Ejected From F 35, Blocked From Eurofighters,Turkey to buy China JF 17 Fighter jet

News started circulating in Turkish media that the Chinese-Pakistani co-manufactured JF-17 was a viable option for the country to ramp up its air power. The purchase of fighter jets is required to plug the capability gap until Turkey’s indigenously developed fifth-generation fighter jet, it is quite capable for its price, particularly once it integrates Aesa radar and the PL-10 missile. If Turkey has to acquire non-Western fighters. It remains to be seen if Ankara will dare to defy Nato again and opt for the Chinese-Pakistani-made JF-17 Thunder.
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