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Trump signs defense policy bill suspending sale of F-35 jets to Turkey

Prohibits the sale of F-35 aicraft to Turkey for 90 days

Kathimerini Greece Newsroom

US President Donald Trump has approved a defense budget law delaying the delivery of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.

The $716 billion John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) prohibits the sale of F-35 aicraft to Turkey for 90 days until the Pentagon produces a report on the risks entailed by the fellow NATO member-country’s purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system.

Turkey received its first pair of a projected 100 aircraft in June. The jets remain in the US while their Turkish pilots receive training. Delivery will not take place before September 2019.

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