U.S. Studying How To Backfill Polish Fleet If MiG-29s Go To Ukraine

A Polish Air Force MiG-29 flies with a U.S. Air Force F-16 during a 2005 exercise in Poland.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S government is looking at how it could backfill the fighter fleet of Poland should that nation donate its aircraft to Ukraine to help that nation fight off Russia, though it is not clear that Poland wants to make that decision. Following a virtual meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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