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.
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 Army Air Base, Istanbul)
- 7. Land Air Group Command (Diyarbakır Air Base)
- Training and Exercise Central Command (Bodrum-Imsik Airport, Muğla)
Vehicles
| T-129 ATAK | Attack helicopter | 54 | Turkey | Armed with Roketsan Cirit and UMTAS weapon systems. A total of 51 pieces have been ordered. |
| Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | Multipurpose helicopter | 106 | USA | S-70A17/19: 56, S-70A28: 20 ve S-70D28: 30 helikopter. |
| Eurocopter AS-532UL Cougar | Multipurpose helicopter | 48 | Turkey | Produced under license by TAI. |
| Agusta-Bell AB206B3 JetRanger | Multipurpose helicopter | 25 | Italy | It is produced under license under the name JetRanger by Bell 206 Agusta. |
| Agusta-Bell AB205A1 | Multipurpose helicopter | 69 | Italy | |
| Bell UH-1H/2020-ASAM | Multipurpose helicopter | 52 | USA | |
| Agusta-Bell 204 | Multipurpose helicopter | 15 | Italy | |
| Bell UH-1H | Multipurpose helicopter | 85 | 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 | USA | |
| CH-47F | Transport helicopter | 11 | USA | |
| TUSAŞ T-70 | Multipurpose helicopter | 22 | Turkey |
Unmanned aerial vehicles
| Bayraktar UAV | Tactic UAV | 12 | Turkey |
| Bayraktar Mini UAV | Mini UAV | 164 | Turkey |
| Malazgirt Mini UAV | Mini UAV | 4 | 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)
- Brig. Oğuz Baykal (2019-2023)
