​Forty-four U.S representatives, led by U.S. Reps. John Sarbanes (D-MD) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), supported a June 15 letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis that urged the secretary to prevent the planned delivery of F-35 jets to Turkey. 

A highly anticipated ceremony for the delivery of Turkey’s first two F-35 fighter jets from the United States will take place at the defense contractor Lockheed Martin’s headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas on June 21, despite successive attempts by the U.S. Congress to block the supply of the new generation fighters to its NATO ally.

Δυο νέα μαχητικά F-35 θα παραλάβει η Τουρκία την Πέμπτη, στο Φορτ Ουόρθ Τέξας, παρά την απόφαση του αμερικανικού Κογκρέσου για "πάγωμα" προμήθειας στρατιωτικών εξοπλισμών στην γείτονα χώρα.