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Earlier on Wednesday the White House sent a letter to members of Congress urging approval of the $20 billion sale of F-16 aircraft and modernization kits to Turkey, four sources familiar with the ...
Turkey has reduced its planned $23 billion acquisition of an F-16 fighter jet package from the United States, scrapping the purchase of 79 modernisation kits for its existing fleet, Defence ...
The U.S. Congress cannot support the $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Ankara ratifies the NATO memberships of Sweden and Finland, a bipartisan group of senators said on Thursday.
F-16 Fighting Falcon: United States: multirole: F-16C/D Block 30: 35 [1] Nearly all active aircraft were built under license by TAI. [2] [3] Block 40s and 50s have been upgraded under the PO-III and F-16 MSM/CCIP to Block 50+ standard. [4] All will be ugpraded under F-16 Özgür/Özgür II program. Undergoing Özgür I upgrade of Block 30s. [5]
Their first project was to make the new F-16 from the US ready for the Turkish Air Force. In 1984 the US companies Lockheed Martin and General Electric joined in, with TAI producing its first F-16 in 1987. [9] TAI produced 240 F-16 aircraft for Turkey and assembled 46 F-16s for the Egyptian Air Force in the 1980s and 1990s. [10]
On 30 September 2021, Turkey sent a formal request to the United States to purchase 40 new F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft and nearly 80 kits to modernize its F-16C/D fighters to F-16 Block 70/72 variant. [55] Turkey latter cancelled the upgrade kits from the deal and decided to modernize F-16s locally. Other
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken in a call on Wednesday that Turkey expected the United States to act in line with their NATO alliance and keep its ...
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Erdogan said Turkey was now awaiting the U.S. move on the F-16 sale and the Congress should respond to Biden's letter "as soon as possible". "We are waiting for this.