33rd Air Base

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33rd Air Base
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33. Baza Lotnicza
Near Powidz, Słupca County in  Poland
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Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator Polish Air Force
Site history
Built2010 (2010)
In use1 July 2010 – present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Colonel Miroslaw Łusiarczyk
Garrison 14th Airlift Squadron
Airfield information
Identifiers ICAO: EPPW
Elevation267 feet (81 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
10L/28R8,999 feet (2,743 m)  Asphalt
10R/28L11,532 feet (3,515 m) Asphalt

The 33rd Air Base (Polish : 33. Baza Lotnicza) is a Polish Air Force base, located near Powidz. The base functions within the structure of the Polish Air Force and is part of the three wings of Powidz air transport command.

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History

The base was officially constituted in January 2000 as the 21st airbase, replacing the disbanded 7th Bomber-Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment. It was redesignated to its current name in January 2001. [1] In 2010, the 2nd Airlift Squadron disbanded and its units were distributed among the newly formed units of the 33rd Air Base. [2]

US military

U.S. Army M2A3 and M1A2s at the Long Term Equipment Storage and Maintenance-Complex opening ceremony, April 2023 M2A3 and M1A2s at LTESMC opening ceremony at Air Base Powidz.jpg
U.S. Army M2A3 and M1A2s at the Long Term Equipment Storage and Maintenance-Complex opening ceremony, April 2023

From the summer of 2019, the base will be the site of a depot and storage site for United States Army combat vehicles in Poland. It will be mostly funded by NATO's NATO Security Investment Program, and cost around US$210m, with the USA's component capped at around 20-25%. [3]

The US Army Corps of Engineers made an industry solicitation in 2018 requesting tree-cutting services for 38 hectares (94 acres) around the base. Two US investments could be sacrificed to pay for President Trump's border wall with Mexico: A bulk fuel storage facility at US$21m, and a "rail extension and railhead" project budgeted at US$14m. [3]

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References

  1. Wroński, Paweł (23 August 2012), "Hercules na ratunek" [Hercules to the rescue], Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish) (5), Warszawa: Agora, ISSN   0860-908X
  2. "2 eskadra lotnictwa transportowo-łącznikowego". jednostki-wojskowe.pl. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 NATO foots bill for massive US combat depot in Poland, Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News, 2019-03-29

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