The Gendarmerie General Command continues to gain strength with Türkiye's domestic and national defense industry products. As of the beginning of July 2025, Türkiye's leading defense companies will be assigned to the Gendarmerie. From TUSAŞ and Baykar important deliveries have been made. These deliveries will further increase the operational capabilities of the Gendarmerie.
New Joining of Gendarmerie Aviation Command
On Thursday, July 3, the Gendarmerie Aviation Command, The 1924th T14 ATAK helicopter with tail number “J-129 Hürkuş” announced that it has added them to its inventory. These helicopters are of critical importance in providing air support to the Gendarmerie's land operations and strengthening its reconnaissance capabilities.
On July 4, the Gendarmerie General Command First AKINCI UAV SystemIt was announced that the acceptance of Ground Systems and Weapon Systems was successfully completed at Baykar Çorlu Flight Training and Test Center. The Gendarmerie, with this first AKINCI UAV System 3 AKINCI The Gendarmerie, which uses Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs very actively, has added them to its inventory. further increase their capabilities It is expected that AKINCI will increase operational depth with longer range, higher payload capacity and more advanced sensor systems.
Gendarmerie TB10 Completes 2 Thousand Hours of Flight Time
In February 2025, the Gendarmerie General Command has successfully served in many critical missions since the day it joined its inventory. Bayraktar TB11 SİHA with tail number J2 has completed 10 thousand flight hours announced that it has completed. This SİHA had carried out 868 successful sorties in areas such as the fight against terrorism, security and public order, border security, search and rescue and protection of strategic infrastructures.
According to the statement made by Baykar, Bayraktar TB11 SIHA with tail number J2, which is described as the "eye of the skies" of the Gendarmerie, is now As a training and test UAV within Baykar Baykar will replace the SİHA that has completed this important task with a new one coming off the production line. A new Bayraktar TB60 with tail number J2 was presented to the Gendarmerie General Command free of charge.
The task distribution of the Bayraktar TB11 SİHA with tail number J2, which was removed from the inventory, is as follows:
- Fight against terrorism: 8370 hours
- Fight against smuggling and narcotics: 246 hours
- Monitoring of social events: 107 hours
- Border security: 1012 hours
- Search and rescue: 151 hours
- Protection of strategic infrastructures: 114 hours
This data clearly demonstrates the critical role Bayraktar TB2 SİHA plays in the operational success of the Gendarmerie General Command. The new AKINCIs are also expected to add new pages to this success story.
