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 "title": "Poland Inducts Its First F-35s as Washington Adds USD 4 Billion in Financing",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-f-35-induction-lask-husarz-4-billion-foreign-military-financing-20-billion-total/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-12T17:30:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:36.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nŁask, 12 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Poland inducted its first F-35As into service at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Łask on 12 June, marked by a flyover of two jets under F-16 escort; the airframes had arrived in country on 22 May\n * At the ceremony, US Under Secretary of State Thomas DiNanno announced a new USD 4 billion Foreign Military Financing loan, taking the total credit available to Warsaw to USD 20 billion\n * Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said the armed-forces ",
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  "polish-lithuanian-axis",
  "air-space",
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