Turkish Army Aviation Command

Land Aviation Command
Kara Havacılık Komutanlığı
Founded	1957
Country	Turkey
Type	Military aviation
Part of	Turkish Army
Garrison/HQ	Ankara
Engagements	Turkish invasion of Cyprus PKK-Turkey conflict Operation Olive Branch
Commanders
Current commander	Brig. Oğuz Baykal
Insignia
Locket
Wing symbol

The Turkish Aviation Command and Turkish Army Aviation Command (Turkish: Kara Havacılık Komutanlığı), was established in 1948 under the name of "artillery crafting" within the Turkish Land Forces artillery school. It is the administrative center of the Turkish Land Aviation School in Isparta, which trains officers and petty officers to the Turkish army. The airbase has played an important role in the Cyprus Operation.

History

Since 1968, the rotary wing aircraft taken from the Turkish Air Force inventory joined the union. Its mission is to provide air support to Turkish land troops and to support the battle by making transport reconnaissance.

In the coup attempt on July 15, 2016, a group of soldiers attempted a coup attempt under the leadership of Ünsal Coşkun, who served as Commander of the Army Aviation School at the rank of brigadier general. Former brigadier Coşkun declared himself the Commander of the Aviation and managed some helicopters used in the coup until he went to Akıncı Air Base.^[1]

Also a part of the Turkish Army's aviation force is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Brigade (tr:İHAS Tugayı), located at Kahramankazan, Ankara.

Formations

Affiliated units

• 1st Land Aviation Regiment (Güvercinlik Army Air Base)
• 2nd Land Aviation Regiment (Erhaç Airport, Malatya)
• 3rd Land Aviation Regiment (Gaziemir Air Base, İzmir)
• 4th Land Aviation Regiment (Samandıra Air Base, Istanbul)
• 7. Land Air Group Command (Diyarbakır Air Base)

Vehicles

T-129 ATAK	Attack helicopter	54[2]	Turkey	Roketsan Cirit ve UMTAS silah sistemleri ile donatılmıştır. Toplam 51 adet sipariş edildi.
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk	Multipurpose helicopter	106[3]	USA	S-70A17/19: 56, S-70A28: 20 ve S-70D28: 30 helikopter.
Eurocopter AS-532UL Cougar	Multipurpose helicopter	48[3]	Turkey	Produced under license by TAI.
Agusta-Bell AB206B3 JetRanger	Multipurpose helicopter	25[3]	Italy	It is produced under license under the name JetRanger by Bell 206 Agusta.
Agusta-Bell AB205A1	Multipurpose helicopter	69[3]	Italy
Bell UH-1H/2020-ASAM	Multipurpose helicopter	52	USA
Agusta-Bell 204	Multipurpose helicopter	15[3]	Italy
Bell UH-1H	Multipurpose helicopter	85[3]	USA
Bell AH-1P Cobra	Attack helicopter	23	USA	With the production of T-129 ATAK, it will gradually be out of service.
Bell AH-1W SuperCobra	Attack helicopter	9	USA	3 of them were purchased in 2012. Equipped with Hellfire II K2.
Bell OH-58B	Reconnaissance helicopter	3[3]	USA
CH-47F	Transport helicopter	11[4]	USA

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Bayraktar UAV	Tactic UAV	12	Turkey
Bayraktar Mini UAV	Mini UAV	164 [5]	Turkey
Malazgirt Mini UAV	Mini UAV	4 [5]	Turkey

Commanders

• Maj.Gen. Salih Ulusoy (2008-2012)
• Maj.Gen. Hamza Koçyiğit (2012-2015)
• Maj.Gen. Hakan Atınç (2015-2016)
• İdris Feyzi Okan (2016-2017) (was exported, see also: 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt)
• Brig. Osman Dirmencioğlu (2017-2019)

See also

• Turkish Land Aviation School (Isparta, Turkey)

References

External links

• Command webcite

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Turkish Army Formations

Commands

• List of Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces
• Logistics Command (formed 1988)
• Turkish Military Academy Command
• Army Aviation Command
• Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command (formed 1974)

1st Army

2nd Corps	4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 18th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 95th Armored Brigade 102nd Artillery Regiment Corps Engineer Combat Regiment 5th Commando Regiment 41st Commando Brigade
3rd Corps	52nd Tactical Armored Division 2nd Armored Brigade 66th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 23rd Tactical Motorized Infantry Division 47th Motorized Infantry Regiment
5th Corps	1st Armored Brigade 3rd Armored Brigade 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 55th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade Corps Armored Cavalry Battalion 105th Artillery Regiment

2nd Army

4th Corps	28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 58th Artillery Regiment 1st Commando Brigade 2nd Commando Brigade 56 Motorized Infantry Brigade
6th Corps	5th Armored Brigade 20th Armored Brigade 39th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 106th Artillery Regiment 6th Mechanized Infantry Division
7th Corps	3rd Tactical Infantry Division 34th Border Brigade 16th Mechanized Brigade 20th Mechanized Brigade 48th Border Brigade 2nd Border Brigade 70th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 172nd Armored Brigade 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade 6th Motorized Infantry Brigade 3rd Commando Brigade 107th Artillery Regiment Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade

3rd Army

8th Corps	1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade 12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 10th Motorized Infantry Brigade 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade 49th Motorized Infantry Brigade 51st Motorized Infantry Brigade 49th Commando Brigade 4th Commando Brigade 108th Artillery Regiment 17th Motorized Infantry Brigade 225th Motorized Infantry Brigade 7th Commando Brigade
9th Corps	9th Tactical Infantry Division 4th Armored Brigade 14th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 25th Mechanized Infantry Brigade 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade 25th Border Brigade 17th Commando Brigade 48th Motorized Infantry Brigade 109th Artillery Regiment 9th Commando Brigade

Aegean Army

Cyprus Turkish Peace Force	28th Mechanized Infantry Division 39th Mechanized Infantry Division 14th Armored Brigade (Turkey) KTBK Cyprus Special Forces Regiment KTBK Cyprus Artillery Regiment
Direct Command	57th Artillery Training Brigade 19th Infantry Brigade 11th Motorized Infantry Brigade 5th Army Aviation School Command 2nd Infantry Regiment Commando Training School Command 3rd Infantry Training Brigade 1st Infantry Training Brigade 11th Commando Brigade