The first fighter-bomber F-35 Turkey get 21 June, aircraft handover ceremony will be held in Fort Worth (Texas), break the news.
US congressmen oppose this decision.
According to Pentagon spokesman Mike Andrews, in the United States have arrived Turkish pilots, which will soon begin flight training at Air Force airbase in Arizona.
On Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, Ankara will find alternative after Washington's decision to withdraw it from the program of new production aircraft F-35.
Recall, 18 June the upper house of the US Congress adopted a draft budget for military 2019 financial year, wherein restrictions are imposed on Turkey. They should enter into force, if Ankara still buy Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system. Sanctions intended to exclude Turkey from the production program of the F-35, which entails the abolition of the plans for the delivery of these aircraft.
Late last year, Moscow and Ankara have signed the largest in the history of the two countries an agreement to supply Turkey S-400 "Triumph". Under the terms of the contract, deliveries should begin in the spring 2020 of the year. The US government and its NATO allies have opposed this deal, pointing out the incompatibility of Russian complexes with a system of air and missile defense alliance.
