Turk Yildizlari (Turkish Stars) Turkish air force flight display team

Turk Yildizlari (Turkish Stars)

Although Turkey is in between Europe and Asia, their air force demonstration team, Turkish Stars, adopt a mixture of European and American style flight display.
Started in 1993, the team use eight NF-5A/NF-5B Freedom fighter for their flight display.

The birds on the belley looks quite like Thunderbirds

Formation roll

I wonder if a mixture of A and B would cause any difficulty due to the aerodynamics difference. Unlike the Blue Angels (which their pilot said single and two seater has no difference in flight characteristics), NF-5A and B looks a bit different.

トルコの星　編隊左ターン

The red smoke looks not pure red but is slightly purple tinted.

Inverted dirty formation

Back-to-back Calipso.
Note the team name and Turkish Air Force is writen in English (Left side) and Turkish (Right side)

Not only the fuselage but wing tip tanks adopt area rule design.

After touchdown, dragchute with turkish flag colors open.

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