Screengrab of a video showing the first flight of the Kaan combat aircraft on 21 February 2024. (Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)

Turkey has flown its Kaan National Combat Aircraft (MMU) for the first time, Turkish Aerospace (TA) announced.

The domestically developed ‘fifth-generation' fighter departed TA's Ankara facility for its approximately 15-minute maiden flight on 21 February. For the flight, the Kaan MMU was accompanied by a Turkish Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon chase plane.

“We have carved another development in our history,” President of Defence Industry Agency Haluk Görgün said of the event. “May the first flight of our National Combat Aircraft, Kaan, be beneficial to our nation. We will [bring] not only a fifth-generation warplane, but also technologies owned by a few countries in the world to our country through Kaan.”

Screengrab of a video showing the first flight of the Kaan combat aircraft on 21 February 2024. (Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)

Turkey has flown its Kaan National Combat Aircraft (MMU) for the first time, Turkish Aerospace (TA) announced.

The domestically developed ‘fifth-generation' fighter departed TA's Ankara facility for its approximately 15-minute maiden flight on 21 February. For the flight, the Kaan MMU was accompanied by a Turkish Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon chase plane.

“We have carved another development in our history,” President of Defence Industry Agency Haluk Görgün said of the event. “May the first flight of our National Combat Aircraft, Kaan, be beneficial to our nation. We will [bring] not only a fifth-generation warplane, but also technologies owned by a few countries in the world to our country through Kaan.”

Screengrab of a video showing the first flight of the Kaan combat aircraft on 21 February 2024. (Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)

Turkey has flown its Kaan National Combat Aircraft (MMU) for the first time, Turkish Aerospace (TA) announced.

The domestically developed ‘fifth-generation' fighter departed TA's Ankara facility for its approximately 15-minute maiden flight on 21 February. For the flight, the Kaan MMU was accompanied by a Turkish Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon chase plane.

“We have carved another development in our history,” President of Defence Industry Agency Haluk Görgün said of the event. “May the first flight of our National Combat Aircraft, Kaan, be beneficial to our nation. We will [bring] not only a fifth-generation warplane, but also technologies owned by a few countries in the world to our country through Kaan.”

Screengrab of a video showing the first flight of the Kaan combat aircraft on 21 February 2024. (Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)

Turkey has flown its Kaan National Combat Aircraft (MMU) for the first time, Turkish Aerospace (TA) announced.

The domestically developed ‘fifth-generation' fighter departed TA's Ankara facility for its approximately 15-minute maiden flight on 21 February. For the flight, the Kaan MMU was accompanied by a Turkish Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon chase plane.

“We have carved another development in our history,” President of Defence Industry Agency Haluk Görgün said of the event. “May the first flight of our National Combat Aircraft, Kaan, be beneficial to our nation. We will [bring] not only a fifth-generation warplane, but also technologies owned by a few countries in the world to our country through Kaan.”

Screengrab of a video showing the first flight of the Kaan combat aircraft on 21 February 2024. (Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)

Turkey has flown its Kaan National Combat Aircraft (MMU) for the first time, Turkish Aerospace (TA) announced.

The domestically developed ‘fifth-generation' fighter departed TA's Ankara facility for its approximately 15-minute maiden flight on 21 February. For the flight, the Kaan MMU was accompanied by a Turkish Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon chase plane.

“We have carved another development in our history,” President of Defence Industry Agency Haluk Görgün said of the event. “May the first flight of our National Combat Aircraft, Kaan, be beneficial to our nation. We will [bring] not only a fifth-generation warplane, but also technologies owned by a few countries in the world to our country through Kaan.”

Screengrab of a video showing the first flight of the Kaan combat aircraft on 21 February 2024. (Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)

Turkey has flown its Kaan National Combat Aircraft (MMU) for the first time, Turkish Aerospace (TA) announced.

The domestically developed ‘fifth-generation' fighter departed TA's Ankara facility for its approximately 15-minute maiden flight on 21 February. For the flight, the Kaan MMU was accompanied by a Turkish Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon chase plane.

“We have carved another development in our history,” President of Defence Industry Agency Haluk Görgün said of the event. “May the first flight of our National Combat Aircraft, Kaan, be beneficial to our nation. We will [bring] not only a fifth-generation warplane, but also technologies owned by a few countries in the world to our country through Kaan.”