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US to buy eight of Turkey’s F-35s from Lockheed Martin

The decision comes after Turkey had been expelled from the fighter jet's production program over its purchase of a Russian air defense system.
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The United States will purchase eight F-35 fighter jets originally produced for Turkey, the Defense Department announced yesterday, in a glimpse of what the Pentagon may intend to do with the undelivered fifth-generation fighter aircraft.

The US Air Force will purchase the F-35s as part of a nearly $862 million contract modification with Lockheed Martin, which built the aircraft for Ankara.

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