Visegrad4 Seek To Boost Their Air Power
Boosting defenses while also trying to maintain relations with Russia, due to needing to maintain legacy equipment, is not easy.
Poland continues to fly the MiG-29, but is looking to the West for a replacement. The F-35A is considered the front-runner.
Poland continues to fly the MiG-29, but is looking to the West for a replacement. The F-35A is considered the front-runner.

In Central Eastern Europe (CEE), the Visegrad4 Group (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary) maintain the core of the region’s air power. As former Warsaw Pact countries, they operated Soviet/Russian-made equipment, and all four are currently converting to modern Western makes. The transformation is not simple: funding issues and political will determine the nature and speed of it. Relations with Moscow also constitute a factor, although not as strong as it would seem.