Pentagon says it plans to deploy additional fighter jets and naval assets to the Persian Gulf region to strengthen US military presence in the region, an announcement that comes against the backdrop of Irans stern warning. Addressing abriefing on Monday, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh claimed the deployment would be an effort to counter ...

Press TV - Acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says there is unverified information that at least six American F-35 jets were in the Iranian border area at the time when Iran accidentally downed Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 last week. This information has yet to be verified, but Id like to underline the edginess that always ...

FNA- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned that Ankara may close Incirlik air base for Washington. "There are no reasons why the US will not supply F-35s to us. We do not want to spoil relations with our US ally," Cavusoglu said, as quoted by the NTV broadcaster. "The F-35 aircraft should be delivered to Turkey as planned. But in case ...

Press TV- An Israeli military official says Israel is the first regime to have used the US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets in attack mode, claiming that the fighter jets have been twice used in the Middle East. We are flying the F-35 all over the Middle East. It had become part of our operational capabilities. We are the first to attack using the ...

IFP - A commentator says the rumour that two Israeli F-35 stealth jets had entered Irans airspace and returned safe is extremely funny. Defence-Security expert Mohammad-Reza Ahmadi has, in an opinion piece published on the Persian-language website Mizan Online, analyzed the rumour that two Israeli F-35 warplanes have entered Irans airspace without ...

[caption id="attachment_14663" align="alignright" width="188"] Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu[/caption] Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced plans by his country to purchase four more F-35 fighter jets and an additional five helicopters from the US. It is planned that Turkey will buy 100 F-35 warplanes in the project. We previously ...