Pentagon Delivering Two More F-35s Used to Train Turkish Pilots
- Deliveries commenced after Pentagon delayed other materials
- Lockheed jets used for pilot training at Luke AFB, Arizona
F-35B Lighting II jets.
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The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp. this week delivered an F-35 jet bought by Turkey to an Arizona base where it will help train Turkish pilots, despite a continuing dispute over that country’s purchase of a Russian missile defense system.
Another F-35 ordered by Turkey could be delivered to the Arizona base on Friday, Vice Admiral Mat Winter, the Pentagon’s F-35 program manager, said in an interview Thursday. The two jets would be the third and fourth sent to Luke Air Force Base and destined for Turkey.