Polish Air Force Expansion Plans Prioritize Combat Fleets

F-16s in flight

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Poland’s F-16 fleet has increased its operational tempo considerably with air policing and Quick Reaction Alert missions. 

Credit: Polish Air Force
In the days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the skies over eastern Poland were full of NATO fighters conducting combat air patrols just across the border from Russian and Belarusian aircraft doing the same. Polish Air Force Maj. Gen. Ireneusz Nowak was flying a Lockheed Martin F-16 on an...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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