Two F-16 Fighting Falcon. fly in formation on October 30, 2019. (U.S. Air Force/ Master Sgt. Jason Rolfe)
Two lawmakers are requesting that the State Department provide details on Turkey's recent reported use of Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile system against F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets, as well as Russia’s ability to gather critical intelligence through it on U.S. and NATO allies.
Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and James Lankford, R-Okla., sent a letter Wednesday to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after media reports that Turkey tracked U.S.-made F-16s flying in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during the Eunomia joint exercise in August involving France, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.
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WNU Editor: Considering how Turkey has been behaving in Libya, the Armenia-Azerbaijan war, and northern Syria. Coupled with threats being made against NATO member Greece and violating territory belonging to Cypress. Tracking US fighters should surprise no one.
4 comments:
I would like to think we tracked them also.
Ummm what couldn't track a f16?
Our lawmaker are very naive. The rest of NATO members too. Turkey has already past the very limit of treason, the world has changed, Turkey is not as strategic as it was. Get them out!
Fazman,
Question is how far away can you track it and identify it form another plane type. Sure you can see a bogey, but you have to make decision as to how many you meet it with, where you meet it at, how many of you planes to hold in reserve.
You see a radar cross section but is it a F16 or an F18. It makes a difference.
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