Blow to Erdogan as US boots Turkey out of F-35 strike fighter program

Arab News ^ | 7/19/2020 | Menekse Tokyay

[Texas Fossil]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Republic_of_Turkey

“Turkey remained neutral until the final stages of World War II and tried to maintain an equal distance between both the Axis and the Allies until February 1945, when Turkey entered the war on the side of the Allies against Germany and Japan.”

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They were our allies against Russia after WWII, largely set out the battles of WWII

[Texas Fossil]

Correct.

[jjotto]

Ally?

Well, except for that whole German-Turkish Treaty of Friendship thing in 1941...

[MRadtke]

Thanks, interesting article. Also led to a fer more informative pieces.

[hinckley buzzard]

A quick glance at a map would answer why Turkey was included in NATO to begin with. It controls egress from the Black Sea Into the Med and blocked USSR from overland access to the Mideast oil fields. Since the fall of the USSR these considerations are less important, but still Turkey has a strategic location as we found out in our invasion Iraq. With the death of Kemalism their future as a western partner is clearly on the bubble.

[Repeat Offender]

HAHAHAHAHA.

You seriously posted a link to the Duffle Blog as a source?

It's like "The Onion" but for military culture.

In other words - it's all satire.

[BiteYourSelf]

As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.😁

[PIF]

They were admitted to NATO and were a good member until recently

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They were a major problem in the 70s and only useful for their proximity to Russian tropospheric dump zone and various Russian rocket ranges - even them they deliberately hindered more than they helped

[PIF]

Our F15s and F16s now carry an pod that detects stealth planes without using radar. If we have it, then the Russians have or will shortly have something similar - thus the limited stealth the 35 has is negated.

It’s future role may be something like a rear ward coordinator for a drone swarm or loyal wingman. It cannot dog fight with only 116 rounds. Its BVR air to air missiles are outranged by the Russian BVR missiles. As a bomb truck or a carrier of an external pod, it forfeits all stealth.

[Colorado Doug]

"As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.😁"
I remember watching as that tragic event unfolded in Cincinnati. I was fortunate to have been watching the only station to cover it at the time. If memory serves me, I think it was WKRP.

[BiteYourSelf]

You were watching a radio station? How does that work?🤭

[Svartalfiar]

2. Look at the date of the article you posted. That was written when the F-35 flight control software was still being developed, and the F-35 was limited to 3G turns. Today it can pull sustained 9G turns, limited only by what the pilot can sustain.
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LOL! It says the F35 is designed for BVR and that is why it lost to a WW I (yes, I) Red Baron Fokker.

Hey guys, here's a link to the about section of the website he posted. Make sure you go halfway down and read the "Disclaimer" part!

https://www.duffelblog.com/about/