In a major break with a longtime ally, President Trump’s administration said Turkey is being kicked out of the F-35 program because it is buying the Russian S-400 air defense system.
Washington’s decision to exclude Turkey from an American-led fighter jet program goes against the “spirit of alliance,” the Turkish government said Thursday, and called on its NATO ally to reverse the decision.
On Wednesday, Ellen Lord, the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, told a news conference that the U.S. has suspended Turkey from the F-35 program and is beginning the process of its formal removal. Erdogan has said his government hopes to co-produce high-tech weaponry systems with Russia in the future, further defying the United States and other NATO allies.
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