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Title: Stop buying Turkey’s F-35 parts, lawmakers tell DoD
Post by: rangerrebew on July 08, 2020, 11:01:24 am

Stop buying Turkey’s F-35 parts, lawmakers tell DoD
By: Joe Gould  

WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Pentagon to more quickly stop buying F-35 fighter jet components from Turkey.

Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla.; Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.; Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., complained in a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper on July 6 that the Pentagon’s plans to buy parts from Turkey into 2022 undercuts U.S. pressure on the country over its purchase of the Russian S-400 Triumf air defense system.

The U.S. formally removed Turkey from the multinational program in 2019 over the S-400 deal, and it ended training on the jet for Turkish pilots. Furthermore, the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act barred the transfer of F-35 aircraft to Turkey. The U.S. has warned that Turkey’s use of the S-400 could compromise the stealthy F-35.

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/07/07/stop-buying-turkeys-f-35-parts-already-lawmakers-tell-dod/ (https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/07/07/stop-buying-turkeys-f-35-parts-already-lawmakers-tell-dod/)

Title: Re: Stop buying Turkey’s F-35 parts, lawmakers tell DoD
Post by: EdinVA on July 08, 2020, 11:31:12 am

How stupid can we get.... oh wait....

Title: Re: Stop buying Turkey’s F-35 parts, lawmakers tell DoD
Post by: rangerrebew on July 08, 2020, 12:23:12 pm

The person in charge of the parts is probably and Obama appointee! :whistle: