Türkiye's homegrown fighter jet conducts maiden test flight
STORY: Türkiye's homegrown fighter jet conducts maiden test flight
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 21, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:59
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: MILITARY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the maiden test flight of Türkiye's homegrown fighter jet KAAN (courtesy of ihlas news agency)
STORYLINE:
Türkiye's indigenous fighter jet, KAAN, conducted its maiden test flight on Wednesday, the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) said.
To replace the Turkish army's aging F-16 fleet, production of the fifth-generation aircraft, KAAN, which was developed by TAI, began in 2016.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the Turkish presidency said Türkiye would become one of the five countries in the world capable of producing the fifth-generation aircraft with the arrival of KAAN.
Prior to its test flight, the aircraft has already undergone a number of tests, including ejection seat tests, full-scale static tests, inertia and static tests of control surfaces, landing gear drop tests, avionic system tests in the sys
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