**In the past year, Germany has joined users of the F-35 fighter jet, which will replace Tornado aircraft in the NATO atomic Sharing system. This is the first major project, financed by a peculiar fund of the Bundeswehr. Interestingly, although Germany and Poland have different priorities erstwhile it comes to acquiring equipment, the method and assumptions of purchasing a fifth-generation American device were — despite any differences, including the very intent of utilizing F-35 fighters — very similar. So is it possible to say that the acquisition of the F-35 brought Germany and Poland together? **