Bayraktar visited the American aircraft carrier
According to the information received, the US Ambassador, Jeffry Flake, invited the Turkish commanders and officers who participated in the exercise, as well as Selçuk Bayraktar, aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, which was conducting a joint exercise. with TCG ANADOLU in the Mediterranean.
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Bayraktar, which is conducting the development studies of the Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned combat aircraft and the Bayraktar TB3 Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SİHA), which will have the ability to land and take off from ships with short runways, conducted technical inspections at the USS Gerald R. Ford.
The inspection tour was attended by Rear Admiral Mehmet Savaş Eser, Naval Air Commander, Air Training Command Brigadier General Hüseyin Sabri Akyol, and technical committee officers.
The delegation of the Turkish Armed Forces and Selçuk Bayraktar, which landed on the aircraft carrier with the C-2 transport plane that took off from Antalya airport, was accompanied by Baykar Deputy Director General Mehmet Ali Güney.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is conducting a joint exercise with the Turkish Navy flagship, TCG ANADOLU, in the eastern Mediterranean. In the framework of the exercise, the Turkish and US Air Forces are also conducting joint training flights.
Rear Admiral Erik J. Eslich accompanied Selçuk Bayraktar during her exams on the ship. Bayraktar, who received information from Rear Admiral Eslich, examined the landings and takeoffs of combat aircraft in the US Navy inventory.
Baykar’s team and the US command exchanged views on the air capacity of ships in navy inventories.
Selçuk Bayraktar, Rear Admiral Eslich and the ship’s commander, Admiral Rick Burgess, as well as US officers aboard the Bayraktar TB3 SİHA, which will land and take off on TCG ANADOLU and similar short-runway ships, and the Bayraktar KIZILELMA, the ship from Turkey. first unmanned combat aircraft, are working on ongoing development. (AA)