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Lockheed outlines F-35 production plan for Poland
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.

"For aircraft maintenance, Polish air force personnel will be responsible with the support of OEMs Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney to begin with," Ulmer confirms. "The location of a facility for heavy maintenance of Poland's F-35s will be determined later."

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.

While only small parts of the F-35, such as landing gear, ammunition and F135 engine components are currently being produced in Poland, Ulmer says there is room to expand Polish industrial involvement.

"We are constantly looking for supply chain and there are some opportunities for new partners with cheaper costs and better quality [of products]," he says. "Technology transfer opportunities are associated with sustainment of Polish air force F-16s, F-35s and C-130s, enhancing training of pilots and maintainers, advancement in space technologies, co-operation in research and development and advancement in UAS [unmanned air system] technologies."

Weapons decisions for Poland's aircraft will be made in agreement with the US government, but the nation could employ unique systems, along with munitions already used with its fleet of 48 F-16C/Ds. Lockheed – which displayed a full-scale model of the F-35A in Polish markings at the show – says its fighters will be able to carry six Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles internally.
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Anlsvrthng said:
That library up to 2001 was given to China with the Hinana incident.
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I am shifting the threat library conversation to the F-35 thread as it is more appropriate.

The Hainan incident is entirely unrelated to the F-35 threat library issue for many reasons including[
(1)It is a different library covering different time periods and its efficacy would decay very quickly over time;
(2)The F-35 library is much more expansive in scope; and
(3)Threat data are constantly evolving especially in recent years due to programmable digital waveform generators.

The problem is should the F-35 threat data be compromised, then it would tell the US adversaries how much it knows, how much it got wrong; and how deep is the electronic intelligence penetration.
 
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F-22, F-35 jets won’t hit Mattis’ readiness targets
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“So facts matter,” Kelly concluded. “The facts are: We won’t make it, but the data behind the facts is we’re actually having pretty good success.”
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Don't act surprised, remember I told you there was NO WAY IN HELL that they would ever meet this goal, its a great goal, and they are much better than they were, in fact they haven't ever been this good for F-22 numbers in a long, long time!

In fact that damned hurricane was the best thing thats happened for the F-22 in long time, LOL!
 
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