Türk Yıldızları NF-5 accident

On 7 April 2021, the Türk Yıldızları, better known as the Turkish Stars, the NF-5 demonstration team of theTürk Hava Kuvvetleri (Turkish Air Force), lost one of its pilots and an aircraft during a training accident, at Fevzi Cakmak, in the Karatay district of central Turkey's Konya. The accident took place around 14:15 hrs (LT) and happened under unknown circumstances.

The crash site was close to the Third Main Jet Base, Konya, the Turkish Stars home base, which also houses Solotürk, the Turkish F-16 demonstration team.

The Turkish Air Force demo team was formed on 7 November 1992 and was named the Turkish Stars on 11 January 1993. The team has a full squadron status and is designated the 134 Akrotim Filo (134th Aerobatic Team Squadron).

They operate the NF-5A-2000 and NF-5B-2000, having received life extension upgrades in 2010.

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