Turkey is exporting 30 Falcon advanced trainer aircraft to Spain! The sales contract is expected to be signed by the end of 2025, with deliveries planned to start in 2028. It seems that the EU knows how to make deals, as Turkey bought 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets made by the UK, Germany, Italy, and Spain. In return, Turkey is selling 30 Falcon advanced trainer aircraft to Spain. The first flight was on August 29, 2013, but it has not been in service yet. So, the Falcon advanced trainer aircraft has finally received its first order!

Turkey is always so bizarre, always developing aircraft but not equipping them themselves, then promoting them to countries around the world. After promoting them, they can't mass-produce them, and eventually, they just fade away.

For example, Turkey sold the T129 attack helicopter to Pakistan, which had good performance, but due to the US not providing engines, Pakistan waited for more than ten years without production being completed. Eventually, Pakistan gave up on purchasing the T129 attack helicopter and opted for China's Z-10 attack helicopter instead.

Additionally, the so-called Khan fifth-generation fighter jet produced by Turkey has already completed test flights, but it cannot be mass-produced. Because the US again refused to provide excellent high-end engines to Turkey, leading to the inability to produce the Khan fighter jet. However, Turkey has already sold the Khan fighter jet to Indonesia, Pakistan, and even Saudi Arabia, but none of them could be mass-produced, and it will definitely end up nowhere. The Khan fighter jet will certainly not be mass-produced, at least not within the next ten years.

Now, Turkey wants to sell 30 Falcon advanced trainer aircraft to Spain, but it's still the same situation: Turkey has not mass-produced this trainer aircraft, and it has remained on paper, with only one prototype that does not meet standards. Therefore, the final result may be that Turkey is also unable to deliver the Falcon trainer aircraft to Spain.

It feels like Turkey is playing with itself, finding a country to sign a contract to show its strength, but in reality, it cannot complete the delivery orders. I don't know what Turkey is thinking, isn't this damaging its own credibility? It's really funny. Anyway, Turkey is just so weird, get used to it.

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