12] Turkey hoped to increase the size of its fleet to 300 by 1938. [12] Although Turkey had 300 trained pilots, the majority of them would be rated with moderate ability to fly in bad weather in a Western European Air Force. [12]
The museum initially opened in Saint Irene Church. Later in 1950, it was moved to the First Army Headquarters building in Cumhuriyet Caddesi, Harbiye , not far from Taksim Square in Istanbul . Harbiye district [ 1 ] (an Ottoman derivation from the Arabic word harb for warfare) was the site of the Ottoman imperial military academy, the empire's ...
Established on May 19, 2002, the museum covers an open-air exhibition area of 5,294 m 2 (56,980 sq ft), and is housed in a building of 287 m 2 (3,090 sq ft). The historic parachute tower is situated within the museum's yard, where original and replica aircraft are on display.