234 F-16C/D fighters in TurAF inventory are currently operated by 10 different Squadrons (113th, 401st, 132nd, 151st, 161st, 181st, 182nd, 191st, 193rd and 152nd) deployed at 7 different air bases (Eskisehir 1st MJB, Konya 3rd MJB, Merzifon 5th MJB, Bandırma 6th MJB, Diyarbakır 8th MJB, Balıkesir 9th MJB and İncirlik (Adana) 10th MJB) around Türkiye Most of them have been modernized to the latest Block 50+ standards under the Peace Onyx-III (PO-III) and F-16 MSM/CCIP Programs. The F-16C/D Fighting Falcon combat aircraft, that forms the backbone of the TurAF’s airpower, will be deactivated from service starting from 2030 and is to be replaced by Turkiye’s next generation National Combat Aircraft (abbreviated as MMU in Turkish), also known as TF-X. 

Türkiye is likely to procure some 150 to 200 TF-Xs (Main Contractor TUSAŞ’ production goal is 400) in the long term to replace F-4E 2020s and F-16s. The MMU/TF-X Program has become even more important for Türkiye since the F-16C/D combat aircraft, which forms the backbone of TurAF’s airpower, will be deactivated from service starting from 2030 (Block 30TM and Block 40M versions) and deliveries of F-35As to the TurAF were halted (procurement of up to 110 aircraft were planned) by the US Government in July 2019. On July 16, 2019, Türkiye’s participation in the F-35 MTU/JSF Lightning II Program as a Level 3 Partner was suspended indefinitely, only four days after the launch of the delivery of the first group of equipment of the first TurAF S-400 Triumph Area Air and Missile Defense System Battery to Mürted Airfield Command (about 30km to the northwest of the capital, Ankara) and the delivery of 5th Generation F-35A lightning II aircraft to the  TurAF was halted.