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First Peace Eagle "Kuzey" AWACS delivered to Turkish Air Force

Date: February 21, 2014

Delivery Ceremony of First Peace Eagle " Kuzey"  held in Konya Air Base with participations of military and defence officials. President of  Turkey Mr. Abdullah Gül,Turkish Prime Minister Mr.Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, National Minister of Defence Mr. İsmet Yılmaz, Turkish Air Force Commander General Akın Öztürk, Undersecretariat for Defene Industires Mr. Murad Bayar,military and defence represantitives attend to delivery ceremony for Turkish Peace Eagle " Kuzey". Within the scope of program,Turkey expended est.1.5billion USD to modernized "Peace Eagle" Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft

Two more AEW&C aircraft "Güney" and " Doğu" are to be delivered this year, with the fourth in 2015. In addition to the aircraft, the Peace Eagle program includes ground support segments for mission crew training, mission support and system maintenance. Turkey joins Australia and South Korea as operators of AEW&C platforms.