Dutch F-35 jets to protect aid supply routes to Ukraine from Poland

The Netherlands will deploy its F-35 fighter jets in the autumn to patrol Polish airspace, including to protect aid supply routes to Ukraine.

This means Dutch F-35s will join Norway, which had earlier announced the deployment of its fighter jets to Poland.

"From September, Dutch F-35 fighter jets will patrol NATO airspace in Poland together with Norway. In this way, we will keep Russia at bay and protect the supply routes to Ukraine," Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans wrote on X. 

Since December 2024, Norwegian NASAMS air defence systems have been deployed to protect the airport in Rzeszów, Poland.