Menendez: Turkey Allowing Sweden Into NATO Won’t Change F-16 Stance

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The main voice on Capitol Hill for blocking the sale of F-16 Block 70/72 fighters to Turkey is not going along with President Joe Biden’s comments that accession of Sweden to NATO could create an opening. Biden, speaking at the White House on May 29, said he called Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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