US approves F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey worth $23 bn
The US government has approved the $23bn (£18bn) sale of 40 new F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.
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MEHR: The US government has approved the $23bn (£18bn) sale of 40 new F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.
The deal includes modernization kits for 79 existing Turkish F-16s.
The US State Department told Congress it had also approved the sale of 40 F-35 fighters to Greece, costing $8.6bn.
US President Joe Biden then urged that the F-16 sales be approved without delay, according to BBC.