Turkish Fighter Christened ‘Kaan’ In Formal Rollout

Kaan

Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week
ANKARA, Turkey—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally named the country’s new TF-X indigenous fighter on May 1 as the aircraft was being publicly unveiled for the first time. Christening the aircraft Kaan—Turkish for king—Erdogan said it represented a “dream that the nation had been...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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