Poland Officially Requests F-35's

[urbanoid]

 

[Josh]

Geeze that is a big AGM-158 buy. And one of the more current versions. Does not Poland have a much smaller number of the A version as well?

[urbanoid]

16 hours ago, Josh said:

Geeze that is a big AGM-158 buy. And one of the more current versions. Does not Poland have a much smaller number of the A version as well?

40 As ordered in 2014 and 70 Bs ordered in 2018 (ER).

[shep854]

The Winged Hussars return!!

Poland’s Future F-35s Have Been Officially Named “Husarz” | The War Zone (twz.com)

Poland’s Future F-35s Have Been Officially Named “Husarz”

[sunday]

 

[shep854]

Didn't take long...

[sunday]

Already prepared were you going to mention Lepanto

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Should have called it Walesa. That would strike fear into the heart of any Russian.

 

[shep854]

10 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Should have called it Walesa. That would strike fear into the heart of any Russian.

 

That or trigger uncontrollable rage, giving the Poles a chance to finally settle the score. The unofficial nickname would probably be 'Lech'

[Sherman]

Poland to Acquire Two Squadrons of F-15EX?

As a companion to the F-35 this wouldn't surprise me.

Poland is already negotiating a possible buy of 96 Apaches with Boeing and this might give them more leverage in offsets. Also, the U.S. might swap production slots with Poland allowing delivery as soon as the end of 2025, the quickest Poland could expect delivery of an aircraft of this capability. The U.S. seems more concerned with keeping the production line open than quickly adding more aircraft to it's fleet.

Drawbacks are introducing yet another aircraft into an increasingly diverse stable of warplanes in the Polish Air Force, but the clock is ticking, and what better aircraft to deliver salvos of AGM-158s deep into mother Russian

Never mind...order file is about to be pushed out by several years

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2024/06/18/congress-oks-israel-f-15-sale-as-biden-takes-heat-on-heavy-bomb-pause/

Maybe the M.S. 406s Poland ordered belatedly in 1939 are still available.

 

Edited June 18, 2024 by Sherman
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