An highly crucial message! The FA-50GF light aircraft just entered combat duty. This means another strengthening of our east border – Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz reported today. South Korean production machines will be able to combat, among others, the combat jet-powered drones utilized by the Russian Federation.
Minister of National Defence recalled that FA-50GF aircraft they were purchased without weapons, but were able to get them, so they can service our defence. The FA-50GF Combat Divisions began on 1 October, as discussed at today's hawk time conference. 20 years F-16 in Polandsaid Brig. Gen. Norbert Chojnacki, commander of 2nd Tactical Aviation Wings.
The Polish Air Force presently has 12 FA-50GF aircraft. South Korean light battle-school aircraft replaced MiG-29 in the 23rd Tactical Aviation Base in Minsk, Mazovia, which in late 2022 were searched to 22 BLT in Malbork. Gen. div. Pil. Ireneusz Nowak late reported that MiG-i-29 are inactive utilized to defend Polish sky – this year, among others, Russian Il-20 and Su-30SM aircraft were intercepted respective times. The operational commander besides pointed out that the time had come for the introduction of FA-50GF into the air defence system. – The FA-50GF will primarily be utilized to combat possible threats, including combat jet-powered drones specified as Geran-4 and Geran-5. On the another hand, erstwhile we receive FA-50PL aircraft, we will think about their usage much wider – said General Nowak, stressing that fresh aircraft will give the chance to combat in rule all the threats that Polish air forces are presently facing.
36 FA-50PL machines are to be delivered to Poland from mid-2027 until early 2029. The FA-50GF (Gap Filler) has modern avionics and fire control radar, a 20 mm game and the anticipation to carry air-to-air AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, air-to-ground AGM-65 Maverick missiles and aircraft bombs of various types. expanding the operational capacity of the FA-50PL is expected to result, among others, from the modernization of weapons, radar, avionics and increased coverage. In January 2026, the Armed Forces Agency signed papers on the integration with the FA-50PL of AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.
