Turkey Delivers First Two Hurkus-II Trainer Jets to Air Force
Indigenous aircraft marks start of manned national jet era; 55 units planned by 2028.
KEY POINTS
- First two Hurkus-II trainers delivered to Turkish Air Force
- Ceremony held at TUSAŞ Kahramankazan facility with top officials
- 12 aircraft targeted for delivery by end of 2026
- Full fleet of 55 units planned by end of 2028
- Shared avionics architecture with Hurjet and Kaan fighters
Turkey officially inducted the first two Hurkus-II basic trainer aircraft into the Air Force inventory during a ceremony at the TUSAŞ facility in Kahramankazan. Defence Industry Agency head Haluk Görgün, Air Force Commander General Rafet Dalkıran, and TUSAŞ CEO Mehmet Demiroğlu attended the delivery.
Görgün stated that Turkey has for the first time entrusted a domestically built manned aircraft to its own pilots. He added that the cockpit and avionics architecture shares commonality with the Hurjet and Kaan platforms to ease pilot transition.
“Today Turkey entrusts its first domestically built manned aircraft to its own pilots.”
A total of 12 aircraft are scheduled for delivery by the end of 2026. The full order of 55 Hurkus-II jets is planned to be completed by the end of 2028.
The new trainer combines basic and advanced flight phases in a single airframe. Its digital avionics and smart flight systems aim to reduce training costs and accelerate adaptation to jet platforms.
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