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President Trump Signs Off on Blocking Turkey’s F-35s
The latest U.S. defense acquisition bill is now law, and temporarily bars the delivery of F-35s to Turkey as part of a deepening row with Ankara
Turkey's first F-35A was displayed at the June 21 handover ceremony flanked by the Roketsan SOM-J standoff missile (right) and a bomb fitted with the Aselsan HGK guidance kit, both of which Turkey had plans to integrate with the F-35A. (photo: Lockheed Martin)
Turkey's first F-35A was displayed at the June 21 handover ceremony flanked by the Roketsan SOM-J standoff missile (right) and a bomb fitted with the Aselsan HGK guidance kit, both of which Turkey had plans to integrate with the F-35A. (photo: Lockheed Martin)

On August 13, President Trump signed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law at Fort Drum, New York, home of the 10th Mountain Infantry. As well as authorizing a $716 billion top-line budget, the act includes a temporary bar to delivering Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters to Turkey as part of a deteriorating diplomatic situation with Ankara.


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