Monday, January 27, 2014

Turkey Looks To Build Its Own Fighter Aircraft | Ottawa Citizen

Turkey Looks To Build Its Own Fighter Aircraft

January 27, 2014. 10:06 am • Section: Defence Watch

My Defense News colleague BURAK EGE BEKDIL has this about Turkey’s aerospace efforts:

ANKARA — Turkey’s government, procurement and industry officials widely expect Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to approve an ambitious program to build the country’s first indigenous fighter aircraft, amid doubts that Ankara could afford to buy it alongside the F-35 joint strike fighter.

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