{"id":66717,"date":"2026-08-15T20:38:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=66717"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:41:34","slug":"an-a400m-atlas-aircraft-represented-spain-at-the-polish-army-day-parade-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/08\/15\/an-a400m-atlas-aircraft-represented-spain-at-the-polish-army-day-parade-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"An A400M Atlas aircraft represented Spain at the Polish Army Day parade in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every August 15th, Poland celebrates the anniversary of <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\/\">the Polish victory over the Red Army in the Battle of Warsaw in 1920<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/06\/23\/poland-announces-it-will-jointly-acquire-a330-mrtt-aircraft-with-spain\/\">Poland announces it will jointly acquire A330 MRTT aircraft with Spain<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/08\/05\/the-polish-air-force-will-operate-f-35a-husarz-stealth-fighters-manufactured-in-italy\/\">The Polish Air Force will operate F-35A Husarz stealth fighters manufactured in Italy<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>This anniversary became an official celebration in 1923 as \u015awi\u0119to Wojska Polskiego, the Polish Army Day<\/strong> (in Poland, this term refers to the entire Armed Forces, comprising the Army, Navy, Air Force, Special Forces, and Territorial Defense Force). <strong>This celebration was interrupted by World War II and the communist dictatorship (1945\u20131989), and was reinstated in 1992.<\/strong> Every August 15, Poland organizes a large military parade in Warsaw, which in recent years has served to showcase Poland's acquisitions in its rearmament process against the threat of Russian expansionism.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Defilada z okazji \u015awi\u0119ta Wojska Polskiego 2026\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKIrIBMnMds?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><strong>You can see above these lines the official broadcast of the parade made by the Polish Ministry of National Defense<\/strong> (the video is in Polish, you can activate the automatic English subtitles in the player).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776357_c0656d8ac1_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776357_255842ac75_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The main novelty this year was in the air parade, as it was the first time it featured the participation of two F-35A Husarz fighter jets<\/strong> (Hussar), the official nickname for this stealth fighter in the Polish Air Force, in remembrance of the famous Polish winged hussars.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/05\/23\/the-arrival-of-the-first-three-polish-f-35a-fighter-in-poland-with-their-insignia-covered\/\">The first Polish F-35As arrived in Poland on May 22.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776322_ba852958dd_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776322_b41dfbc69e_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The F-35A has been given a place of honor in the parade, forming part of its final formation<\/strong>, which included two F-35As and two F-16 fighters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55466155140_677b289e0a_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55466155140_9fd0950523_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>There were no major changes in the ground parade compared to previous years<\/strong>, although some details were seen that are part of the lessons learned in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, such as <strong>these KTO Rosomak infantry fighting vehicles with ZSSW-30 unmanned turrets protected by anti-drone grilles<\/strong>, an addition that has become very common in the combat vehicles of both sides in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776332_9380316711_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776332_335af4e86f_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This AMZ Bobr-3 amphibious reconnaissance vehicle was also seen equipped with cage armor<\/strong>, also known as cage armor, an addition that is also being seen a lot in Ukraine and that provides some protection against RPG-type rocket-propelled grenades.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776337_0f9e9f5a3d_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776337_31bec34ec9_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regarding foreign participation, several allied countries sent vehicles, troops, and aircraft to the parade. <strong>Spain was represented in the parade by an A400M Atlas transport aircraft from Wing 31<\/strong>, the T.23-04 (MSN082, 10174, 31-24). As we can see in these two photos published by the Polish Ministry of National Defense, the aircraft is equipped with Cobham 908E WDE aerial refueling pods. <a href=\"https:\/\/emad.defensa.gob.es\/operaciones\/operaciones-en-el-exterior\/36_Persistent_Effort\/36.4_Enhanced_Air_Policing\/noticias\/listado\/260805-ni-DATPaznic-acuerdo-trilateral.html\" target=\"_blank\">This aircraft is part of the \"Paznic\" tactical air detachment deployed by the Spanish Air Force in Romania at the beginning of this month<\/a> on a NATO Enhanced Air Policing mission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55465758431_5614ca841d_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55465758431_e4ce783436_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The participation of this aircraft in the Polish Army Day military parade comes months after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/06\/23\/poland-announces-it-will-jointly-acquire-a330-mrtt-aircraft-with-spain\/\">the Polish government confirmed its interest in acquiring A400M and A330 MRTT aircraft for the Polish Air Force<\/a>, which currently lacks both in-flight refueling and long-range transport aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55465878513_c7c2b4aee7_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55465878513_47c92d1bcf_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polskieradio.pl\/395\/7784\/Artykul\/3718550,poland-in-talks-to-buy-airbus-a400m-transport-planes-deputy-minister-confirms\" target=\"_blank\">On Tuesday, August 11, Deputy Defense Minister Pawe\u0142 Zalewski stated that Poland is already negotiating the purchase of A400M transport aircraft<\/a>, and that the financing could come from the European Union's SAFE mechanism. <strong>Therefore, Spain's participation in this parade with an A400M could give impetus to that agreement<\/strong>, showing the Poles this formidable aircraft up close.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55465758466_d46b0019fe_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55465758466_a28062be80_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can see the Spanish A400M in the Warsaw air show at 1:21:49 in the parade video<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/bKIrIBMnMds?si=CEDYKXHE5MfCyBKc&t=4909\" target=\"_blank\">click here to see the exact moment<\/a>). These last images are screenshots taken from that video. Hopefully, we'll soon see A400M aircraft with Polish markings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776317_d8baa296a7_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55464776317_77ba13a3e8_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55465878473_2fe99d82e7_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55465878473_86bd3f6b40_z.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\/72177720335127220\" target=\"_blank\">Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every August 15th, Poland celebrates the anniversary of the Polish victory over the Red Army in the Battle of Warsaw in 1920.<\/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":[19630,15961,11546],"tags":[8244,5923,22463,1257,13080,7072,23210,10370,11959,10469,11875,10967],"class_list":["post-66717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1a-plana-defense-eng","category-bloque-6-english","category-military-aviation","tag-airbus-a400m-atlas","tag-ala-31","tag-amz-bobr-3","tag-general-dynamics-f-16-fighting-falcon","tag-kto-rosomak","tag-lockheed-martin-f-35-lightning-ii","tag-paznic-detachment","tag-poland","tag-poland-armed-forces-day","tag-polish-army","tag-spanish-air-force","tag-warsaw"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-23 00:17:54","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\/66717","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=66717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}