Israel is the only country in the Middle East to have the aircraft
F-35
Our security and military superiority in the region are the most significant things for us
"Sanctions for their initial purchase need to be implemented"
The action will indicate the official Full Operational Capability (FOC) status of the system as Turkey is gearing up for military confrontation
US & UAE hope to have an agreement on the sale of F-35 in place by December and Washington studies how to do it without running afoul of Israel
If the report is true, the geopolitical impact of such a move in the Eastern Mediterranean will be tremendous on many different levels
Philip H. Gordon, a foreign policy adviser and former assistant secretary of state: “Ιt’s getting hard to describe Turkey as an ally of the US”
The US formally removed Turkey from the multinational program in 2019 over the S-400 deal and it ended training of Turkish pilots
Relations between Ankara and Moscow have cooled since the killing of Turkish soldiers in a government attack in Idlib
The system has unofficially achieved FOC (Full Operational Capability) but for diplomatic reasons the official announcement has been postponed