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US military signs TNT supply contract with Polish company

Nitro-Chem is one of the world's largest producers of explosives and belongs to the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ), a holding company established by the Polish government to unite Polish state owned defence industry companies. Public domain/PAP

The Polish Nitro-Chem chemical plant based in the northern city of Bydgoszcz is one of nine companies that have secured a contract to supply trinitrotoluene (TNT) to the US Army, the company has announced.

Polish pilots to begin Apache helicopter training next month

Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on Friday that Polish pilots will begin training on US made Apache helicopters at the beginning of August.

Cooperation between Poland and US Army V Corps is vital says minister

The partnership between Poland and the US Army V Corps is extremely important because it ensures the security and stability of both countries, Poland’s defence minister has said.

US Army base expands in Poland

A new military equipment maintenance and storage complex has been opened at the US Army Base in Powidz, west-central Poland.

US Army sets up permanent presence in Poland

The US Army established its first permanent base in Poland on Tuesday.

Poland gets first Hercules transporter

The first of five Hercules air transporters ordered from the US has arrived in Poland, the Polish defence minister informed on Friday.

Most Poles support permanent presence of US troops in Poland

In all, 86 percent of Poles are in favour of the permanent stationing of US soldiers in Poland and only 9.1 percent hold the opposite opinion, a recent poll has shown.

Most Poles say US Army 5th Corps command in Poland will boost security

As many as 87.6 percent of Poles believe that locating the headquarters of the US Army's 5th Corps in Poland will improve the country's security, a survey by the IBRiS pollster showed on Monday.

Permanent US base in Poland is first of many to come in CEE says minister

The placement of the main command of the US Army's V Corps in Poland is the first step to adding other permanent US bases in Central and Eastern Europe, Poland’s foreign minister said in Madrid, on Thursday.

Permanent HQ for US Army's V Corps to be set up in Poland says Biden

US President Joe Biden announced, at the Nato summit in Madrid, that the US would be strengthening its military presence in Europe adding that it would create the permanent headquarters of the US Army's V Corps in Poland.

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