A Turkish F-16 fighter jet crashed while responding to an unidentified radar signal near the Bulgarian border, the Turkish Ministry of Defense confirmed. The incident occurred in the early hours of February 25, when two F-16s were scrambled from the Balıkesir airbase after the radar trace was detected. Contact with one of the aircraft was lost at 00:56, and the pilot, Major Ibrahim Bolat, died despite activating the ejection system at the last moment. The ministry clarified that unidentified