Turkey's TF Kaan 5th Generation Fighter

On the 21st of February 2024, a new 5th-gen fighter took to the skies. The Turkish Aerospace Industries TF Kaan is Turkey’s first domestically built modern fighter, and as we shall see, it marks the beginning of an ambitious program to refit Turkey's military with nationally produced equipment. So, what is the TF Kaan, and what is it likely to be capable of?

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[camoralebt]

Türk kardeşlerimizi tebrik ediyorum, bu büyük bir başarıdır. Bosna'dan selamlar 🇧🇦🇹🇷

I congratulate our Turkish brothers, this is a great success. Greetings from Bosnia 🇧🇦🇹🇷

[FA-rnnc]

Turkish aviation industry may be new, and lags behind America's. But Turkey has the potential. Love from Poland.

[burgfb]

"What a nation can produce when motivated" thats the keyword. Congratulations Turkiye.

[muhammadasadjunaid]

Respect and Prayers to Turkiye, from Pakistan.

[princemamun]

We love Turkey. Love from Bangladesh. Go ahead Turkey.👏👏

[mohammadhossam]

Love, respect, and prayers to Turkiye from Egypt.

[ep]

Woww, Bravo to Turkish Engineers 👏 Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤❤❤❤❤

[billyjesus]

probably the best analysis I've seen. I suspect Turks will be happy seeing an english analysis that doesnt belittle or insult them.

[LeonLeon-uvxr]

Greetings from Azerbaijan to the Turkish brothers ❤

[fredjonson]

Turk qardoshlarimga respekt yashasin Uzbek, Tyrk dustligi❤

[spacetragedy]

Very impressive, well done to Turkey👏🇹🇷

[narenjakable]

hats off for Turkey !! just remember all these old nations are rising again..

[mustafaeryigit]

Bir Türk olarak ilk defa kendi ülkemin yaptığı bir uçağı yabancı bir kanaldan doğru tarafsız bilgiler aldığım için teşekkür ederim Türkiye’nin sadece Kaan a özel geliştirdiği çok muhteşem ve şimdilik gizli hava hava füzeleri var onlarda zamanı gelince öğrenilir bu kanala Yunan kanalları gibi iftira ve gerçeğe dayanmayan şeyler den uzak durduğu için teşekkür ediyorum.

[wishwewere]

Honestly, Turkey's achievement with it's very limited resource is astonishing.

[azo]

If Turkish engineers had as much money as the US ones did, they would have made unseen and unbelievable technology. How much they make on so little money is simply stunning.

[CooLBassThe]

Turkey is actually very experienced in this regard because many of the F-16s produced worldwide were manufactured in Turkey by Turkish engineers. In fact, some of the best-performing F-16s in the world were produced in Turkey, with 60% of their components made in the USA and 40% in Turkey. Important parts of the F-35 were also produced in Turkey by Turkish engineers. When Turkey was excluded from the F-35 project, it faced serious difficulties due to this. It's also worth noting that nearly 96% of the components in currently flying aircraft worldwide are produced by Turkish companies. Turkey had everything ready to produce its own aircraft, including state-of-the-art technology, and finally, it succeeded. With 17, 000 engineers, a significant portion of whom had previously worked and gained experience in the USA and the UK, Turkey was able to bring back these experienced aircraft engineers to work on this aircraft for their country. An aircraft capable of performing the tasks of both the F-35 and the F-22, meeting NATO standards, was designed and built. Although the aircraft is technically a 5th generation aircraft in terms of avionic systems, its engines are based on the F-16 engine, so we can partly refer to it as a 4.75th generation. However, since Turkey will produce its own 5th generation engines, it will be fully considered a 5th generation aircraft by 2030.

[stalthyone]

Nice! It's amazing what Turkey has been able to do in such a short amount of time with its aircraft production. It's clear that the TF Kaan is an amazing piece of kit and will only get better as it’s upgraded. It bears a striking resemblance to the American F-22 and the F-35, but that’s probably just a result of stealth designs reaching the desired effects of stealthiness. I wish them the best and hope it all works out in the end. Turkey is rapidly becoming a superpower with their advanced aircraft designs.

[returnofthestrangers]

Well done Turkiye love from u go strength to strength 🇵🇰 ❤ 🇹🇷

[Runo]

This is the most accurate and detailed content on KAAN I've ever seen from a foreign channel. A very well done video with good music behind

[Wargasm]

Good job Turkey 🇹🇷!
I’m sure it will be a good jet. 🇺🇸