A new airbase for the deployment of military helicopters will be created in the Polish city of Świdnik, which is located in the Lubelskie Voivodeship bordering Ukraine. UNN writes about this with reference to a statement by the Polish Ministry of Defense in X.
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A letter of intent to establish the air base in Świdnik, a satellite city of Lublin, was signed on Monday by Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysh, along with the governor of the Lublin province, the mayor of Lublin and the chairman of the board of the Lublin airport,
We have signed a letter of intent between the Ministry of National Defense and the City of Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship and Lublin Airport in connection with the investment planned by the Polish Armed Forces - the placement of a permanent helicopter airbase here in Świdnik at Lublin Airport, which will serve the Polish Armed Forces
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He said that the base will be used to deploy helicopters of the Land Forces, which Poland will modernize and purchase, as well as to train pilots.
Kosinyak-Kamysh emphasized that the creation of this air base will be a significant strengthening of NATO's eastern flank.
Recall
Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that Poland plans to deploy more troops to the voivodeships bordering Russia and Belarus. These are the voivodeships of Warmia and Mazury, Podlasie, Lublin and Podkarpackie.