On April 14, 2021, President Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN announced that the BOZDOĞAN IIR guided within visual range (WVR) air-to-air missile developed by youth Turkish technicians and engineers under GÖKTUĞ Project has successfully destroyed its target (TUSAŞ`s ŞİMŞEK high-Speed target Drone) during its first air launch test. "Turkey has managed to become one of the few countries having the air-to-air missile technology," ERDOĞAN wrote on his personal Twitter account/page. President ERDOĞAN also shared a short video of BOZDOĞAN`s first air launch test.