![FILE PHOTO: A formation of U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jets perform aerial maneuvers during as part of a combat power exercise over Utah Test and Training Range, Utah, U.S. November 19, 2018. Picture taken November 19, 2018. U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Cory D. Payne/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LL7ZEP6FG7GXFC2I7IHWCHSUD4.jpg?smart=true&auth=3222fa29a12f0bf31a1bbe892d74b4bedfce7c0e030c10d32a9d0d2990e5bc63&width=400&height=225)
A formation of F-35 fighter jets perform aerial maneuvers at Utah Test and Training Range, Utah. US Air ForceHandout via Reuters
A formation of F-35 fighter jets perform aerial maneuvers at Utah Test and Training Range, Utah. US Air ForceHandout via Reuters
US notifies Turkey of its exclusion from new F-35 consortium agreement
Pentagon official tells 'The National' that the process of removing Turkey has been under way since 2019