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波兰以46亿美元从洛克希德·马丁公司采购32架F-35A战机，波兰飞行员已在美国开始训练
作者：埃弗拉特·拉赫特 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年5月20日 美国东部时间上午7:30
美波飞行员并肩站在北约前线
福克斯新闻数字频道深入探访波兰第32战术空军基地，这里美波两军协同作战，华沙正迎来军事火力的新时代。（飞行视频由波兰拉斯克第32战术空军基地提供。）
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波兰拉斯克—— 波兰国防部副部长帕维尔·扎莱夫斯基告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，波兰“非常、非常快”就能接收首批F-35战机，目前美波两军正在北约东翼附近的一座关键空军基地协同备战。
福克斯新闻数字频道获得了进入波兰拉斯克第32战术空军基地的独家采访权，基地指挥官们指着正在为这款美国制造的第五代战机准备的机库，这是波兰斥资46亿美元从洛克希德·马丁公司采购32架F-35战机计划的一部分。
战机尚未抵达，但背后的合作关系已经成型。
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2025年9月3日，波兰总统卡罗尔·纳夫罗基访问华盛顿特区期间，F-35战机飞越白宫。特朗普与纳夫罗基就此次飞越仪式进行了讨论，以纪念近日在训练中牺牲的一名波兰飞行员，并称其为“传奇人物”。（奥利弗·孔特雷拉斯/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄。）
美波人员在该基地共同训练、执行任务，部分人员甚至一同驻扎，这反映出华沙与华盛顿之间异常紧密的军事关系——尽管北约的军费分担问题仍在接受政治审视。
美国空军第52作战大队第1分遣队指挥官皮特·纳诺斯劳斯基中校原籍纽约，已在波兰驻扎五年，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，波兰的军事现代化大幅深化了两国军队之间的合作。
“我们得到了波兰方面提供的后勤保障和基础设施支持，这令人难以置信，”纳诺斯劳斯基站在基地的波兰指挥官身旁说道。
（埃弗拉特·拉赫特/福克斯新闻数字频道 摄）
他表示，波兰对美国军事系统的投资以及联合作战行动，体现了华沙对俄罗斯威胁的重视程度。“他们对外国军事采购的胃口永远得不到满足，这也是理所当然的。”
此次探访期间，两军之间的密切关系随处可见。波兰指挥官在谈及与美国的合作时，常常带着超越正式盟友关系的熟稔态度转向美国同行。
北约盟友波兰警告俄罗斯、白俄罗斯将非法移民推向联盟边境——美国亦受波及
“我们说着同一种语言，只是口音不同而已，”拉斯克第32战术空军基地指挥官、上校飞行员克里斯托夫·杜达告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
杜达曾在美国求学，就读于美国空军战争学院，他称自己是“美国教育体系培养出的孩子”。
“我们与美国在军事层面的联姻，哪怕你想离婚，我们也不会离，”杜达笑着说，“但我们根本不想离婚。”
纳诺斯劳斯基补充道，美国在波兰的驻军提供了“强化前沿部署能力，以及快速机动和调整部署的能力”。
（埃文·武奇/美联社照片 摄）
随着美国制造的F-35战机融入波兰空军机队，两国伙伴关系正进入新阶段。
波兰于2020年签署协议，以46亿美元采购洛克希德·马丁公司制造的32架F-35A战机。
负责拉斯克基地F-35部署工作的杜达表示，这一过渡过程涉及多年训练、基础设施升级以及与美国的协调配合。
成为F-35飞行员不仅是一个漫长的过程，成本也十分高昂——杜达估计，每名飞行员的培训成本约为5500万美元。
该基地本身已进行了大规模现代化改造以适配这款战机，包括新增作战基础设施、维护系统以及符合美国认证标准的保密设施。
在华沙接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，波兰国防部副部长帕维尔·扎莱夫斯基证实，首批F-35战机预计很快就会抵达。“我可以确认，时间会非常、非常快，”扎莱夫斯基说道。
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“F-35拥有非常、非常重要的作战能力，它能实现空中主导权，这在当今战场至关重要，”他补充道，“这将是我们与美国人共同打造的作战能力。”
当前，北约军费分担问题仍是华盛顿反复讨论的议题，而波兰已成为北约最强大的军事伙伴之一：该国大幅增加国防开支、采购美国武器系统并驻扎美军部队。
对许多波兰军官而言，莫斯科的威胁有着切肤之痛。
基地的波兰F-16飞行员、中校“射手”告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，北约东翼国家仍铭记着苏联的统治。
波兰政府计划对成年男性实施强制性军事训练
“仍有不少人经历过共产主义时代，”他说，“我们记得那段历史，不希望类似的事情再次发生。”
谈及俄罗斯在车臣、格鲁吉亚、克里米亚和乌克兰的行动，他表示波兰认为威慑至关重要。
“这种直觉或许刻在我们的DNA里，”射手说道，“当他们有所行动时，不会停手，除非进一步行动的代价超过他们所能获得的利益。”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6395867682112
据美国空军消息，波兰飞行员已于2024年开始在美国接受F-35训练，其中包括在阿肯色州埃宾国民警卫队基地的训练。第33战斗机联队今年2月宣布，一名波兰飞行员已作为训练项目的一部分，完成了波兰首架F-35A战机的首飞。
洛克希德·马丁公司告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“将F-35纳入波兰空军机队，有助于推进区域威慑、提升互操作性并加强欧洲安全。”
“正如近期的作战和空中警戒行动所展示的那样，F-35正通过威慑和击败威胁，积极协助保卫北约及盟友的领空，它将在未来数十年保护波兰的国家安全，”该公司发言人说道。
该公司补充称，波兰首批F-35战机国内接机庆祝活动的筹备工作正在进行中，活动将于6月在拉斯克基地举行。
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‘Written in our DNA’: Polish pilots who remember Soviet rule prepare for America’s most lethal fighter jet
2026-05-20T07:30:33-04:00 / Fox News
Poland purchased 32 F-35A jets from Lockheed Martin for $4.6B, with Polish pilots already training in the US
By Efrat Lachter Fox News
Published May 20, 2026 7:30am EDT
US and Polish pilots stand together on NATO’s front line
Fox News Digital goes inside Poland’s 32nd Tactical Air Base where American and Polish forces operate together as Warsaw prepares for a new era of military firepower. (Flight video courtesy of the 32nd tactical base, Lask, Poland.)
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LASK, Poland — Poland is expected to receive its first F-35 fighter jets “very, very soon”, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Paweł Zalewski told Fox News Digital, as American and Polish forces prepare together at a key NATO air base near the alliance’s eastern flank.
Fox News Digital received exclusive access to Poland’s 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, where commanders pointed to the hangars being prepared for the arrival of the U.S.- made fifth-generation aircraft, part of Poland’s $4.6 billion purchase of 32 F-35 from Lockheed Martin.
The jets have not arrived yet, but the partnership behind them already has.
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F-35 fighter aircrafts fly over the White House during Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s visit in Washington, DC on September 3, 2025. Trump and Nawrocki discussed the flyover in memory of a Polish pilot who recently died in training, calling him a “legend.”(Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images.))
Polish and American personnel train, operate and in some cases are stationed together on the base, reflecting the unusually close military relationship between Warsaw and Washington at a time when NATO burden-sharing remains under political scrutiny.
Lt. Col. Pete Nanoslawski, commander of the 52nd Operations Group Detachment 1 of the U.S. Air Force, originally from New York and stationed in Poland for the past five years, told Fox News Digital that Poland’s military modernization has significantly deepened cooperation between the two militaries.
“We are experiencing incredible support from Polish-provided logistics support and Polish-provided infrastructure,” Nanoslawski said while standing alongside Polish commanders on the base.
A Polish F-16 at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask.(Efrat Lachter/Fox News Digital)
He said Poland’s investment in American military systems and joint operations reflects how seriously Warsaw views threats from Russia. “Their foreign military sales portfolio is an appetite that’s insatiable, and rightfully so.”
The close relationship between the two militaries was visible throughout the visit. As Polish commanders spoke about cooperation with the United States, they frequently turned toward their American counterparts with familiarity that went beyond formal alliance language.
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“We speak the same language, only with different accents,” Col. pilot Krzysztof Duda, commander of the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, told Fox News Digital.
Duda, who studied in the United States and attended the U.S. Air War College, described himself as “a child of the American education system.”
“The marriage we have with the U.S. on the military level, even if you want to divorce, we would not,” Duda said with a smile,”But we don’t want the divorce.”
Nanoslawski added that the American presence in Poland provides “enhanced forward presence and the ability to maneuver and adjust rapidly.”
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington.(Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
The partnership is now entering a new phase with the integration of the U.S.-made F-35 into Poland’s air force fleet.
Poland signed a $4.6 billion agreement in 2020 to purchase 32 F-35A fighter jets manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
Duda, who is overseeing the implementation process at Lask, said the transition involves years of training, infrastructure upgrades and coordination with the United States.
Training to become an F35 pilot is not just a long process, it’s an expensive one too — Duda estimates that it costs around $55 million per pilot.
The base itself has undergone extensive modernization to prepare for the aircraft, including new operational infrastructure, maintenance systems and classified facilities required under American certification standards.
In an interview with Fox News Digital in Warsaw, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Paweł Zalewski confirmed the first F-35 arrival is expected soon. “I can confirm that it will be very, very soon,” Zalewski said.
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A Polish and American flag seen at the 32nd-Tactical Airbase in Lask-Poland.(Efrat Lachter/Fox News)
“F-35s provides very, very important capabilities, so it offers domination in the air. That is crucial in the battlefield nowadays,” he added. “It will be a capability developed together with Americans.”
At a time when NATO burden-sharing remains a recurring debate in Washington, Poland has emerged as one of the alliance’s strongest military partners, dramatically increasing defense spending, purchasing American weapons systems and hosting U.S. forces.
For many Polish officers, the threat from Moscow is deeply personal.
Lt. Col. “Shooter,” a Polish F-16 pilot at the base, told Fox News Digital that countries on NATO’s eastern flank still carry memories of Soviet domination.
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“There are still people that lived in communism,” he said. “We remember, and we don’t want anything like that to happen again.”
Looking at Russia’s actions in Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea and Ukraine, he said Poland believes deterrence is essential.
“We have this intuition probably written in our DNA,” Shooter said. “When they are doing something, they’re not going to stop unless the cost of the further operation is going to be more than what they’re going to gain.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6395867682112
According to the U.S. Air Force, Polish pilots began F-35 training in the United States in 2024, including at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Arkansas. The 33rd Fighter Wing announced in February that a Polish pilot had completed the first flight on Poland’s new F-35A aircraft as part of the training program.
Lockheed Martin told Fox News Digital that “integration of the F-35 into the Polish Air Force fleet advances regional deterrence, enhances interoperability and strengthens European security.”
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“As seen in recent combat and air policing operations, the F-35 is actively helping defend NATO and allied airspace by deterring and defeating threats, and it will protect Poland’s national security for decades to come,” a company spokesperson said.
The company added that preparations are continuing for Poland’s first in-country F-35 arrival celebration at Lask in June.
Efrat Lachter is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering international affairs and the United Nations. Follow her on X @efratlachter. Stories can be sent to efrat.lachter@fox.com.
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