Thursday, February 29, 2024

Turkey Receives US Draft Letters Approving F-16 Jets Deal: Official

The United States has sent Turkey draft letters of offer and acceptance regarding its request to buy Block-70 F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits, Turkey's defense ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.

Turkey made the request in October 2021, two years after it was left out of the fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet program over its procurement of a Russian missile defense system.

The US administration agreed to conclude the delayed deal after a series of negotiations following Ankara's approval of Sweden's NATO membership bid.

US President Joe Biden's administration formally informed Congress of its intention to proceed with the $23 billion sale of the Lockheed Martin jets in January.

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