Vance Says Review Underway to See How Turkey Can Get F-35 Fighter Jets
Vice President JD Vance during a briefing for reporters at the White House in Washington, on Thursday, June 18, 2026. (Allison Robbert/The New York Times)
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Vice President JD Vance indicated on Wednesday that a review was under way to see how the United States could sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets given Ankara’s 2019 acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defense systems.
“Pete and the entire team are reviewing this right now, because there are certain things that we have to certify have happened … in order to comply with American law. The president has asked us to do that,” Vance told reporters.
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Andrea Shalal; editing by Michelle Nichols )
