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