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Turkey Has Big Plans for Its KAAN Air Superiority Fighter

Maya Carlin
20 March 2025
6 min
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Working with BAE, the Mach 1.8 KAAN fifth-generation stealth fighter should replace F-16’s and fill the gap left after Türkiye was removed from the F-35 program over a missile deal with Russia. Gulf States interested.
READ: Turkey Has Big Plans for Its KAAN Air Superiority Fighter.

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