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Turkey Formally Dropped From F-35 Program; DoD Estimates $500M to Retool...
F-35A Lightning II aircraft receive aerial refuelings from a Travis KC-10 Extender July 13, 2016 on the flight from England to the United States. US Air Force photo. THE PENTAGON – Turkey is being...
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Lockheed Martin Confident Other Customers Will Buy Turkey’s F-35s
An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet takes off during Astral Knight 2019 on June 6, 2019, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. US Air Force Photo Lockheed Martin is confident new customers will step forward to buy...
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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill Aimed at Muting Turkey’s Attacks in Syria
A U.S. service member oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a YPG fortification in northeast Syria, Sept. 21, 2019. US Army Photo A bipartisan group of senators introduced a...
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USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams In Eastern Mediterranean for Training as...
The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) departs Porto Napoli for its inaugural deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations after stopping for fuel...
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Greece Overhauling Military With New Helicopters and Frigates, Updating U.S....
The Hellenic Navy Hydra-class frigate HS Psara (F 494), left, and the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) sail behind the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile...
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NATO’s Steadfast Defender Exercise Highlights Allied Deterrence as Russian...
Ships from the U.S. Navy’s Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWOARG), the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group and the French and Norwegian navies transit the Atlantic Ocean in formation...
View ArticleReport on U.S.-Turkey Relations
The following is the Dec. 30, 2021, Congressional Research Service report, Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief. From the report U.S. relations with Turkey take place within a complicated...
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CENTCOM: Iran Wants Nuclear Agreement and To Retain Ballistic Missile Capability
Iran’s Khalij Fars single-stage ballistic missile Iran “wants some type of agreement” over its nuclear program as a way to lift sanctions on the regime, but Tehran views its ballistic missile arsenal...
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CENTCOM Nominee Kurilla: Iran Largest ‘Destabilizing Factor’ in Middle East
Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, gives a speech at the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) change of command on March 5, 2021. US Army Photo Iran is “the number one...
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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Feb. 28, 2022
USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Feb. 28, 2022, based on Navy and public...
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Turkey Closes Bosphorus, Dardanelles Straits to Warships
Guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) transits the Bosphorus Strait en route to the Black Sea on Aug. 28, 2015. US Navy Photo Turkey has closed off the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to...
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Finland, Sweden Will Bolster NATO in Baltic, Says EUCOM Nominee Cavoli
The U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command Commanding General Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli delivers a speech during the 7th Army Training Command change of command ceremony at Tower Barracks in Grafenwoehr,...
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Turkey Pursuing Talks with Russia While Stalling Sweden, Finland NATO...
Rota based Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG-71) transits Bosphorus towards the Black Sea on June 26, 2021. Photo by Yörük Işık used with permission Turkey has no problem...
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CNO Gilday: Sweden, Finland’s NATO Membership Poised to Change Allied Arctic...
CNO Adm. Mike Gilday arrives at the BALTOPS22 closing reception aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) in Kiel, Germany, June 17, 2022. US Navy Photo WASHINGTON...
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Estonian Defense Minister: Baltic Can Become ‘Internal NATO Sea’ With Sweden,...
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board a landing craft, air cushion in light armored vehicles during BALTOPS 22 in Ventspils, Latvia, June 12,...
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Ukraine Faces Hurdles Before Grain Exports Can Start Under New Deal with...
Wheat fields in midsummer in Ukraine, Oblast Lviv in 2012. Raimond Spekking Photo Ukraine still faces hurdles in grain exportation despite an agreement with Russia, brokered by Turkey and the United...
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Russians Building Pontoon Bridge in Kherson, Satellite Imagery Shows
UK Ministry of Defense Image The Russian military is building a pontoon bridge in Kherson along the Dnipro River, according to satellite imagery. Ukrainians have been hitting bridges, which might...
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First Grain Ship Leaves Ukraine Since Start of Russian Invasion
Wheat fields in midsummer in Ukraine, Oblast Lviv in 2012. Raimond Spekking Photo The first grain ship left Ukraine Monday, departing through Odesa’s port, National Security Council spokesperson John...
View ArticleReport to Congress on Turkey, U.S. Relations
The following is the Aug. 5, 2022, Congressional Research Service report, Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief. From the report U.S. relations with Turkey take place within a complicated...
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Top Stories 2022: War in Ukraine
Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles. Ukraine MoD Photo This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2022. It has been 10 months since Russia invaded Ukraine and the war is...
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U.S. Destroyer Operating Near the Black Sea for First Time Since Russia...
USS Nitze (DDG-94) at anchor near the entrance to the Bosporus Strait on Feb. 3, 2023. Photo by Yörük Işık used with permission USS Nitze (DDG-94) stopped on the edge of the Bosphorus Strait, on its...
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Carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Standby to Assist in Turkey Earthquake Relief...
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CV-77), along with the embarked staff of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10, arrives in Piraeus, Greece, for a scheduled port visit, Feb. 3, 2023. US...
View ArticleReport to Congress on U.S.-Turkey Relations
The following is the Feb. 15, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Turkey (Türkiye): Background and U.S. Relations In Brief. From the report U.S. relations with Turkey (Türkiye) take place...
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Russia, Ukraine in Black Sea Stalemate a Year Into Russo-Ukraine Conflict
RTS Moskva (121) following an April 13, 2022 strike from Ukrainian missiles. Russian MoD When Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, the Black Sea was suddenly in the spotlight. The Black Sea, which...
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Report to Congress on Possible F-16 Fighter Sale to Turkey
The following is the May 9, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Turkey (Türkiye): Possible U.S. Sale of F-16 Aircraft. From the report Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft sits parked on...
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Russia Withdraws From Turkey-U.N. Brokered Grain Deal
Wheat fields in midsummer in Ukraine, Oblast Lviv in 2012. Raimond Spekking Photo Russia pulled out of a United Nations-Turkey brokered agreement that allowed both Russia and Ukraine to export grain...
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Russia Continues Odesa Attacks After Grain Deal Collapse, NSC Warns Of...
Attacks on Odesa. Ukrainian MoD Photo Russian bombed the Ukrainian port city Odesa for the second time since Moscow pulled out of a United Nations-Turkey brokered deal that allowed Ukraine to export...
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No Pentagon Plans to Send Assets to Black Sea Over Collapsed Grain Deal
Ukrainian port facility on the Danube River after an attack on July 24, 2023. Ukrainian MoD Photo The U.S. does not plan to send any assets to the Black Sea amidst tensions over the Russian withdrawal...
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Russia Continues to Strike Ukrainian Ports, Turkey Hopeful for New Grain Deal
Ukrainian grain storage were destroyed in an attack. Photo via US State Dept. Russian drones struck Ukrainian grain ports over the weekend, a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to...
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Turkey to Block U.K. Minesweepers on Loan to Ukraine from Black Sea
HMS Chiddenfold. US Navy Photo Turkey will not let minesweepers loaned to Ukraine by the United Kingdom into the Black Sea, the Turkish president’s directorate of communications said this week. The...
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