Anatolian Phantoms

摘要

Turkey's entry to NATO in 1952 resulted in the transfer of large amounts of US-made equipment for the country's modernisation in order to meet the threat from Soviet Union. With the help of military aid from the United States and other NATO allies, the Turk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force - TuAF) had been built up to a formidable force, consisting almost exclusively of US-made aircraft, including Republic F-84FThunderstreak and North American F-100 Super Sabre fighters throughout 1950s and 1960s. But in the early 1970s a requirement for a modern, multi-role fighter emerged, especially because of rising tension in Cyprus and an order for McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom Us by Greece.