The US official stated that the proposal includes subjecting Greek pilots to training on F-35 fighters inside the United States before 2025.
This development comes after the US Senate voted on the defense budget for the coming year. The cost of one plane is 85 million dollars.
The official expected this move, which was revealed on Monday, to cause great annoyance in Ankara, which was expelled from the F-35 fighter program, after it acquired the Russian S-400 missile defense system.
The military cooperation program between Washington and Athens, according to the budget, includes America’s sale to Greece of four war frigates, and the development of “F-16-Viper” squadrons, which it has owned for years, and which it had supported with some Rafale fighters from the French Air Force.
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