Poland to join AWACS system

An AWACS plane has landed at Powidz airbase in western Poland. Two such aircraft are presented there as negotiations continue on Poland joining a NATO organization created to run and manage the Airborne Warning and Control System.
The participation cost is estimated at 70,000 zlotys or 23,300 dollars annually. The ministry of defense, which will cover it, says that 30 percent of the money spent will be refunded in offset deals and 70 percent in sub-contractor deals on the production of some elements of the system.
AWACS planes with their super-radars can be used in crisis and war situations or to provide security measures during important events. They were used, for example, when Pope Benedict XVI visited Poland.
Source:Radio Polonia, polskieradio.pl