🇹🇷Discounts on Turkish Vehicles and a Decal Trophy for Turkish Air Force Day!

On June 1st 1911, the first air squadrons were established in the Ottoman Empire. They were used for reconnaissance and bombing during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13, one of the earliest combat uses of aircraft. Today, the Turkish Air Force is one of the largest in NATO, with between 250 and 300 combat aircraft, primarily F-16 fighters.

🛍The T129 and F-104S TAF have a 50% discount and are available to purchase for 4,635 Golden Eagles each!

When: From June 1st (11:00 GMT) until June 4th (11:00 GMT).
Where: Italy > Helicopters / Aviation > Premium Vehicles.

❗️Both vehicles will remain available to purchase at full price after the promotion ends.

▪️The T129 (rank VI) is a Turkish attack and reconnaissance helicopter developed by Turkish Aerospace based on the Italian Agusta A129 and in service with the Turkish Air Force since 2014. Unlike the Italian version, which is armed with Hellfires, the T129 is armed with domestically produced L-UMTAS and CIRIT guided missiles. It also features a 20 mm forward-firing cannon and can carry Stinger air-to-air missiles and FZ49 unguided rockets.

▪️The F-104S (rank VII) was purchased by Turkey from Italy in the 1960s and 70s to bolster its air force during its gradual transition to the F-16. The F-104S is an extremely fast aircraft with access to a wide range of ordnance, from bombs of various calibers and incendiary tanks to Mighty Mouse and Zuni rockets and AIM-9P and AIM-7E air-to-air missile

⭐️Open the “Turkish Air Force Day” trophy!

When: From June 1st (11:00 GMT) until June 4th (11:00 GMT).
Task: Earn 3,000 mission points in battles where you used any aircraft from any nation at rank III or higher to receive the “Turkish Air Force Day” trophy!

Inside this trophy, you’ll receive one of three decals

The “Turkish Air Force Day” decal is located in the “Holidays” section in the vehicle customization menu. The “Emblem of the Turkish Air Force Command” and “Emblem of the Turkish Air Force Pilots” decals are located in the “Neutral Countries → Aviation” section in the vehicle customization menu.

Please note! This video was created in 2023 as part of the Moment of Valor series (MoV). The MoV 2023 promotion is unrelated to this Turkish Air Force news.

👑Washington B.1: A Friend in Need

A legendary long range heavy bomber reinforces the heavy bomber gap in the British tree in the next major update

🇬🇧Washington B.1: A Long Range Bomber for Great Britain at Rank V

At a glance:

▪️20,000 lbs of ordnance!
▪️Remote controlled weapon stations
▪️Solid defensive weapon coverage
▪️High altitude performance

👋Introducing the Washington B.1!
The “Superfortress” is a long established American stalwart heavy in War Thunder, alongside its Soviet and Chinese Tu-4 cousins. However today, we welcome a lesser known guise of the famous B-29, in the British Washington B.1! Let’s take a closer look at this beast.

🔼You can kick-start and greatly speed up the research of the Washington B.1 with these packs:

🔹British Starter Pack
🔹Wyvern Pack

🤡Rewards for Crashed Aircraft!

Today we’re looking at some changes to how aircraft rewards operate when an enemy aircraft crashes without taking any damage. Let’s get into it!

❓How this new mechanic works

Sometimes you’re dogfighting an enemy, but they crash without you doing any damage to them. In real life, a term for this is “Maneuver kill”. Even though you did no damage, your dogfighting abilities are what caused them to crash. However, there was no direct reward for this, which could definitely be frustrating.

We’re adding a new mechanic in the major update to address this: the nearest player who is within close proximity (3 km) of an enemy aircraft that crashes without any damage will get a destruction credit and the reward in Silver Lions, research points and mission score. The reward is 50% less than a full reward. Why is the reward reduced? Because there will be circumstances where someone who didn’t do anything will be credited with a destruction and reward, simply because they were in close proximity, so sometimes you might get lucky with some free points.

You may be thinking, what happens if you fire a missile from a far distance while your aircraft is nowhere near the enemy? Let’s say your missile is tracking them and closing in, but the enemy crashes before the missile can reach them. The missile you fired will also have its own proximity of 3 km, however the system will search for a player within a 3 km radius first, and if there is no player, then the missile radius is used. This means if your missile is after an enemy and closing in and they bail out or crash on purpose, and there is no player within the radius, you’ll also get a destruction credit and a reward as well.

❗️The missile reward mechanic is also being added to the already-existing bail out reward mechanic.

This new mechanic does not take anything away from how air battles functioned before — instead, it adds a new bonus by giving a destruction credit and reward in situations that previously gave nothing at all.

‼️Some information

Please bear in mind that this new mechanic may not be 100% perfect, and will also sometimes reward players who did nothing, just because they were closer. This mechanic is also not enabled in Air Simulator Battles, but is enabled in Air, Ground, Naval Arcade/Realistic Battles and Ground Simulator battles. You’ll be able to see information about crashing without damage and bailing out events that occurred in battle in the end of battle log.

We hope you like this new change, let us know what you think and see you soon!