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Is Erdogan testing Biden with request to buy more F-16s?

Ankara’s surprise request to purchase F-16 jets from the United States looks like a rational decision dictated by military realities, but some suspect it might well be a gambit to set the stage for warplane negotiations with Russia.

Metin Gurcan
Metin Gurcan
Oct 12, 2021
Illustration picture shows an F16 fighter jet landing after a press conference of the Belgian defence, to discuss the missions it's involved in, and to look back on the Desert Falcon mission, at the military air base in Kleine-Brogel, Peer on Oct. 1, 2021.
An F-16 fighter jet lands after a press conference of the Belgian defense ministry at the military air base in Kleine-Brogel, Belgium, on Oct. 1, 2021. — BENOIT DOPPAGNE/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images

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