US to send 8 Apache helicopters to Poland

The US will provide Poland with eight Apache helicopters until Warsaw receives its own units, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak confirmed Saturday.

"The US army will provide Poland with Apache helicopters from its own resources, even before signing the contract for the purchase of 96 helicopters," Blaszczak said in Washington after meeting US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Friday.

Last year, Poland expressed its desire to purchase 96 AH-64 Apache helicopters, though it is unclear when the deliveries could take place.