Vance says review underway to see how Turkey can get F-35 fighter jets

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media, after the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks at the Lake Lucerne Summit, at Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne near Stansstad, Switzerland, June 22, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool

WASHINGTON, June ⁠24 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice ⁠President JD Vance ‌indicated on Wednesday that a review was under way ​to see how ⁠the United ⁠States could sell Turkey F-35 ⁠fighter ‌jets given Ankara's 2019 ⁠acquisition of Russian S-400 missile ​defense ‌systems.

"Pete and the entire ⁠team ​are reviewing this right now, because ⁠there are certain things ​that we have to certify have happened ... in ⁠order to comply with American law. The president has asked ​us to ⁠do that," Vance told ​reporters.

(Reporting by ‌Humeyra Pamuk and ​Andrea Shalal; editing by Michelle Nichols )