F-35A fighters. File photoANKARA, Jan 23Ankara and Washington will negotiate the delivery of F-35 fighter jets to the United States in late January and early February, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said. supply programs for the latest F-35 fighters due to Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems. The US canceled the joint memorandum on the F-35 signed by Turkey in January 2007, signing it with the seven remaining partners in the F-35 project — the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, Denmark, Canada and Norway. The Turkish President stated that the United States offered his country to buy F-16 fighters after its exclusion from the F-35 supply program. raid by American F-35 fighters «As for the F-35, we asked:» We made such a contribution, how will we compensate. «The American side said that it understood. We agreed to meet in late January — early February. Our delegation will go there (in USA — ed.). Six F-35s destined for Turkey are in the hangar. It is being discussed what will happen to them,» Turkish newspaper Milliyet quoted Akar as saying.
