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Flight of Turkish Stars above Ankara

Türk Yıldızları

Flight of Turkish Stars above Ankara on the Victory Day.

Flight of Turkish Stars above Ankara

The Turkish Stars are the aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force and the national aerobatics team of Turkey.

Turkish Stars fly with eight Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighters, making them one of the few national aerobatics teams to fly supersonic aircraft, and the only one with formations of eight supersonic jets. Twelve F-5s are available to the team. The team uses C-130 Hercules and Transall C-160 support aircraft in Turkish Stars colours. The team was formed on November 7, 1992 and was named the Turkish Stars on January 11, 1993.

The Turkish Stars demonstrated a show to more than one million people in Baku, Azerbaijan in August 24, 2001, that is to be a world record.

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