US EditionTurkey scales back $23 billion F-16 deal with US
- Türkiye has scaled down its planned $23 billion acquisition by scrapping the purchase of 79 modernization kits for its existing F-16 fleet.
- The updated deal includes 40 new F-16 Block 70 Viper jets for $7 billion, with $1.4 billion already paid.
- This decision reflects the geopolitical entanglements impacting US-Turkey relations, as Turkey approved Sweden's NATO membership after securing the F-16 deal.
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Turkey to scale down $23 bln F-16 jet deal with US
Turkey has reduced its planned $23 billion acquisition of an F-16 fighter jet package from the United States, scrapping the purchase of 79 modernisation kits for its existing fleet, Defence Minister Yasar Guler said late on Tuesday. NATO member Turkey earlier this year secured a deal to procure 40 F-16 fighter jets and 79 modernisation kits for its existing F-16s from the United States, after a long-delayed process. "An initial payment has been …
Turkey has scaled back its program to purchase a package of F-16V Viper fighter jets from the United States, eliminating the acquisition of modernization kits for its existing F-16C fleet. Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler announced that Ankara has already made a first payment of 1.4 billion dollars for the purchase of 40 F-16 Block-70 Vipers and that it has revised the terms of the program. ...
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