[The AU chief stated](https://defence24.pl/strong-armoured/2026-year-intensity-modernization-chief-agency-armours-present-priority-interview) that the past 2025 was the year of "_breakthrough_" for chopper aviation. “_We have implemented AH-64 leased helicopters into service, allowing the start of the phase of personnel preparation, structures, infrastructure and operational procedures to full transform the Air Force of the Land Forces into a fresh kind of equipment – state-of-the-art combat helicopters. Similarly, the situation is in the 25th Air Cavalry Brigade, where we intensified the process of saturation of structures with fresh equipment_," said the general.