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Poland picks Lockheed F-16 in $3.5B deal
Dec 27, 2002 - Poland on Friday named Lockheed Martin's F-16 Fighting Falcon the winner of a three-way tender to supply 48 combat jets in a $3.5 billion deal, eastern Europe's largest ever defense order. [Read more...]
Agreement reached on transfer of F-16s to Poland
Nov 05, 2000 - An agreement regarding the "no-cost" transfer of 16 surplus F-16A/B fighters to Poland was reached last week. [Read more...]
Polish Goverment to Choose Warplanes by Year-End
Feb 23, 1999 - The Polish government will decide how to acquire Western fighter jets for its ill-equipped air force in the coming months and choose a supplier by the end of the year. By the end of March a special commission will advise the government whether to buy, lease or rent aircraft for the Polish air force, which will eventually need around 100 multi-purpose jets to replace its 350communist-era warplanes. Ambitious plans to buy jets have fallen foul of budget restrictions and Poland has been offered cheaper lease or rent deals by Western manufacturers who hope eventually to secure larger sales contracts. America's Boeing and Lockheed Martin have offered to lease F-18 and F-16fighters respectively, while British Aerospace and Sweden's Saab have offered to modernize existing jets and sell Grippen planes. [Read more...]
US Offers Poland to lease F-16s
Dec 13, 1998 - Poland's Defense Ministry has asked the cabinet to approve the lease of up to 36 fighter aircraft from the United States. The US offered to lease second-hand F-16 or F-18 fighter jets to Poland for five years at a cost of around $100 million, including training for pilots and ground crews. [Read more...]
Polish jet fighter tender likely after NATO entry
Mar 06, 1998 - Poland will probably invite bids to replace some of its old communist-era jet fighters only after it joins NATO next year, Prime Minister Jerzy Buzeksaid on Friday. [Read more...]
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