Turkey has many good reasons to seek the Lockheed Martin F-16 “Fighting Falcon” multirole jet fighter from the United States, even as it explores backup options in case it cannot acquire the aircraft on a sensible timeline.

The US State Department announced June 6 that Turkey signed the draft letter for the estimated $23 billion purchase of the most advanced version of the F-16s, the Block 70, also known as “Viper.” Turkey will acquire 40 new F-16 Block 70 Vipers and roughly 80........

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