
The United Kingdom’s top Air Force official said Turkey being taken out of the F-35 partnership will not negatively affect them while noting they are looking at Sweden’s Gripen as a model for the next-generation Tempest program. While Turkey’s removal from the F-35 program impacts the U.K., Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston, Chief of the Air Staff, said it is not a negative impact. “Its requiring for all partner nations - there’s a period of readjustment, but we see no…