The US has made Turkey out of the F 35 combat aircraft program
Washington, Ankara … News Time
The US has made Turkey out of the F-35 fighter jets program. The US had asked Turkey not to buy aerial defense system, but Turkey did not care about American opposition, with Russia’s S 400 air defense system. The first shipment of this defense system has been reached to Ankara military base last week. The US expressed anger over Turkey, leaving Turkey out of the latest American stealth fighter aircraft F 35 program. Pentagon announced that the Turkish government’s purchase of Russian system is a violation of the promise of NATO; Turkey cannot be part of the NATO missile program to buy missile defense systems from Russia. According to White House, Turkey’s Russian S-400 Air Defense System is a violation of the F-35 program, Washington has offered Turkey several times to sell the Turkish Air Force system, which Turkey did not accept. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry denounces the US move as unfair and has said that it will affect bilateral relations between the two countries.
Turkish authorities have warned the US to withdraw Turkey’s announcement to not sell F-35 fighter jets. According to details, when buying a Russian missile system from Turkey, United States has announced not to sell F-35 aircraft to Turkey, whose Ankara officials are expressing confusion in response. According to foreign news agency Turkey rejected criticism of American decision; Authorities have warned that this decision will prove to be harmful for both countries. Ankara officials have demanded from the US that Washington’s decision to withdraw Turkey from the US-led aircraft F- 35 project is a violation of the spirit of unity, to withdraw the decision immediately. White House had to say yesterday that it is not possible to keep a stealth plane to Turkey after deal with Russia. The US officials expressed concern that Russian missiles threatened to target NATO planes in Turkey. Ankara has done a wrong, worthless and disappointing decision. It is clear that President Barack Obama warned that if Turkey continued to implement the Russian-built S 400 missile system’s agreement, Ankara would be banned. Remember that the US has repeatedly expressed its opposition to this deal; The United States had given Turkey an end to July 31 to get rid of this agreement.
