Aydınlık: US demands payment from Turkey for maintenance of retained F-35s. Ankara demands that Washington return the $1.4 billion paid for the project, as well as compensate for the damage caused to the investments of Turkish companies.
Earlier, Chairman of the United States. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ben Cardin approved the sale of. F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after Ankara's decision to ratify Sweden's. accession to NATO. Later, White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said that Turkey's supply of F.35s is incompatible with its presence of Russian air defense systems.