Turkey Has Not Given Up On the F-35, According to Kalin
According to Turkey’s Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın, Turkey did not give up its F-35 fighter planes.
According to Turkey’s Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın, Turkey did not give up its F-35 fighter planes.
The US Congress has announced the types of Intelligence reports it will gather in 2022. US intelligence will conduct a detailed study on Afghanistan’s relations with Turkey, where the US has withdrawn, within the “Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022” framework. On the other hand, while it specifically examines the situation of Russia, Iran and China, which are directly subject to the US’s CAATSA sanctions, it may also examine Turkey’s situation if there is a demand from the Treasury.
The U.S. and Turkey have had another round of discussions to address the disagreement over Ankara’s exclusion from the F-35 JSF programme.
Spokesperson to the President of Turkey, İbrahim Kalın, made exclusive statements to Milliyet regarding Turkey’s request to acquire F-16s from the U.S.
Turkey expects the Biden administration to respond positively to its request to modernise its F-16 aircraft despite opposition from Armenia and Greece.
According to Reuters, Turkey has requested the US to acquire 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia and the US statement included warnings.
President of Defence Industries Professor İsmail Demir was on TRT live for an exclusive interview. The headlines from Demir’s interview are as follows:
According to Greece based SKAI TV, the United States has asked Turkey to officially confirm that it has not activated the Russian S-400 Air Defence systems.
Italian Air Force F-35A fighter jets flew to Estonia to start their service as part of NATO’s Air Policing mission to “Secure the Skies”.
The Turkish defence industry has hired a former Lockheed Martin executive to lobby Alexandria-based firm Pentagon Strategies on the F-35.
Russia is ready to negotiate the deliveries of fifth-generation fighters SU-57 and generation 4++ fighters SU-35 with Turkey.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called Turkey “extremely important,” saying the alliance is a platform to address differences and disagreements.
According to Al-Monitor, Russia officially announced that Egypt had received five Sukhoi Su-35 advanced combat aircraft.