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State Department: ‘Room to Reconcile’ on U.S.-Turkey F-35 Debacle

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, February 18th, 2020

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State Department: ‘Room to Reconcile’ on U.S.-Turkey F-35 Debacle

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II at the 2018 Paris Air Show. Photo: Lockheed Martin

The State Department continues to hold the door open to Turkey to rejoin the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program if it opts to procure a compatible integrated air defense system instead of the Russian-made S-400. “There is certain room to course-correct” since the Pentagon announced last spring that it planned to eliminate Ankara’s role as a development partner of the F-35, replacing local suppliers and holding F-35A aircraft destined for Turkey at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, said R. Clarke…

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