Eighth Husar has already landed in Ebbing

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Just a period ago, the General Staff of the Polish Army informed about the departure from the production line of the F-35A Husarz multi-purpose aircraft with the designation 3508 (AZ-08), which was then tested in Texas. Tonight the Polish device landed at the National defender Air Force Base in Ebbing. Polish F-35 pilots and ground personnel are trained there.

"Congratulations for Poland on the arrival of the latest F-35 aircraft to the National defender Air Base in Ebbing" – specified text on social media can be read on the database profile, which is the seat of 188 Arkansas National defender Wings. The published photos show a device with number 358 that passed tests at the NAS Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas (about 400 km from Ebbing).

The F-35A number 3508 (AZ-08) is the eighth specified kind a fighter made by Lockheed Martin for Polish air force. – According to the agreement, the first 8 machines are utilized for training Polish pilots in the United States – says General Dyw. Pil. Ireneusz Nowak, Deputy Commander General of the types of armed forces, adding that Husars from 3501 to 3508 will stay overseas until about the 3rd 4th of 2027. Airplanes will be arriving straight in Poland from 3509. The first transportation is expected in late May 2026.

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The contract for the acquisition of 32 5th generation aircraft was signed in 2020. Hussar production started 3 years later. A fewer months ago, the WP General Staff showed pictures of the front hull of the seventeenth unit (AZ-17) before it was sent to a plant in Cameri, Italy, where the final assembly of machines takes place.

First F-35A Lightning II Husarz will scope 32 Tactical Aviation Base in Łask, where in late 2025 the process of building a modern region with full infrastructure for 16 Polish F-35 ended. By 2029, the Polish Air Force will have a full of 32 American 5th generation aircraft. The second half of this fleet (including the mentioned AZ-17) will go to 21th Tactical Aviation Base in Swidwin.

Gen. brig. pil. Sławomir Mąkosa, assistant to the head of SGWP, said in September 2025 that the maker would hand over Poland from 2 to 4 F-35 each year. The exception is the year 2027, erstwhile the Polish air force will choice up 16 Hussars.

Jakub Zagalski

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