{"id":58635,"date":"2025-02-05T05:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T04:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=58635"},"modified":"2025-02-11T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:30:25","slug":"the-first-flights-of-polish-pilots-on-f-35a-husarz-fighters-acquired-by-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/02\/05\/the-first-flights-of-polish-pilots-on-f-35a-husarz-fighters-acquired-by-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"The first flights of Polish pilots on F-35A Husarz fighters acquired by Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The incorporation of the F-35A stealth fighter into the Polish Air Force continues to take new steps in the United States.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/12\/26\/the-arrival-of-polands-first-two-f-35a-husarz-stealth-fighters-at-ebbing-air-base\/\">The arrival of Poland's first two F-35A Husarz stealth fighters at Ebbing Air Base<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/08\/28\/lockheed-martin-presents-the-f-35a-husarz-the-new-winged-hussar-of-the-polish-air-force\/\">Lockheed Martin presents the F-35A Husarz, the new winged hussar of the Polish Air Force<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>On January 31, a Polish pilot took part in his first flight at the controls of the Husarz,<\/strong> the nickname assigned by the Polish Air Force to its F-35As. The training of the first Polish F-35A pilots is currently taking place at <strong>Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Arkansas<\/strong>. As you may recall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/12\/26\/the-arrival-of-polands-first-two-f-35a-husarz-stealth-fighters-at-ebbing-air-base\/\">the first two F-35A Husarz arrived at that base on December 23,<\/a> identified by the numerals 3501 and 3502.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069359_db09d3087a_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069359_9a077bbe07_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On February 1, the Polish Ministry of Defense published <strong>an interesting video showing American instructors of the first Polish F-35A pilots<\/strong>, although significantly the faces of the Polish pilots are not shown at any point (it seems that the matter is being handled with great secrecy):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pierwszy polski pilot za sterami F-35\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yBsoLKyKm-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On February 1, the Polish military daily <a href=\"https:\/\/polska-zbrojna.pl\/home\/articleshow\/43170?t=-Husarz-w-rekach-Polaka\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Polska Zbrojna<\/a> reported that the first flight by a Polish pilot in an F-35A took place on Friday at around 10 p.m. Polish time: <em>\"<strong>The training flight was conducted with the help of two aircraft in pursuit formation<\/strong>, allowing the American instructor flying behind the Pole to check the correctness of the maneuvers.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069369_c7345982a0_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069369_92a99a2563_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Currently, four Polish pilots are training at Ebbing,<\/strong> two of them still on simulators, according to Polska Zbrojna. According to Polish Air Force inspector at the General Command Ireneusz Nowak, <strong>the plan is for the F-35 fighter pilots to be fully trained as early as April.<\/strong> The first F-35As are scheduled to arrive in Poland in 2026. <strong>The entire fleet of 32 fighters purchased by Poland will be completed by 2030.<\/strong> The aircraft will operate from the 32nd Tactical Air Base in \u0141ask and the 21st Tactical Air Base in \u015awidwin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069364_5c1e1f3492_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069364_a9b1c4a02c_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Polska Zbrojna has noted that <strong>the training of personnel in charge of the Polish Air Force's F-35As includes 24 pilots and approximately 90 technicians<\/strong> at US centers. In addition, regarding the weapons that these fighters will use, the Polish military daily has noted that <strong>Poland has purchased 200 AGM-88G AARGM-ER HARM anti-radar missiles<\/strong> <em>\"that find, target and destroy enemy air and missile defense systems\"<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54307830451_b131da70e5_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54307830451_852dca91c1_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The photos in this post were taken by Senior Sergeant Rafal Samluk on January 31<\/strong>, the day of the first flight of a Polish pilot in the F-35A, and were posted the next day on <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/ministerstwoobronynarodowej\/albums\/72177720323530905\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Flickr account of the Polish Ministry of National Defence<\/a>. <strong>In addition to the aforementioned fighters with numbers 3501 and 3502, a third aircraft, the 3503, can be seen in the photos.<\/strong> More photos from this series can be found here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308262835_fcc0b4061a_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308262835_3dd9731f9c_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069379_d6170ac4be_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069379_58df2644d0_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069374_8e3c0702aa_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308069374_8d0b2e03e9_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54307830426_df53d67dc3_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54307830426_3ee0147925_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54307830441_fcf71659e0_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54307830441_2d69e702ff_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54306960072_99e65df093_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54306960072_efab965b97_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54306960092_c4bec0503b_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54306960092_4d2e4e7ae3_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308083978_e3162c6f42_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54308083978_607ab9ff8f_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54306960122_14a4403980_h.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54306960122_db1f33c395_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/ministerstwoobronynarodowej\/albums\/72177720323530905\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej \/ St. Sier\u017c. Rafa\u0142 Samluk<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incorporation of the F-35A stealth fighter into the Polish Air Force continues to take new steps in the United States.<\/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":[19534,11546],"tags":[17289,4523,23391,7072,10370,14051,10431],"class_list":["post-58635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-military-aviation","tag-agm-88-harm","tag-arkansas","tag-ebbing-angb","tag-lockheed-martin-f-35-lightning-ii","tag-poland","tag-polish-air-force","tag-united-states"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 03:15:34","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\/58635","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=58635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}