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https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/0 ... 568222756/WASHINGTON, September 11, 2019 -
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Poland of thirty-two (32) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft
with support for an estimated cost of $6.5 billion.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency
delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on September 10, 2019.
Poland has requested to buy
thirty-two (32) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) Aircraft
and thirty-three (33) Pratt & Whitney F-135 Engines.
Also included are Electronic Warfare Systems;
Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence/Communications, Navigational, and Identification (C4I/CNI);
Autonomic Logistics Global Support System (ALGS); Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS);
Full Mission Trainer;
Weapons Employment Capability, and other Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities;
F-35 unique infrared flares; reprogramming center; F-35 Performance Based Logistics;
software development/integration; aircraft ferry and tanker support; support equipment;
tools and test equipment;
communications equipment; spares and repair parts;
personnel training and training equipment;
publications and technical documents;
U.S. Government and contractor engineering, logistics, and personnel services; and other related elements of logistics and program support.
The estimated cost is $6.5 billion.
The Polish Air Force’s legacy MiG-29 and Su-22 fleet will be replaced with F-35s
https://thedefensepost.com/2019/09/11/p ... 5-sale-us/Poland could have 16 F-35As by 2026, with another 16 arriving by 2030,
Lockheed Vice President Greg Ulmer said last week
at a military trade show last week in Kielce, Poland.
Ulmer added that, since Poland currently builds only small parts of the plane
- including landing gear elements and engine components -
but is part of the plane's global supply chain,
there is room to expand Polish manufacturing involvement.
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https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... nd-460644/The F-35As are to replace the Polish air force’s Russian-built MiG-29 and Su-22 fighters,
says a US State Department notice posted online on 11 September.
Poland could receive its first four F-35As in 2024 as part of Lockheed Martin's 16th production lot,
according to Greg Ulmer, the company's vice-president and general manager for the programme.
Speaking at the MSPO show in Kielce,
Ulmer said the initial batch of Block 4-standard aircraft
would be used for training Polish pilots and maintainers in the USA, probably at Luke AFB in Arizona.
Warsaw would have a full squadron of 16 F-35As,
support equipment and spare parts available in 2026,
when Lockheed expects its air force to achieve initial operational capability with the stealthy type.
A full mission simulator facility will also be established in the country.
A second squadron of aircraft will be delivered by 2030, Lockheed says.
Warsaw earlier this year confirmed its intention to acquire 32 F-35As
as replacements for its RAC MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-22 fleets.