List of Commanders of the Turkish Air Force

This list includes Commanders of the Turkish Air Force
Turkish Air Force
The Turkish Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. It ranks 3rd in NATO in terms of fleet size behind the USAF and Royal Air Force with a current inventory of 798 aircraft .-Initial stages:...

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#	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Zeki Doğan	February 5, 1944	June 7, 1950
2	Muzaffer Göksenin	June 12, 1950	April 20, 1953
3	Fevzi Uçaner	April 21, 1953	September 23. 1957
4	Hamdullah Suphi Göker	October 17, 1957	May 8, 1959
5	Tekin Arıburun Tekin Ariburun Tekin Arıburun was a Turkish soldier and statesman. He was born in then-Ottoman territory of Ishtib ....	May 1, 1959	May 27, 1960
6	İhsan Orgun	May 27, 1960	August 4, 1960
7	İrfan Tansel	August 5, 1960	June 1, 1961
8	Süleyman Tulgan	June 1, 1961	June 19, 1961
9	İrfan Tansel	June 19, 1961	August 16, 1968
10	Reşat Mater	August 16, 1968	August 30, 1969
11	Muhsin Batur	August 30, 1969	August 25, 1973
12	Emin Alpkaya	August 25, 1973	March 5, 1976
13	Cemil Engin	April 24, 1976	July 23, 1976
14	Ethem Ayan	July 23, 1976	August 21, 1978
15	Tahsin Şahinkaya	August 21, 1978	December 6, 1983
16	Halil Sözer	December 6, 1983	August 22, 1986
17	Cemil Çuha	August 22, 1986	August 22, 1988
18	Safter Necioğlu	August 22, 1988	August 20, 1990
19	Siyami Taştan	August 20, 1990	August 20, 1992
20	Halis Burhan	August 20, 1992	August 18, 1995
21	Ahmet Çörekçi	August 18, 1995	August 28, 1997
22	İlhan Kılıç	August 28, 1997	August 25, 1999
23	Ergin Celasin	August 25, 1999	August 23, 2001
24	Cumhur Asparuk	August 23, 2001	August 27, 2003
25	İbrahim Fırtına	August 27, 2003	August 25, 2005
26	Faruk Cömert Faruk Cömert General Faruk Cömert, 26th Commander of the Turkish Air Force, was born in the Vezirköprü district of Samsun Province, Turkey, in 1946.He began his military career when he entered the Air Force High School in 1960...	August 25, 2005	August 23, 2007
27	Aydoğan Babaoğlu Aydogan Babaoglu General Aydoğan Babaoğlu is a retired Turkish military officer who served as the 27th Commander of the Turkish Air Force.Aydoğan Babaoğlu was born in 1944 in Havza, Samsun, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey...	August 23, 2007	August 25, 2009
28	Hasan Aksay	August 25, 2009

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