A Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet sits on display at the MSPO trade show (Breaking Defense)
KIELCE — The US signed a $4 billion Foreign Military Financing (FMF) loan agreement with Poland today, a move Warsaw said is geared toward “supporting the technical modernization” of its armed forces and bolstering “transatlantic cooperation.”
Polish and US officials inked the lucrative financial package during a ceremony at the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw.
In a translated statement, Poland’s Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak- Kamysz said that the new loan is the sixth of its kind, noting that the FMF mechanism has enabled Warsaw to buy the “best American equipment” available.
“All this strengthens the defense potential of NATO’s eastern flank,” he added. “Poland is the leader of NATO’s eastern flank, meeting all the expectations set for us as a European ally. Europe is taking greater responsibility” for its own security.
