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Turkey F-16 sale to proceed after Senate vote
The Senate overwhelmingly rejected a resolution to block the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after Ankara approved Sweden's NATO accession.
Turkey reportedly test-fires S-400 air defense system
NATO member Turkey has tested its Russian-made S-400 air defense system, Turkish media reported, raising the specter of a new standoff with the United States.
Democrats urge halt to security aid to Azerbaijan in Armenia conflict
A growing number of Democrats in Congress are calling for the Trump administration to immediately suspend U.S. security aid to Azerbaijan as fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh reaches its second week.
By Joe Gould
Pompeo says USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams will be based at Souda Bay
The USS Hershel “Woody” Williams is the second of a new class of sea-basing ships.
By Derek Gatopoulos, The Associated Press
Congress has secretly blocked US arms sales to Turkey for nearly two years
Four key members of Congress, either individually or collectively, have quietly frozen all major U.S. arms sales to Turkey for nearly two years.
By Valerie Insinna, Joe Gould & Aaron Mehta
Turkish CENTCOM adviser accused of drugging and tying up woman who died in his Tampa apartment
Huseyin Kurdtere, Turkey's senior national representative to CENTCOM, was arrested for tying up a woman at his home. She eventually died.
By Howard Altman
It’s official: US Air Force to buy Turkish F-35s
A $862 million contract modification gives another 14 F-35As to the U.S. Air Force ... including some Turkish jets.
By Valerie Insinna
Pentagon report: Turkey sent up to 3,800 fighters to Libya
Turkey sent between 3,500 and 3,800 paid Syrian fighters to Libya over the first three months of the year, the U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general concluded in a new report, its first to detail Turkish deployments that helped change the course of Libya’s war.
Stop buying Turkey’s F-35 parts, lawmakers tell DoD
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Pentagon to more quickly stop buying F-35 fighter jet components from Turkey.
By Joe Gould
USAF B-1B Lancers practiced anti-ship missile strikes in Black Sea
The B-1s trained on using the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile during their flight to Eastern Europe late last week.
Russian aircraft deploy to Libya to back private military contractors, AFRICOM says
At least 14 Russian aircraft were deployed.
By Diana Stancy