US may approve F-16 sale to Turkiye in two months, Erdogan’s spokesman says

ISTANBUL, 05 November 2022, (TON): President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said the process of the United States approving the sale of F-16 fighter jets to NATO member Turkiye was going well and could be completed within a couple of months.

Turkiye made a request to the United States in October 2021 to buy 40 Lockheed Martin Corp. F-16 fighters and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes to update its air force after the purchase of F-35s fell through.

CNN Turk cited spokesman Ibrahim Kalin as saying in an interview with the broadcaster that the administration of President Joe Biden was making sincere efforts on the issue.

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