In the 22 years of being the F-35 fighter jet production project partner of the US, Turkey could not put a single aircraft in its hangars.
NOT EVEN A SINGLE AIRCRAFT DELIVERED
With the project, it was planned to buy 100 F-35 warplanes in the next 20 years, that is, until 2027. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gönül said, "I am very pleased to sign this memorandum of understanding on behalf of the Turkish government. Turkey, in this important project from 1999 is in full support and participation since. This agreement is an important milestone and an important day for the future of the Turkish Air Force. Turkey is proud to be part of this project," he said.
It was planned to produce at least 3,000 F-35 aircraft, which were developed under the leadership of the USA's Lockheed Martin company, and most of these aircraft to be used by the US military. The F-35 Project was recorded as the world's largest defense program with a cost of approximately $ 280 billion.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO 1.2 BILLION DOLLARS?
Turkey, 1.2 billion dollars paid so far to the F-35 project. This money was given approval to purchase 100 aircraft to Turkey, but already produced six F-35 was not delivered. US, Turkey with CAATSA sanctions had been removed from the F-35 project partnerships. Turkey's monies invested in the project by the US Treasury and Turkey came to an explanation of how to return the money paid so far made genius. aviation experts expressed an opinion on the subject, he says that the US will be able to offer the supply of spare parts for weapons already sold to Turkey in the money. In addition to these, according to some reports in the international press was on the agenda will be used for air defense of the United States that produce warships to Turkey. In summary, both Turkey F-35 aircraft was removed from the project as a partner and had been usurped by US $ 1.2 billion.
ISRAEL RECEIVES TURKISH PAID F-35
Israel which is not even among the producers of the project has already begun to use the F-35.
F-35s were first used by Israel in an international exercise. The "Blue Flag 2019" exercise, involving the USA, Greece, Italy and Germany, turned into a show of strength for Tel Aviv. Israel supplied F-35I Adir, specially designed for it, free of charge. On the date of exercise was made Commander of the Israeli Air Force Amikam Norka, including using Turkey also developed by nine countries in which the F-35 fighter aircraft in combat was first announced that the country themselves.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF F-35
* 15.67 meters long, 4.33 meters high
* Wingspan 10.65 meters
* The empty weight of the aircraft is 13.17 tons. (A model)
* The weight of the F35B and F35 C models is approximately 1.5 tons heavier than the A model.
* Although the normally loaded weight is 22.4 tons, the maximum take-off weight is 31.8 tons.
* It has the ability to see its targets from very long distances.
* The plane is a single pilot plane
* Its superior feature compared to other warplanes is that it hides all its weapons in the fuselage. No bombs or weapons can be seen from the outside.
* It has vertical landing and take-off feature. (F-35B)
* The maximum speed of the aircraft is 1,932 km / h, the range is around 2,000 kilometers, although there are little differences between models
* It can climb to an altitude of 18,000 meters.
* Climbing speed is 200 meters per second.
* 5th generation fighter jet called the F-35 was made with a total of 9 countries, including the contribution to be found in Turkey. These countries are the United States, Britain, Turkey, Italy, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia.
WHY IS F-35 PREFERRED?
Known as the 5th generation fighter jet, the F-35 is wanted to be purchased by dozens of countries. In the last 2 years, many countries such as Israel, Poland, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Greece and Saudi Arabia have been lining up to buy F-35s. In addition to the rich features in its technical structure, it has 3 main features that make the F-35 superior to other warplanes. The first of these is the STEALH feature, that is, its ability to fly and hit the target by looking very little to the radar network. Zionist Israel is one of those who use the Stealh feature the most. Israel, which has 20 F-35s in its air fleet, is carrying out terrorist attacks on the air borders of many independent countries such as Lebanon and Syria with F-35s. The second distinctive feature of the F-35 is its ability to mislead radars. The third main feature is that the F-35 can perform many tasks at once with its advanced radars while flying. It can give an attack order to any drone while aiming at the same time.
USA HAS ALL CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
The most obvious disadvantage of F-35 fighter planes is that the entire system can be controlled by the USA. The American Air Force dominates the entire system in the F-35 project. The USA does not make the countries where it sells the F-35 interfere with the software of the aircraft, it can keep all flights under control. "What minute did the pilot of which country take off with the F-35? How many minutes remained in the air? Where did it fly? How much did he refuel?" The answers to all questions like, are known by the USA. Turkey's removal of operational secrecy of a project that is very clear that, as a positive development for our country Although the payments made until this day, Turkey is pushing the $ 1.2 billion payment to be prudent.