Airforces

80 // FEBRUARY 2018 #359 http://www.airforcesmonthly.com

Onur Kurç and Tay fun Ya ̨sar look at

the Turkish Air Force’s Boeing 737 airborne

early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft,

which has overcome early problems to patrol

NATO airspace at home and abroad.

E-7T Peace Eagle

Turkey’s eye

in the sky

The THK Peace Eagle fl eet is now available to

support the alliance’s operations and protected

the NATO Summit in Warsaw in 2016. Here,

E-7T serial 13-003, named ‘Güney’ (south),

extends its landing gear in fl ight over the

Czech Republic during the NATO Days event at

Ostrava in September 2017. Evert Keijzer