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Poland takes first delivery of 3 F-35A Husarz jets at Łask’s 32nd Tactical Air Base

Poland has received its first three Lockheed Martin F-35A Husarz fighters—serials 3509 AZ-09, 3510 AZ-10 and 3511 AZ-11—arriving at 32.BLT Łask on 22 May following a delivery flight from Fort Worth. The milestone marks the country’s entry into fifth-generation combat aircraft service.

Discovered 2026-05-25T01:12:20.923306-07:00 | 2026-05-25T01:12:20.923306-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • This is a concrete expansion of NATO’s eastern flank airpower: Poland has introduced its first fifth-generation fighters with the May 22 delivery of three F-35As to 32.BLT Łask.
  • The move ties into broader F-35 fielding and sustainment momentum, including the U.S. ramp-up of new F-35A basing and squadron transitions highlighted in USAF bases first F-35As at Misawa.
  • It also reinforces the industrial and program scale implied by continued large procurement activity, such as the Pentagon’s earlier push for the largest-ever F-35 procurement discussed in Pentagon strikes handshake deal with Lockheed for largest-ever F-35 procurement.

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air-cosmos.latribune.fr Aviation Week airkule.com AeroTime onalert.gr Le Journal de l’Aviation
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2026-05-25T01:12:20.923306-07:00
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