Posted on 06/15/2018 8:46:49 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
If all goes as planned, a long-anticipated ceremony will be held in Fort Worth, Texas on the first official day of summer. It's to mark the nation of Turkey taking possession of its first F-35 jet fighter.
The F-35 is widely considered the world's most advanced and versatile warplane. Not only has Turkey ordered more than 100 of them - it's also part of a nine-nation consortium manufacturing the 300,000 parts that make up Lockheed Martin's 5th-generation stealth fighter.
But there may be a problem. Congress is moving to block delivery of the F-35 to this nation that's been part of the NATO alliance since 1952. And it could be many months before Turkey's first F-35A would be ready to cross the Atlantic, because Turkish pilots have yet to begin their training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona to fly it.
The Senate has led opposition to the deal.
"On its surface, because they're a NATO ally, I don't object to it," North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis declared this week on the Senate floor. "But today, I strongly object to it."
Tillis accuses Turkey of holding a Presbyterian minister from North Carolina hostage for the past year and a half. He says Pastor Andrew Brunson, whom he visited in jail two months ago, is being held on "bogus" charges to pressure the U.S. to extradite Fetullah Gulen.
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I'm no fan of NPR, but this seems pretty accurate.
A large number of congressmen have drafted a letter concerning denial of delivery of the F35's to Turkey.
For starters, turkeys really can’t fly very well.
” because Turkish pilots have yet to begin their training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona to fly it.”
Turks, loyal to Erdogan and the caliphate, flying over American skies...in an F-35 armed with weapons. If a new 9/11 hits, we deserve it.
As god is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.
As God is your witness, hopefully not in hindsight :)
Because they’re filthy Muslims?
They can. Just not very well. We get a lot of them on our property. They mainly fly short distances and to get into trees.
Never thought of this before, but how do we deliver fighter jets to other countries?
Disassembled in boxes?
On a big flat barge like an aircraft carrier?
We don’t fly them over, right?
“As god is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.”
Actually. the wild one’s do. We have them in our neighborhood and when the dog chases them, they will fly. (today’s chuckle)
Seriously, if Russia attacks Turkey from the rear, will greece help?
Turkey is turning to radical islam and is or soon will be no friend of western democratic civilizations. We must design our foreign policy without them.....sooner the better...they are not a dependable, trustworthy member of NATO
Disassembled in boxes?
On a big flat barge like an aircraft carrier?
We don’t fly them over, right?
Hmm, apparently we do all these.
https://www.quora.com/How-are-fighter-jets-shipped-from-one-country-to-another
Why are we selling arms to our enemy?
What are those turkeys doing in NATO in the first place?
That could be a bit of a sticky wicket.
Because they have been a NATO member since 1952?
Go figure.
Agree, unless he is defeated at the ballot box or is removed.
They are evidently bought in the US, their pilots are trained to fly them here and they fly them home.
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