US Foreign Policy In Shambles: NATO and the Middle East - Michel Chossudovsky: Guns and Butter # 409 (Note: Turkey has defacto left NATO, and is now allied with Russia)

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[–]zyxzevn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The coup against Erogan was supported by the US. And Turkey does not want to arm the Kurds. This made Turkey align a bit more with Russia.

I am not even sure why they needed the airplanes. Maybe saved a lot of money by going for defence instead of offence.

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good point about the coup.

They still need a strong air force, because with out one then you're screwed.

They are needed to literally make on-the-fly decisions in the fog of war.