Hussar with another milestone

A 1000 hours of raid totaled Polish F-35 aircraft yesterday – the national defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz reported today. 8 specified machines are presently utilized for training Polish pilots in the USA, while in Poland, in a recently built base close Łódź, preparations are underway for accepting the first F-35A aircraft with a chessboard on its tail.

Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz stressed that the production of F-35 aircraft for Poland is proceeding according to the schedule, as well as pilot training and service, as well as the preparation of infrastructure at the base in Łask, where the first F-35 Husarz aircraft will be stationed this year. Talk about 32 Tactical Aviation Base in Łódź, where completed at the end of last year construction of a modern region for 16 5th generation fighters, that is, half ordered in 2020 by Polish military F-35A Lightning II. The second 16 is to be stationed at 21th Tactical Air Base in Swidwin.

"The presence of F-35 aircraft in the Polish Army is to increase the safety of our country and to strengthen the ability to deter and defend the full Alliance", the head of the Ministry of Defence, who late announced that two further F-35 Husarz aircraft (numbers 3509 and 3510) entered the last phase of production. Pre-produced 8 (aeroplanes with numbers 3501 to 3508) is presently located at the National defender Air Base in Ebbing (Fort Smith, Arkansas). According to the agreement, these machines are utilized to train Polish pilots and to this end they will stay overseas until about the 3rd 4th of 2027.