# Bayraktar TB2 at Azerbaijan: deployment

Canonical ID: `61d93181-fc5e-4e65-9332-042f65f148a4`

[Azerbaijan](/locations/azerbaijan.md) deployed ~20 TB2 systems acquired shortly before the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. TB2 was decisive in targeting Armenian positions.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** bayraktar-tb2-azerbaijan
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Bayraktar TB2](/models/bayraktar-tb2.md) (id: `91d49090-ab42-4f64-8179-0840fcd4b7f9`)
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)
- **Company:** [Baykar](/companies/baykar.md) (id: `f1366003-2a4b-42c4-a78a-3fa728b7e648`)
- **Location:** [Azerbaijan](/locations/azerbaijan.md) (id: `02f3fca9-38f9-4367-878b-09f44133cf64`)
- **First seen:** 2020-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.csis.org/analysis/air-and-missile-war-nagorno-karabakh-lessons-future-strike-and-defense

## Common questions

### What is the Bayraktar TB2 deployment at Azerbaijan?

Bayraktar TB2, built by Baykar, is recorded as a deployment at Azerbaijan on the DEPLOY registry. Baykar operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Bayraktar TB2 at Azerbaijan?

Baykar, the manufacturer of Bayraktar TB2, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Bayraktar TB2 deployment at Azerbaijan go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting September 27, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Bayraktar TB2 deployment at Azerbaijan?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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