 Turkey's national fighter jet, KAN, has made its maiden flight. Developed by Turkish aerospace industries, the KAN represents Turkey's most ambitious technological endeavor, aimed at bolstering the country's defense capabilities and enhancing its strategic position on the global stage accompanied by a Turkish Air Force F-16 defighting falcon, the KAN completed its maiden flight, launched in 2016. The KAN project underscores Turkey's commitment to modernizing its defense infrastructure and ensuring its readiness for future challenges, the flight was made. By Turkish test pilot Barbaros de Mürba's.KAN will be capable of air-to-air combat with new generation weapons and precision strikes from internal weapon mounts at supersonic speed and will provide increased combat power with AI and neural network support. The latest development makes Turkey a one of a few countries to own this technology. Before its first flight, KAN underwent a series of tests, including ejection seat tests, full-length static tests, inertial and static tests of control surfaces, landing gear drop tests, avionics system tests and the system integration laboratory and fuel tests. Subsequently, it successfully conducted slow and fast taxi tests on the runway.