Aircraft reference
OR-0177
Citation VI · Turkish Air Force
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Identity
- Mission
- Lead & observation
- Registration
- OR-0177
- Mode-S address
- 4B82CE
- ICAO type
- C650
- Model
- Citation VI
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Operator
- Turkish Air Force
- Country of registration
- Türkiye
About the Cessna Citation III
Coordination and observation aircraft
It carries the observers and radios that organize the air operation. It locates and assesses the fire, identifies safe drop runs, separates aircraft in the incident airspace, and guides tankers; it normally carries no water or retardant.
What this type can do
In this fleet the Citation 650 is an airborne command and observation asset. Its speed helps a coordination team reach a distant incident and work over a broad area; it carries communications and decision-makers, not suppressant.
This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.
The Cessna Citation III is an American business jet produced by Cessna and part of the Citation family. Announced at the October 1976 NBAA convention, the Model 650 made its maiden flight on May 30, 1979, received its type certification on April 30, 1982, and was delivered between 1983 and 1992. The cheaper Citation VI was produced from 1991 to 1995 and the more powerful Citation VII was offered between 1992 and 2000; 360 of all variants were delivered, while a proposed transcontinental variant, the Citation IV, was canceled before reaching the prototype stage. An all new design, the Citation III had a 312 ft2 (29.0 m2) swept wing for a 22,000 lb (10.0 t) MTOW and a 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) range, a T-tail and two 3,650–4,080 lbf (16.2–18.1 kN) TFE731 turbofans. Its fuselage cross section and cockpit were carried over and used in the later Citation X, Citation Excel and Citation Sovereign.
ICAO type · C650Flight history
Every sortie this server has recorded, reconstructed from the positions the volunteer ADS-B network heard. Select a row to isolate it on the map.