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Turkish fighter jet KAAN conducts maiden flight

Today, Türkiye celebrated the successful maiden flight of its national combat aircraft, KAAN, marking its entry into the league of countries with 5th generation fighter jets. Coordinated by the Presidency of Defense Industries and executed by Turkish Aerospace Industries, KAAN completed various tests before its flight, including ejection seat and control surface tests.

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Before the flight, KAAN completed stages such as ejection seat tests, full-scale static tests, inertia and static tests of control surfaces, landing gear drop tests, avionics system tests in the system integration laboratory, and fuel tests. KAAN, finally conducted slow and fast taxi tests on the runway after the completion of these stages.