Minister Güler announced: Türkiye can return to the F-35 program!
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Turkey from Russia S-400 Türkiye, which was excluded from the F-35 program after purchasing air defense systems, may be included in the program again.
Answering the question about F35 warplanes during the 2025 budget discussions of the Ministry of National Defense at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Planning and Budget Commission, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler stated that Turkey had made an initial payment of 1.4 billion dollars for the F-35 and said: “We have 6 F-35 aircraft there. Now, when they saw that we were making KAAN, their thoughts changed. They say they can give. “We resubmitted our offer to purchase the F-35.” He made a statement.
F-16 modernization abandoned
Speaking about the purchase of F-16 fighter jets from the USA, Güler said: “The initial payment has been made within the scope of the F-16 Block 70 procurement payment, we will purchase 40 F-16s, We gave up 79 modernization kits“ he said.
Thus, recently announced 40 Eurofighters with the purchase 40 F-16 Block 70 Vipers The warplane will also join the Turkish Armed Forces inventory. It seems that the 79 modernization kits planned for the available F-16s have been abandoned. This may mean that the return to the F-35 program has been given the green light.
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