Turkey just raised the tension level over Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Amb. Osman Faruk Logoglu, Ankara’s man in Washington, said Teheran is irrevocably committed to acquiring nukes, and that the problem is now squarely in Washington’s lap. “Iran’s nuclear weapons would be a serious threat to security in the Middle East. The European Union’s effort is unlikely to succeed. Direct US-Iran talks are needed.” Turkey has never been so blunt on this subject, at least not in public. It is especially noteworthy that the statement came from Logoglu, a savvy diplomat with close ties to senior officials in Ankara.
The Air Force is on track to reach its annual goal of graduating 1,500 new pilots that had proved elusive to this point, one year after the service launched a sweeping overhaul of its undergraduate pilot training program, Air Education and Training Command said Sept. 14.
