“US Set to Remove Hurdles to Sale of F-16 Fighter Jets to Turkey”
“S lawmakers are set to remove hurdles to the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey in a move that may improve frayed ties between the two allies.
The final annual defense authorization bill dropped a provision adopted by the US House of Representatives in July that would have prohibited the sale of F-16s to Turkey unless President Joe Biden certifies that providing the Lockheed Martin Corp. fighters is in the national interest and that Turkey won’t use the jets for unauthorized territorial overflights on Greece.”
The Turkish Air Force (TurAF) has taken delivery of a total of 270 F-16C/D Block 30, Block 40, Block 50, and Block 50+ aircraft.
All of those F-16s, except the first 8 were assembled in Turkey.
This "Sale" would be for 40 new F-16Vs and upgrade kits for 80 F-16s in its inventory.
This "situation" was caused by President Trump cancelled the F-35s for Turkey because they purchased S-400s from Russia.
“US Set to Remove Hurdles to Sale of F-16 Fighter Jets to Turkey”
I wonder if this is a quid pro quo for enforcing the new oil restrictions on oil tankers through the Bosphorus, or for admitting Sweden and Finland into NATO, Syria, or something else?