Poland was afraid to place the fifth generation fighter F-35 Lightning II at the base in Malbork, located at a distance of 80 kilometers from the Kaliningrad region, and in mińsk Mazowiecki, near Belarus. The relevant article published Defence24.
The publication of the Polish portal it is noted that the location of the aircraft near the borders with Russia and Belarus will allow a potential enemy to check the radar and infrared characteristics of the fighter of the American production, therefore the base for the F-35 Lightning II is wiser to equip Swidwin.
The edition writes that at the 21st tactical airbase of the air force (air force) Poland, located in the Western-Pomeranian Voivodeship, bordering Germany, ten years ago housed two squadrons of su-22, in connection with which the object has maintained the required infrastructure, which, however, in need of modernization.
These findings Defence24 makes on the basis of declared, with the participation of the Polish defense Ministry tender involving construction work at the airbase in Swidwin. The publication does not exclude that in the future there may be placed the F-35 Lightning II and the F-16 Fighting Falcon, also at the air base Krzesiny in Poznan.
In July, Defense News reported that the US air force will buy eight of the fifth generation fighter F-35 Lightning II, originally built for Turkey, the world’s largest military-industrial company Lockheed Martin.
In the same month, the head of the Secretariat of the defense industry of Turkey Ismail Demir stated that the cost for development of the F-35 Lightning II after exclusion of Turkish contractors to grow by $ 600 million and will increase the price of each plane for 7-9 million dollars.
The acquisition agreement Poland from USA 32 F-35A Lightning II, signed in January on a Polish air base Dęblin. The amount of the contract amounted to $ 4.6 billion. Annually Poland, starting from 2024, should obtain four to six of these aircraft.
