Possible arrival of 80 F-16 and F-35 fighters to Turkey and Greece

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, America has issued a military announcement based on which it is supposed to replace the F-35 and F-16 fighters. sell to Greece and Turkey.

website «Balgreen Military” wrote on Saturday about this announcement of the purchase of nearly Turkey announces the arrival of 40 F-16 fighters.

Greece and Turkey are fiercely competing in the military field. Greece recently ordered 24 French-made Rafale fighters, 6 new and 18 second-hand ones, as well as three French frigates.

Some time ago, “Kriakas Mitsotakis”, the leader of the “New Democracy” party of Greece and the former prime minister of this country, said that due to Turkey’s actions, Greece should strengthen the power of its armed forces.

Mitsotakis said: “Greece is obliged to strengthen its armed forces, because we have Turkey as our biggest and geopolitically unpredictable neighbor.”

The contract for Turkey goes beyond the sale of F-16 fighters and includes 48 F-110 turbofan engines, 149 INAPG radars, 168 forest kits. It becomes “Viper”.

Greece is also another customer of America. According to this country, the purchase of 40 F-35 fighter jets worth 8.6 billion dollars is approved. It is done, which also includes various supplementary systems. These planes are supposed to replace the fleet of “F-4 Phantom” and “Mirage-2000”.

The US Congress has 15 days until this Evaluate sales. According to the relevant law, the evaluation period is extended to 15 days for NATO members and up to 30 days for non-NATO countries.

The evaluation of this arms contract The Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate and the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives. These institutions have the authority to evaluate and, if necessary, challenge international arms sales. had welcomed NATO.

Earlier, the Turkish parliament approved Sweden’s membership with 287 votes against 55 votes, and now Hungary is the only It is a NATO member country that has not signed Sweden’s entry into this Western military alliance.

Finland and Sweden, both northern European countries near or They border with Russia, which applied for NATO membership after the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine in February 2022.

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