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While US government officials will likely learn valuable lessons from the unpleasant situation with the lost and unaccounted for F-35 spare parts, whether these lessons will be implemented in the future is a different matter, warned a US Army vet.

Washingtons proposal that Ankara send its Russia-made S-400 air defense weapons system to Ukraine was nothing short of an attack on Turkiyes sovereignty and independence, Ahmet Berat Chonkar, co-chairman of the Russian-Turkish Public Forum and member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) told Sputnik.

The U.S. Air Force decided to upgrade the existing engine instead of pursuing a new adaptive engine, and will likely talk to partners about the change l...

The Pentagon has acknowledged that only around half of its fleet of F-35 fighter jets is mission-capable, well below the target of 65%, at the House Armed... 31.03.2023, Sputnik International

The US has put the brakes on the provision of F-16 fighters to Turkiye after removing the nation from the F-35 program because Washington is waiting for the... 06.03.2023, Sputnik International

In 2021, Erdogan said that Washington had offered Ankara the opportunity to buy the F-16 jets after the country was excluded from the F-35 Lightning II Program because it had bought the S-400 Russian missile defense system

More than one-quarter of recent jets are arriving behind schedule, but ahead of planned components that will require costly retrofits, the watchdog says.

Negotiations continue on three batches of jets—Lots 15 to 17—that were expected to be finalized last year.

2021 deliveries could return almost to the level once planned for 2020.

What you need to know about the defense industry - in your inbox. email How Pentagon Cash Helped Save Small Defense Companies During the Pandemic Business leaders are now calling on defense officials and lawmakers to keep a policy that pays contractors more money up front. As the world began shutting down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Doug Carlberg worried about his San Antonio, Texas, factory that makes parts for military and commercial aircraft. While his work making parts for com...