F-35 Jets will be delivered to Turkey despite the Senate opposition!

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This decision was lawless anyway. Turkey is already one of the nine countries who contributed to its design and paid for it. Check it out on here.

"Of the original nine partner countries – Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States – six have received their first jets. There are also three foreign military sale (FMS) customers - Israel, Japan and the Republic of Korea. In addition, the F-35 is being evaluated by the Belgian government as a possible replacement for their F-16 fleet and the Finnish government as a possible replacement for their F/A-18C/D fleet.

Suppliers in all nine of the program's partner countries are producing F-35 components for all aircraft, not just those for their country. And in addition to the Fort Worth plant, there are two Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facilities outside the United States: one in Cameri, Italy, where the first jet was delivered in December 2015; and another in Nagoya, Japan, where the first jet was delivered in June 2017."


This is not an ordinary buy and sell situation. This would be the final nail in the coffin regarding the worsening reputation of USA and recent tension between Turkey and USA. I am glad this decision will mend the relations.



"Turkey expects that the United States will deliver the first F-35 joint strike fighters on June 21 with a ceremony despite the U.S. Senate decision to block the procurement of the aircraft to the Turkish government, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said."

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Look at the butthurts on the comment section lol.