The State Department reportedly wrote a letter to Congress on Wednesday that said Turkey has not met the legal “conditions” for rejoining the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
President Donald Trump expelled Turkey from the program in July 2019 but has lately signaled that he wants Ankara back on board.
Turkey, as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), joined the F-35 program in 2002, a year after it was launched. Turkey invested some $1.4 billion into the program and hoped to buy at least a hundred of the cutting-edge jet fighters when they became available.
Turkey was expelled from the program during the first Trump…
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