{"id":60502,"date":"2025-08-15T22:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=60502"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:40:21","slug":"poland-displays-its-military-power-in-a-double-parade-with-german-fighter-jets-as-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/15\/poland-displays-its-military-power-in-a-double-parade-with-german-fighter-jets-as-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland displays its military power in a double parade, with German fighter jets as guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of Poland celebrates its Armed Forces Day every August 15th, and this time it celebrated with two simultaneous military parades.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/15\/polands-president-on-the-anniversary-of-russias-1920-defeat-russia-is-not-invincible\/\">Poland's President on the anniversary of Russia's 1920 defeat: \u201cRussia is not invincible\u201d<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/04\/for-the-first-time-german-fighters-will-operate-from-poland-on-a-nato-bap-mission\/\">For the first time, German fighters will operate from Poland on a NATO BAP mission<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>This date has great significance for that Central European country: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2020\/08\/15\/this-is-how-poland-defeated-the-red-army-100-years-after-the-first-great-defeat-of-communism\/\">on August 15, 1920, Poland defeated Bolshevik Russia in the Battle of Warsaw<\/a>, in what was the first major military defeat of communism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/15\/polands-president-on-the-anniversary-of-russias-1920-defeat-russia-is-not-invincible\/\">Today, Poland's new president, Karol Nawrocki, recalled that victory, stating that \"Russia is not invincible.\"<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723245009_999f496c8c_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723245009_4f32ed55f6_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first of today's military events took place, as in previous years, in the country's capital. <strong>Warsaw was the scene of a massive air and ground parade with 300 vehicles, 4,000 soldiers, 88 flag guards, and 50 aircraft<\/strong>, with which Poland once again demonstrated its growing military power: <strong>It is now one of the best-armed European countries in NATO<\/strong>, thanks to an unprecedented rearmament process in the face of the threat of Russian expansionism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723234073_e4e668a539_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723234073_b04594fcc5_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, <strong>the Hel Peninsula hosted a naval parade featuring 20 Polish Navy vessels<\/strong>, including frigates, corvettes, submarines, minesweepers, and other vessels. You can watch <strong>the Polish Army's simultaneous broadcast of both parades<\/strong> here (the video is in Polish; you can activate automatic English subtitles in the bottom bar of the player):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aBMpNh-eCc4?si=h8sjpl0vuKApVWnq&amp;start=2807\" title=\"YouTube video player\" 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>Both the air and ground parade in Warsaw were attended by foreign guests. The skies above the Polish capital saw <strong>US F-35 stealth fighters, Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighters, French Rafales, German Eurofighters, and an Australian Boeing E-7A Wedgetail early warning aircraft<\/strong>. This is the first time that German fighters and an Australian aircraft have participated in this event. As we recently saw, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/04\/for-the-first-time-german-fighters-will-operate-from-poland-on-a-nato-bap-mission\/\">German Eurofighters are performing their first NATO Air Policing mission in Poland<\/a>. You can see some photos of the parade published by the Polish Ministry of National Defense here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722194352_44b4266745_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722194352_a1f5b8cbfc_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Polish Army's new Leonardo AW149 multipurpose helicopters.<\/strong> Poland expects to receive 32 units.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723025301_330d0cdf0f_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723025301_7b5a26b102_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing E-7 Wedgetail early warning aircraft, escorted by two Polish Air Force M-346 Bielik training aircraft. This is the first time an Australian aircraft has participated in a military parade in Poland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723360695_0ed76e91f0_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723360695_0c2457db50_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two German Eurofighters escorted by a Polish F-16C.<\/strong> The German aircraft are on an Air Policing mission at the Mi\u0144sk Mazowiecki Air Base in the Mazovian Voivodeship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722194502_b7db8c41c3_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722194502_5f00fef289_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Polish KAI FA-50GF Golden Eagle light fighters<\/strong>, a model manufactured in South Korea. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/01\/03\/the-polish-air-force-has-already-completed-its-fleet-of-new-fa-50gf-golden-eagle-fighters\/\">Poland already has 12 FA-50GFs in operation<\/a> and expects to receive 36 FA-50PLs between November 2025 and September 2028.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723245084_5c2b7178c6_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723245084_7d62d9f662_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Six Polish F-16s.<\/strong> Poland has 48 F-16 Block 52+ (36 single-seat F-16Cs and 12 two-seat F-16Ds), which will soon be upgraded to the Block 72 Viper version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723360765_d57657e9a7_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723360765_6a61932d81_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Six Leonardo M-346 Master training aircraft.<\/strong> They are known as Bielik (Bald Eagle) in Poland. The Polish Air Force received 16 units, but lost one in an accident in July 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723234048_48aacedc5a_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723234048_c692acb56e_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighters escorted by a Polish F-16C.<\/strong> These Swedish fighters were deployed to Poland on a NATO Air Policing mission in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723234058_5566c5fd4c_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723234058_1d8c6f6370_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two French Rafale fighters<\/strong> escorted by a Polish F-16C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723360820_dd295a7a04_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723360820_731225369d_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>An image of the naval parade on the Hel Peninsula.<\/strong> In the image we see the two Polish Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, the ORP Genera\u0142 Kazimierz Pu\u0142aski 272 and the ORP Genera\u0142 Tadeusz Ko\u015bciuszko 273.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722194442_ce7af3a9ca_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722194442_deefe38109_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Polish Land Force's new M1A2 SEP v3 Abrams tanks.<\/strong> This is the first time they have participated in a parade. Poland has received 116 M1A1s from the US and expects a total of 250 M1A2 SEP v3s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723244954_6b19336776_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723244954_6f011e0690_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leopard 2PL tanks<\/strong>, the modernized Polish version of the Leopard 2A4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722246457_89d5546258_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722246457_eb027fa64c_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>K2 Black Panther tanks<\/strong>, manufactured by South Korea. The Polish Army is the only European operator. Poland plans to receive 1,000 units of this excellent model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723233933_ffbe46da23_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723233933_8a49cccd14_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers<\/strong>, manufactured in South Korea. Poland is in the process of receiving 218 K9A1s and will subsequently receive 606 K9PLs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722194387_7f3ddbdecb_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54722194387_ba5efd291f_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AHS Krab self-propelled howitzers.<\/strong> This is a Polish version of the K9 Thunder with a BAE Systems AS-90M Braveheart turret. The Polish Army expects to receive a total of 170 units.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723025436_ce35c539dc_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723025436_4e66961624_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>An M-142 HIMARS missile launcher.<\/strong> Poland expects to receive 506 units.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723233958_48377a23bf_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54723233958_e7cc512e8d_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A WB Groups Gladius vehicle for launching BSP-U reconnaissance and attack drones.<\/strong> These vehicles are based on the Polish PGZ Waran 4\u00d74.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/ministerstwoobronynarodowej\/albums\/72177720328392523\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u015awi\u0119to Wojska Polskiego<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/ministerstwoobronynarodowej\/albums\/72177720328369855\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u015awi\u0119to Wojska Polskiego - parada morska<\/a> \/ Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of Poland celebrates its Armed Forces Day every August 15th, and this time it celebrated with two simultaneous military parades.<\/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":[19534,11550],"tags":[12976,16806,16810,1108,18021,8064,1248,16495,16496,1257,24699,14383,16755,17106,2290,2678,16720,5910,20723,10370,11959,14051,10469,23897,8143,16206,6761,10967],"class_list":["post-60502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-defense","tag-aermacchi-m-346-master","tag-agustawestland-aw149","tag-ahs-krab","tag-armee-de-lair","tag-boeing-e-7-wedgetail","tag-dassault-rafale","tag-eurofighter-typhoon","tag-frigate-orp-general-kazimierz-pulaski-272","tag-frigate-orp-general-tadeusz-kosciuszko-273","tag-general-dynamics-f-16-fighting-falcon","tag-hel-peninsula","tag-k2-black-panther","tag-k9-thunder","tag-kai-fa-50-golden-eagle","tag-leopard-2","tag-luftwaffe","tag-m-142-himars","tag-m1-abrams","tag-oliver-hazard-perry-class","tag-poland","tag-poland-armed-forces-day","tag-polish-air-force","tag-polish-army","tag-polish-navy","tag-saab-jas-39-gripen","tag-swedish-air-force","tag-united-states-air-force-usaf","tag-warsaw"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 19:44:57","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\/60502","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=60502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}