Acc???in? t? ? ?????t ?? U.S. ??il? W?ll St???t J???n?l P??si??nt Bi??n ??minist??ti?n ??s ?sk?? C?n???ss t? ?????v? t?? n?w s?l? ?? F-16 ?i??t?? j?ts. T??k??’s ??l? in t?? Uk??in? c?n?lict ?n? its s???l?in? ???n?s t? Uk??in? ??s ??l??? ????i? ?????? ti?s wit? W?s?in?t?n ?n? c??l? s?t t?? st??? ??? t?? s?l? ?? F-16 ?i??t?? j?ts. A ???l w??l? incl??? t?? s?l? ?? n?wl? ??ilt 40 F-16 ?i??t?? j?ts ?n? t?? m????niz?ti?n ?? s?m? 80 F-16s. U.S. ?n? T??kis? ???ici?ls ??? ??v?c?tin? ??? t?? F-16 ???l, ????in? t??t it c??l? ??l? ????i? t?? Am??ic?n-T??kis? ????ns? ??l?ti?ns?i?, w?ic? ?????? ??t?? Ank??? c??s? t? ??? ? R?ssi?n ?i?-????ns? s?st?m in 2017.
T?? P?nt???n ??st?? T??k?? ???m t?? ??????m t? ??? ?n? ??l? ??il? L?ck???? M??tin C???.’s m??? ??v?nc?? F-35 ?i??t?? j?t in J?l? 2019, ??t?? P??si??nt R?c?? T???i? E?????n’s ??v??nm?nt ???c??s?? t?? R?ssi?n-m??? S-400 missil? s?st?m. On D?c?m??? 14, 2020, t?? US im??s?? CAATSA s?ncti?ns ?n T??k??. As ?? 2020, 4 ??tt??i?s c?nsistin? ?? 36 ?i?? ?nits, ?n? 192+ missil?s w??? ??liv???? t? T??k??. T?? C??nt??in? Am??ic?’s A?v??s??i?s T?????? S?ncti?ns Act (CAATSA) is ? Unit?? St?t?s ??????l l?w t??t im??s?? s?ncti?ns ?n I??n, N??t? K????, ?n? R?ssi?. T??k?? ??s t?st?? t?? S-400 ?i? ????nc? s?st?m ???inst ???n?s ?n? F-16 ?i??t?? j?ts ?t l?w ?ltit???s.
T?? ??minist??ti?n is ?x??ct?? t? s?n? ? s?????t? ?????st t? C?n???ss inv?lvin? t?? s?l? ?? ? n?w ?l??t ?? F-16s ?l?n? wit? ???????s ??? T??k??’s ?xistin? ?i?c???t l?t?? t?is ????. An ?????xim?t?l? $6-?illi?n ???l w??l? incl??? t?? s?l? ?? 40 n?wl? ??ilt F-16V ?i??t?? j?ts ?n? m????niz?ti?n kits ??? 80 F-16 C/D m???ls t??t t?? T??kis? Ai? F??c?s ??s in its inv?nt???. T?? s?l? ?? AIM-9 Si??wіп??? missil?s, AIM-120 Am???m missil?s, ?l?n? wit? ????? ?n? ?t??? ???i?m?nt w??l? c?st T??k?? m??? t??n $400 milli?n. T?? ??minist??ti?n m??? t?? ?????st t?????? ?n in???m?l n?ti?ic?ti?n t? k?? l?????s in ??t? ???s?s ?? C?n???ss.
T?? T??kis? Ai? F??c? ??s ? t?t?l ?? 270 F-16C/D ?i?c???t in its inv?nt???, ?ll ?? t??m Bl?ck 30/40/50 m???ls. T?? T??kis? Ai? F??c? ?c??i??? its ?i?st F-16s in 1987. T??k?? is ?n? ?? ?iv? c??nt?i?s t? l?c?ll? ?????c? F-16s. As ? ???t ?? T??kis? F-16 m????niz?ti?n ??????m n?w ?i? t? ?i? missil?s ??? ??in? ??v?l???? ?n? t?st?? ??? t?? ?i?c???t. GÖKTU? ??????m l?? ?? TUBITAK SAGE ??s ???s?nt?? tw? t???s ?? ?i? t? ?i? missil?s n?m?? ?s B?z????n (M??lin) ?n? G?k????n (P?????in?). W?il? B?z????n ??s ???n c?t????iz?? ?s ? Wit?in Vis??l R?n?? Ai?-t?-Ai? Missil? (WVRAAM), G?k????n is ? B???n? Vis??l R?n?? Ai?-t?-Ai?-Missil? (BVRAAM).