21/10/2025
Hot off the press and a further update 🫡
More updates on the FW 190 rebuild! Something wonderful is coming alive in Turkiye 🇹🇷The engine up front is an Ash radial with about 1900 hp! THIS IS A FW 190 as per the manufacturer plate 🫡
Türkiye was able to obtain additional planes from both sides, such as German Focke-Wulf 190s, British Hurricanes, and American Tomahawks (P-40).
The Turkish Air Force even acquired a few American B-24 bombers which were interned in Türkiye when they made forced landings after the Ploesti raid of 1943. As the fighting raged around her, Türkiye built more air bases and support facilities. Because of all this expansion, the three battallions were raised to division level in 1943, and in the following year the Air Force was separated from the Army and became an independent service.
After the war Türkiye bought Spitfires, Mosquitos and Beau fighters from the British. America soon replaced Great Britain as the major source of modern aircraft. In 1946, after President Truman's 's declaration of the "Truman Doctrine," the Joint American Mission for Aid to Turkey (JAMMAT, later called JUSMMAT) was established in Ankara.
In 1948 Türkiye received P-47, B-26 and C-47 aircraft from the U.S. With this came American training, supply and maintenance systems.
