According to the Polish Minister of National Defense Tomasz Siemioniak, who talked to the media during his visit to Świdwin airbase, the iconic Cold War fighter bombers will be upgraded.
The Polish Air Force currently operates an aging fleet of 26 Su-22M4′s and 6 Su-22UM3K. The decision on the extent of the upgrade is to be made mid-March, this year. Earlier the Fitters were planned to be withdrawn by 2015 and replaced by UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles).
The modernization is not to be expensive, and is to be carried out by the Military Aviation Works no. 2 in Bydgoszcz, the same plant that takes care of the Polish F-16 Block 52+ fighters.
http://theaviationist.com/2014/02/20/polish-af-su-22-upgrade/
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