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Aerial firefighting

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. 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 9 [2] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.

6 are operational.

Beriev Be-200  Russia Firefighting Amphibious aircraft 3 [3] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.
M-18 Dromader   Poland Firefighting Utility aircraft 11 [4] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.
Air Tractor AT-802  United States Firefighting Amphibious aircraft 4 [5] Used by General Directorate of Forest.

16 on order. [6]

Beechcraft Super King Air  United States Reconnaissance Reconnaissance aircraft 1 [7] 350 variant in use. Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Cessna Citation V  United States Transport/Reconnaissance Transport aircraft 11 [8] Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Firefighting helicopter
CH-47 Chinook  United States Firefighting Heavy transport helicopter 12 [9] [10] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association and General Directorate of Forest.
Kamov Ka-32  Russia Firefighting Medium transport/utility helicopter 3 [11] Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Mil Mi-8  Russia Firefighting Medium transport/utility helicopter 14 [12] [13] Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.
Sikorsky/TAI T-70  Turkey United States Firefighting Medium transport/utility helicopter 2 [14] Used by General Directorate of Forest.

Licensed built by TAI. 1 on order. [15]

Eurocopter AS-355 Écureuil 2  France Firefighting Light utility helicopter 1 Used by General Directorate of Forest. [16]
Bell 429 GlobalRanger  United States Firefighting Multipurpose utility helicopter 5 [17] Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Bayraktar TB2 [18]  Turkey Reconnaissance/Survelliance UAV Unknown Used by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture.
TAI Aksungur [19]  Turkey Reconnaissance/Survelliance UAV Unknown Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Alpin [20] -  Turkey Reconnaissance/Survelliance Rotorcraft/VTOL UAV Unknown Used by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture.

Future acquisition

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. [21]

References

  1. ^ ""Alev kuşları" bu yıl orman yangınlarını söndürmek için 10 bin 683 saat uçuş yaptı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  2. ^ "Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne?". euronews (in Turkish). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. ^ "Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne?". euronews (in Turkish). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  4. ^ "CL-215" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Yangınla Mücadelede Dev Filo". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  6. ^ "Yangınla Mücadelede Dev Filo". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  7. ^ Habertürk (2023-03-05). "Orman yangınlarıyla mücadele için yangın söndürme uçakları OGM'ye teslim edildi – Güncel haberler". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  8. ^ "Orman Yangınlarında Gücümüz Artıyor". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  9. ^ "Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne?". euronews (in Turkish). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  10. ^ "OGM hava filosunu çift rotorlu 'Chinook'la güçlendiriyor". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  11. ^ devirsaati (2019-05-15). "Türkiye'nin ilk Türk bayraklı ve Türk tescilli yangınla mücadele helikopterleri göreve hazır | Devir Saati" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  12. ^ "Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne?". euronews (in Turkish). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  13. ^ "Gece görüşlü helikopter İzmir'de baraja düştü" (in Turkish). 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  14. ^ ""Alev kuşları" bu yıl orman yangınlarını söndürmek için 10 bin 683 saat uçuş yaptı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  15. ^ ""Alev kuşları" bu yıl orman yangınlarını söndürmek için 10 bin 683 saat uçuş yaptı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  16. ^ "Duyurular AS-355 Ecureuıl Helikoptere Ait Özel Alet, Gövde ve Motor Yedek Parça Satış İhalesi". www.ogm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  17. ^ "Yangınla Mücadelede Hava Gücümüz Artıyor". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  18. ^ Alemdar, Ahmet (2020-06-18). "Bayraktar TB2 İHA, Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı envanterine girdi". DefenceTurk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  19. ^ Kolukısa, Hasan (2021-07-31). "AKSUNGUR İHA yangınla mücadelede 60 saat havada kaldı". DefenceTurk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  20. ^ "İnsansız Helikopter ALPİN, Manavgat yangınıyla mücadele ediyor". SavunmaTR (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  21. ^ "OGM orman yangınlarıyla mücadelede hava gücüne güç kattı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
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