Turkey is looking to buy 40 F-16 fighter jets from the United States.
Unnamed sources have made the announcement, saying the multibillion-dollar deal is currently in the process of being sold to US foreign military equipment and has not yet been finalized.
It is said that the finalization of Turkey’s request to buy the F-16 from the United States will be subject to the approval of the US State Department and the US Congress, and these institutions have not yet responded to Turkey’s request.
A State Department source said that politically, the State Department would not comment on the sale or transfer of proposed military equipment until it was formally notified to Congress.
However, the Turkish embassy in Washington declined to comment.
Earlier, Turkish requests and orders from the United States to purchase F-35 fighter jets failed, and the United States avoided delivering F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. The non-transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey was due to the country’s dispute with the United States over the purchase of S400 missile systems from Russia, which was strongly opposed by Washington, and a few days ago even US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told Turkey about the purchase. Military equipment warned Russia. In this regard, Wendy Sherman said that the purchase of Russian military weapons will have consequences for Turkey.
Following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s announcement of a plan to purchase a second series of Russian S400 missile systems, in an interview with CBS News, the United States entered a warning phase in several stages. Turkey, and a few days ago, a US State Department spokesman said, “We warn Turkey not to buy more military products from Russia.”
In that interview, Erdogan said in response to a question about whether he intended to buy another series of S400 missile systems: “From this period on, no one can in our policy regarding the purchase of defense systems and from which country and to Whatever it is, intervene. We are the one who decides on this.
Following Turkey’s purchase of Russia’s first series of S-400 missile systems, Washington has boycotted Ankara, excluded Ankara from the joint F-35 production project, and even avoided handing over Turkish-ordered and ready-to-deliver fighter jets. And handed them over to the US Army.
