Polish Minister of National Defense Marisz Blaszczak announced that on April 12, 2021, Poland signed an intergovernmental agreement with the United States on the acquisition of five Lockheed C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft from the US Air Force.
“We have signed a contract to acquire 5 C-130H aircraft under the Excess Defense Articles program,” said Polish Minister of National Defense Marisz Blaszczak. He also added that the cargo planes will go to the 33rd Transport Aviation Base in Powidz and will increase Polish transport capacity.
“We expect the first of them to arrive this year,” said the Minister.
Poland; Air Force orders five ex-USAF C-130H