Turkish Cops Now Have Their Own Attack Helicopters | The Drive

Turkish Cops Now Have Their Own Attack Helicopters | The Drive: The Turkish Police are, as far as we know, the first law enforcement organization of their kind to fly dedicated attack helicopters. For some weeks now, the civilian police department has been operating the locally produced T129B ATAK developed by Turkish Aerospace. Photos released today by the Anadolu Agency show the initial aircraft — one or possibly two of which are understood to have been delivered so far — although the rotorcraft was formally introduced by the Turkish Police, which is a branch of the General Directorate of Security, in late February. A total of nine Phase 2 ATAKs are on order for the service, which follows the Turkish Army and Turkish Gendarmerie — a military law-enforcement agency — in operating it.