Turkish Aerospace reveals name of national combat aircraft as KAAN

“One by one, we are realising the dreams that our nation has been pursuing for centuries and that we have been pursuing since the foundation of our republic.” Alongside his remarks, Erdogan tweeted a photo of himself sitting in the cockpit of the new jet. While the aircraft did not leave the ground, it did taxi down a runway in a show for the assembled crowd. The aircraft now known as Kaan was originally intended to be an air superiority platform modelled after the Lockheed F-22 Raptor.