But the question is this: If Turkey is not afraid of tiny Greece or if they have dominance in the Aegean,like they usually say,then why did they go crazy trying to buy a new jet fighter until the TFX is out?
only Greece is not problem against the Turkish Armed Forces one on one
but Turkiye has multi national rivals in Syria , Libya and in the Eastern Mediterranean
-- Syrian Regime , İran , Russia in Syria
-- Russia , HAFTAR , Egypt , The UAE fought against Turkiye in Libya
-- USA , France , Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean
if Greece buys 24 Rafales then Turkiye bought 192 S400 Air Defense Missiles to counter Rafales in the Aegean
Russia backed İran is a big rival against Turkiye in Syria
Egypt buys Rafale , MIG-29M2 , SU-35 or F-15 and working with Russia in Libya against Turkiye
so Turkiye needs new Fighter Jets to replace old F-4s
and USA blocked 100 F-35 to Turkiye ....
Turkish Airforce
-- 230+ F-16
-- 40 new F-16V or 30 Eurofighter
new projects
-- HURJET next gen light attack Jet for CAS mission
-- KIZILELMA unmanned stealth Fighter Jet
-- TF-X air superiority stealth Fighter Jet