“Turkey will either get closer to Russia and move away from the US in defence matters or try to solve problems within NATO and fulfill certain demands” Opinion | ALICINAR
At the beginning of the 1980s, Turkey made a decision to purchase a total of 160 F-16s, the Fighting Falcons, the history of which dates back to 1974. In February 1983, Major General Sadi Kaban, Colonel Zubeyir Batur, and Major Okan Oncel went to the US to try out the F-16, F-18, and F-20.
For this project, Turkey succeeded in producing F-16s at a rate of 80 percent of domestic materials, and the second phase completed with the last aircraft joining the inventory in 2000. Based on the fact that only nine of the 3,000 plus F-16 aircrafts in the world are considered "excellent," it can be understood more clearly what kind of success Turkey has achieved in the production of F-16s.
The procedure is quite arduous when it comes to Turkey's new F-16 demands. First, the Pentagon will meet with manufacturer Lockheed Martin, and if deemed appropriate, then a price outline will be drafted. The Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers at the State Department's Office of Political-Military Affairs manages the FMS approval process in close collaboration with the Department of Defense's Defense Security Cooperation Agency .
During the ambassador's nomination hearing on September 28, Senator Bob Menendez said, "No Turkey arms sales as long as it possesses Russian S-400s." Many members of Congress hinted to the media that passage for approval of the F-16 project will be difficult. That is to say that Congress will consider the demands of Turkey as long as it refrains from working with Russia's defence industry. As you may recall, Congress blocked a $1.
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