ŁASK, Poland — The Polish Air Force (Siły Powietrzne) took delivery of its ninth F-35A Lightning II “Husarz” multirole stealth fighter at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Łask. The ferry flight represents a major milestone for European defense manufacturing, marking the first Polish F-35 produced at the Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility in Cameri, Italy, as well as the 100th total F-35 airframe delivered from the Italian site.
The Cameri FACO facility—owned by the Italian Ministry of Defence and operated by Leonardo in industrial partnership with Lockheed Martin—is the sole F-35 final assembly, checkout, and Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul, and Upgrade (MRO&U) hub in Europe. The facility handles local production of F-35A CTOL and F-35B STOVL variants for Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland, alongside the fabrication of full wing-sets for the global F-35 fleet.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: LOCKHEED MARTIN / LEONARDO F-35A HUSARZ (POLISH AIR FORCE) 
* Manufacturing & Assembly Facility: Cameri FACO (Piedmont, Italy) / Leonardo S.p.A. & Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
* Operational Assignment: Polish Air Force — 32nd Tactical Air Base (Łask) & 21st Tactical Air Base (Świdwin)
* Platform Variant: F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) / Polish Designation: “Husarz”
* Dimensions & Airframe Architecture:
* Wingspan: 35 ft (10.7 m) | Length: 51.4 ft (15.7 m) | Height: 14.4 ft (4.38 m)
* Wing Area: 460 sq ft (42.7 sq m)
* Internal Stealth Integration: Radar Absorbent Material (RAM) skin coatings and internal weapons bays for low-observable radar cross-section (RCS)
* Powerplant & Performance Profile:
* Engine Type: Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 afterburning turbofan
* Thrust Output: 28,000 lbs dry | 43,000 lbs with afterburner
* Top Speed: Mach 1.6 (~1,200 mph / 1,975 km/h)
* Operational Ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,240 m)
* Combat Radius: ~669 nautical miles (1,239 km) on internal fuel
* Sensors, Avionics & C4ISR Suite:
* Primary Sensor: Northrop Grumman AN/APG-81 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar
* Electro-Optical Suite: AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) & AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS)
* Electronic Warfare: BAE Systems AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare / Countermeasures system
* Datalinks: Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) for secure stealth-to-stealth networking and tactical Link 16 integration
* Delivery Profile: 1st of 16 Italian-built units under Poland’s 32-aircraft $4.6B procurement program (following 16 US-built units from Fort Worth, TX)
