But why is Turkey talking about the need to get an F-16 while it does not … consider the purchase and sale from the USA certain.
Turkey: Strange statement about the new Turkish F-16s that Ankara wants to get from Washington.
Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, regarding the sale of F-16s by the US to Turkey, said that the talks “are positive and the foundations have been laid for the continuation of contacts”.
But why is Turkey talking about the need to get an F-16 while it does not consider buying and selling from the USA certain.
Our estimate is that Turkey will sooner or later get the new F-16s it wants from the US, but even soon it may be relevant as this market is not an extreme scenario to be completed in five years from now.
“The foundations have been laid for the continuation of the contacts,” said Hulusi Akar, who has lamented at other times.
At the same time, of course, Ankara is blackmailing the United States over the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO, while it has closed its airspace to Russian fighter jets flying to Syria.
This statement of the Turkish Minister of National Defense came one day after the statements of a retired Turkish officer that the war with Greece will be judged in the air, since Evros and the Aegean are invincible for the Turks.
