FILE PHOTO: U.S. airmen walk next to a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft. © REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Reuters: U.S. to stop training Turkish F-35 pilots because of Russia deal -sources
WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The United States has decided to stop accepting any more Turkish pilots who had planned to train in the United States on F-35 fighter jets, three U.S. officials said, in a sign of an escalating dispute over Ankara’s plans to purchase Russian air defences two NATO allies have sparred publicly for months over Turkey’s order for Russia’s S-400 air defence system, which Washington says poses a threat to the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealthy fighters, which Turkey also plans to buy.
The United States says Turkey cannot have both, but had avoided taking steps to curtail or halt planned training of Turkish pilots in the programme, a reprisal that could be seen as an embarrassment in Turkey.
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