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UK: No Negative Turkey F-35 Repercussions, Looks To Gripen Model For Tempest

Monday, October 14th, 2019

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UK: No Negative Turkey F-35 Repercussions, Looks To Gripen Model For Tempest

The first take off of an F-35B form the UK's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier off the east coast of the U.S. in September 2018. (Photo: UK Ministry of Defence)

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…

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