Ankara is considering alternatives to the US-made F-35 fifth-generation fighter-bombers that Washington has backed away from supplying to the Turkish Air Force, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
"The United States’ ill-advised policy towards its strategic NATO ally could backfire against America itself," the TV channel A Haber cited Erdogan as saying.
The president said that he $800 million Turkey has already paid for the delivery of the F-35s, so he hopes that he hoped that US President Donald Trump will override the Senate ban.
He added that Turkey was now developing its own fighter aircraft, Sputnik reported.
The US has voiced serious worries about Ankara's push to buy Russian S-400 missile systems, warning that it is not interoperable with NATO and US military equipment.
