Senators to Biden: No F-16s for Turkey Until Finland and Sweden Join NATO

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter taking part in the U.S.-led Saber Strike exercise flies over Estonia on June 6, 2018. Ints Kalnins/Reuters

A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers led by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday asking that he hold off on selling F-16 jets to Turkey until the country agrees to ratify Sweden and Finland as new members of NATO.

The letter (pdf) talks about the senators’ concern regarding Turkey’s refusal to allow Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance.