“The current capabilities of the F-16 in the C/D versions are good, but not adequate to counter present threats after these 20 years. We must enhance ou r…c apabilities.” — Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Polish Minister of National Defense, August 13, 2025.

The Republic of Poland is strategically located on the front lines of Eastern Europe, sharing a common, 130-mile border with the heavily-militarized, Kaliningrad exclave region of the Russian Federation to the north, plus 65 miles with Lithuania, another NATO ally, in the Suwałki Gap region, plus 260 miles with Belarus, Russia’s staunchest ally, to the east, and 330 additional miles with embattled Ukraine to the southeast, where most of the U.S. and NATO military support for Ukraine flows in.

Since 2006 to 2008, the Polish Air

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