Trump Set To Kick Turkey Out Of F-35 Program
July 17 2019
President Donald Trump says Turkey is out of the F-35 program after it began taking delivery of S-400 air defense systems purchased from Russia, reports Defense One.
Turkey planned to buy at least 100 of the stealthy fighter jets but those sales will not proceed, Trump told a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Trump lamented the situation as unfair, showing sympathy with Turkish claims that it was forced to procure the Russian system after Washington failed to meet Ankara's cost and...
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