I was expecting atleast 3 squadrons or 48 aircraft since they are looking to replace 2 squadrons of Fulcrum and Fencer each, but i guess finances could only stretch so far.
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News, Videos and pics Thread
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Yes Sir, but they will be a "force multiplier", those F-35's are far more capable than the airframes they are replacing, still it is nice to have the numbers.
The cost of flight hours seven times more for the F-35A than for Mig-29.
So if the Polish Air Force can't cough up the money then those birds will be flying coffins.
Finally all the details...
Poland Signs 4.6B USD Deal For The Purchase Of 32 F-35s
Some excerpts-
Mariusz Błaszczak, head of the Polish MoD, also emphasized the interoperability that the F-35 exhibits with regards to IBCS/Patriot system and F-16s.
Delivery of the first examples to Poland (6) is planned to happen between 2024 and 2025. 32 examples would be delivered by 2030.
Poland is acquiring the F-35 in the Block 4 variant, and the agreement also includes a modernization package that would involve subsequent upgrades introduced by Lockheed Martin.
Extras that come with the Polish aircraft include ground support equipment, integrated training centre and 8 Full Mission Simulators, logistics support within the GSS system (until 2030) and training of 24 pilots (up to the instructur level), along with 90 members of the ground crew.
Pricetag of the Polish F-35 deal is defined as 4.6B US dollars with unit price of 87.3M dollars (net), engine included – according to the Armament Inspectorate of the Polish MoD.
Poland Signs 4.6B USD Deal For The Purchase Of 32 F-35s
Some excerpts-
Mariusz Błaszczak, head of the Polish MoD, also emphasized the interoperability that the F-35 exhibits with regards to IBCS/Patriot system and F-16s.
Delivery of the first examples to Poland (6) is planned to happen between 2024 and 2025. 32 examples would be delivered by 2030.
Poland is acquiring the F-35 in the Block 4 variant, and the agreement also includes a modernization package that would involve subsequent upgrades introduced by Lockheed Martin.
Extras that come with the Polish aircraft include ground support equipment, integrated training centre and 8 Full Mission Simulators, logistics support within the GSS system (until 2030) and training of 24 pilots (up to the instructur level), along with 90 members of the ground crew.
Pricetag of the Polish F-35 deal is defined as 4.6B US dollars with unit price of 87.3M dollars (net), engine included – according to the Armament Inspectorate of the Polish MoD.
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most of the discussion (I mean discussing the technical part LOL not the rest) below
Harpia: nowe szczegóły kontraktu na polskie F-35
concerns pilots and/or instructors training (24 people contracted)
interesting tidbit: the price doesn't include weaponry, well to put this into perspective
UK to spend $650 million on 200 AIM-120D AMRAAM missiles
Harpia: nowe szczegóły kontraktu na polskie F-35
concerns pilots and/or instructors training (24 people contracted)
interesting tidbit: the price doesn't include weaponry, well to put this into perspective
UK to spend $650 million on 200 AIM-120D AMRAAM missiles
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At that kind of price you did expect them to be gold plated or something.
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shuffling money into LockMart (= USA) is important based on this strategic consideration:
if Poland is attacked, the US will declare war on the attacker (as in September 3, 1939 declaration of war by France+GB on Hitla because of his attack of Poland commenced September 1, 1939)
well the US would probably go into an equivalent of
but even that should be important for Poland which, if conquered by the attacker, wouldn't cease to exist in terms of international law (as it didn't after
but it had ceased to exist earlier I mean after )
(would've been different if Czechoslovakia had gone into war against Germany after
as France+GB made it clear
EDIT already earlier in 1938
Czechoslovakia would fight alone, and if Czechoslovakia had lost such a war, it would've been subjugated by Germany)
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F-35A Lightning II pilots with the 421st Fighter Squadron return after flying a sortie during Red Flag 20-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 3, 2020. Red Flag is the Air Force's premiere large scale combat exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. NIal Bradshaw)
Maintainers with the 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit recover F-35A Lightning IIs during Red Flag 20-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 3, 2020. Airmen with the 421st AMU are Blended Operational Lightning Technicians. Bolt maintainers are fully-qualified in a number of different maintenance areas instead of just one. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)