{"id":50978,"date":"2023-03-27T22:03:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T20:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=50978"},"modified":"2023-03-29T19:29:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T17:29:55","slug":"spectacular-images-of-f-35-rafale-f-16-and-mig-29-flying-together-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/27\/spectacular-images-of-f-35-rafale-f-16-and-mig-29-flying-together-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular images of F-35, Rafale, F-16 and MiG-29 flying together in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NATO Baltic Air Policing (BAP) missions continue, due to Russian flights in the area violating international standards.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/17\/confirmed-ukrainian-air-force-will-receive-25-mig-29s-from-poland-and-slovakia\/\">Confirmed: Ukrainian Air Force will receive 25 MiG-29s from Poland and Slovakia<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/09\/28\/some-beautiful-images-of-italian-typhoons-in-bap-mission-with-polish-f-16-and-mig-29\/\">Some beautiful images of Italian Typhoons in BAP mission with Polish F-16 and MiG-29<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>In addition to monitoring the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, these missions also serve to reinforce Poland's air defense. <strong>Currently, these missions are carried out by three countries: the United Kingdom<\/strong> (with four Eurofighter Typhoons in \u00c4mari, Estonia), the <strong>Netherlands<\/strong> (with eight F-35A Lightning II in Malbork, Poland) <strong>and France<\/strong> (with four Dassault Rafale in \u0160iauliai, Lithuania).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775327201_212121d55a_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today NATO released <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/nato\/albums\/72177720307030745\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a series of photos<\/a> of the <strong>flight in formation made by Dutch F-35 and French Rafael fighters along with Polish F-16s and MiG-29s over Poland<\/strong>, a flight that several well-known spotters have had the opportunity to photograph from a transport plane.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775327181_aff6be45fa_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two F-35As of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) together with two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29UB two-seaters of the Polish Air Force (SP, Si\u0142y Powietrzne).<\/strong> The Dutch aircraft are the F-014 and the F-017, both from the RNLAF 322 Squadron. The Polish aircraft are 4110 and the 41st Tactical Air Squadron of the SP.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775327131_d50a3da365_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Dutch F-35A with its weapons bays open<\/strong>, showing two AIM-120C AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air missiles. In the background we see an F-16 of the Polish Air Force.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775808933_47826ae3d7_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Dutch F-35A over Poland<\/strong>, with condensation trails coming off its wingtips.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775739695_b346d36022_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another image of <strong>the two Dutch F-35As and the two Polish MiG-29UBs<\/strong>. One of the Polish fighters has a large emblem alluding to his unit, the 41st Tactical Air Squadron, on the fuselage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52774791457_fc4f30c104_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Dutch pilot displaying his mission patch<\/strong> from the cockpit of his F-35A. On the instrument panel he carries the national flag of his country folded.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775582154_ed6d9e10d7_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Polish F-16 accompanying the two Dutch F-35As<\/strong>, over the extensive forests of northern Poland. The Malbork airbase, where the Dutch fighters are deployed, is about 58 km from the border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52774791392_2bed10279e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Dutch F-35A and a Polish MiG-29UB<\/strong> flying together above the clouds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775739565_357f661c67_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>two Dutch F-35As<\/strong> accompanied by <strong>two French Rafaels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775808778_328e2943dd_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A close-up of the two French Rafale<\/strong>, accompanied by a Dutch F-35A.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775739530_aecc91fb59_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The two Dutch F-35As.<\/strong> Like the other F-35s, they carry their country's cockades in a low-visibility version.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775582059_b4b0d72191_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dutch F-35A together with the French Rafale.<\/strong> The latter are the 30-GN and 30-GT, belonging to the 1\/7 Provence Fighter Squadron.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775739495_10ee3f0372_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The two Polish MiG-29UBs<\/strong> that participated in this formation flight. The closest plane carries a Polish flag above its pilot's instrument panel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775326866_6c751543dd_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the Polish MiG-29 on the ground.<\/strong> Ten days ago Poland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/17\/confirmed-ukrainian-air-force-will-receive-25-mig-29s-from-poland-and-slovakia\/\">announced<\/a> the delivery to Ukraine of 12 of its 29 fighters of this type.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52775582044_3de8a31c5c_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The two Dutch F-35As with the Polish MiG-29UBs<\/strong>, in the image that heads this post.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: NATO.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO Baltic Air Policing (BAP) missions continue, due to Russian flights in the area violating international standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12876,11546],"tags":[1108,8064,1257,7072,6446,10370,14051,17281],"class_list":["post-50978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excluir-de-anotaciones-eng","category-military-aviation","tag-armee-de-lair","tag-dassault-rafale","tag-general-dynamics-f-16-fighting-falcon","tag-lockheed-martin-f-35-lightning-ii","tag-mikoyan-gurevich-mig-29","tag-poland","tag-polish-air-force","tag-royal-netherlands-air-force"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-15 06:13:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}