The United States stopped the sale of the F-35, citing Turkey’s purchase of the S-400 air defense system. In fact, it seized the first 6 units, whose delivery ceremony was held and the training of Turkish pilots began. Afterwards, on September 23, 2021, Turkey was completely removed from the F-35 program. But it still demands tribute. Here are the details…
USA: “Turkey should give hangar money for F-35”
Apart from the USA, there are many countries such as the UK, Italy, Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Norway and Denmark that have agreed to contribute $4.375 billion to the F-35 project. Some of them even play a critical role in the production phase.
For example, Turkey produced many parts of the F-35 warplanes, from the middle body parts to the touch screens in the pilot cabin. Of course, after being removed from the program, parts are no longer supplied from the companies that make these productions.
On the National Combat Aircraft landing gear! Final version (Image)
There are successive developments for the National Combat Aircraft. Finally, the MMU, whose fuselage assembly was completed, was seen on the landing gear today.
Today, an unexpected statement and demand came from the USA. Officials said that 6 F-35s purchased by Turkey have been kept in hangars of the US Air Force for a long time and no fee has been paid for this.
In other words, he said that a kind of parking fee should be paid for the planes that were given to Turkey with a delivery ceremony but were later confiscated. In response to this, Turkey demanded the repayment of the $1.4 billion paid for the project (including the sale and modernization of the F-16), as well as the compensation of the Turkish companies that were suddenly excluded from the project and suffered losses.
What do you think about this subject? Don’t forget to share your views with us again in the comments!