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DoD Weapons Buyer: Cutting Turkey From F-35 Could Cause Two-Year Program Delays

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DoD Weapons Buyer: Cutting Turkey From F-35 Could Cause Two-Year Program Delays
F-35A Lightning II test aircraft assigned to the 31st Test Evaluation Squadron from Edwards Air Force Base, California, released AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9X missiles at QF-16 targets during a live-fire test over an Air Force range in the Gulf of Mexico on June 12, 2018. The Joint Operational Test Team conducted the missions as part of Block 3F Initial Operational Test and Evaluation.

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program could suffer delays should the United States and Turkey fail to come to agreement on the ongoing dispute regarding Ankara’s decision to buy the Russian-made S-400 weapon system, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer said May 10. “We see a potential slowing down of some deliveries over the next two years, [and] some potential cost impacts,” Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord said at a Friday media briefing at the Pentagon. “But…

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