Turkey and Spain have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Turkish-made Hurjet trainer-light fighter aircraft.

The deal follows the Spanish Air Force’s detailed evaluation of the Hurjet earlier this year. In July, a Hurjet prototype landed at Torrejon Air Base near Madrid, marking its first visit to a foreign country. A Spanish delegation later visited Ankara to inspect the aircraft’s capabilities further.

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Although Madrid has not officially announced the number of training aircraft it will acquire, reports say Spain plans to buy 24 Hurjets to replace its ageing fleet of F-5s.

The Hurjet is a single-engine trainer-light fighter aircraft that will replace the ageing T-38M and NF-5A/B 2000 aircraft of the Turkish Air Force (TuAF), which currently has 4 on order, with an option for 12 more.

Deliveries of the first four aircraft to the TuAF are expected to begin in mid-2025, with an additional twelve in the Block 1 variant to be delivered by 2028.

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