The Polish Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej. In 2014 it consisted of roughly 26,000 military personnel and about 475 aircraft, distributed among ten bases throughout Poland.
Stanisław Skalski, was a Polish aviator and fighter ace who served with the Polish Air Force and British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Skalski was the top Polish fighter ace of the war and chronologically the first Allied fighter ace of the war, credited, according to the Bajan's list, with 18 11/12 victories and two probable. Some sources, including Skalski himself, give a number of 22 11/12 victories.
The following is the order of battle of the Polish Air Force prior to the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War of 1939. During the mobilization waves of March and August of that year, all peace-time units were deployed to airfields throughout the country and attached to respective commands of Air Force, Naval Air Service and squadrons supporting each of the Polish armies. In the last stages of the air campaign, whole units coordinated all actions in the fight against the invaders.
Stefan Stanisław Stec was a Polish aviator and military pilot, one of the pioneers of Polish aviation. He is also credited as the originator of the Polish Air Force checkerboard.
The 31st Air Base, commonly known as Poznań-Krzesiny Airport is a Polish Air Force base and military airport, located in Krzesiny, part of the Nowe Miasto district of Poznań.
The 22nd Air Base is a Polish Air Force air base east of Malbork, Poland, near the village of Królewo Malborskie. It was officially constituted on 1 January 2001, replacing the disbanded 41st Fighter Aviation Regiment. The main unit based there is the 41st Air Tactical Squadron flying Mikoyan MiG-29A/UB fighters.
The Air Force of the Polish Army, unofficially known as the People's Polish Air Force was the name of the Soviet-controlled Polish Air Force in the USSR between 1943 and 1947 created alongside the Polish People's Army, a subordinate to the Red Army. It was the primary Polish air force formation within the Polish Armed Forces in the East during World War II.
The 432nd Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command at Creech Air Force Base near Indian Springs, Nevada. It flies General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-170 Sentinel Unmanned aerial vehicles.
The 3rd Tactical Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Polish Air Force established in 2001 in Poznań, Poland. The squadron was stationed in the 31st Air Base and has acquired F-16 C/D Block 52+ Adv. fighters. From 1954 to 2001 the unit was known as "3. Pułk Lotnictwa Myśliwskiego". In 2008 the unit was fused with the 6th Tactical Squadron and the 31st Air Base. Those three units were transformed into 31st Tactical Air Base unit.
1st Tactical Squadron is a fighter squadron of Polish Air Force established in 2001 in Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland. Squadron is stationed in 23rd Air Base and operates MiG-29 9.12A and MiG-29UB 9.51A jet fighters. Unit has been created on the base of 1st Fighter Regiment (1944–2001).
10th Tactical Squadron is a fighter squadron of Polish Air Force established in 2008 in Łask, Poland. The squadron is stationed at 32nd Air Base and since 1 October 2008 operates the F-16 C/D Block 52+ Adv.
7th Tactical Squadron is a fighter squadron of Polish Air Force established in 1999. The squadron is stationed in 33rd Air Base and operates Su-22 attack aircraft.
13th Airlift Squadron – also referred to as 13.ELTR - 13 Eskadra Lotnictwa Transportowego in Poland – is an airlift squadron of the Polish Air Force, established in 1963 in Kraków, Poland. The squadron is stationed in the 8th Air Base.
40th Tactical Squadron is a fighter squadron of Polish Air Force established in 2000. Squadron is stationed in 21st Air Base and operates 18 Sukhoi Su-22 ground attack aircraft.
8th Tactical Squadron(Polish: 8 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego, 8 ELT) is a fighter squadron of the Polish Air Force established in 2001. Squadron is stationed in 12th Air Base and operates Su-22 attack aircraft.
The 31st Tactical Air Base is the biggest military unit of Polish Air Force. The unit was created in 2008 as a result of fusion of three previous units: 31st Air Base, 3rd Tactical Squadron and 6th Tactical Squadron. The unit operates two squadrons of F-16 C/D fighters. The associated base, Krzesiny air base outside of Poznan, currently operates F-16 fighters only.
The Polish 9th Fighter Regiment was a fighter regiment established in 1944 in Malbork that was a part of the Air Force of the Polish Army. The regiment was stationed in Debrzno until it was disbanded on December 31, 2000, in Zegrze Pomorskie.
32nd Air Base is a Polish Air Force base, located in Łask, about 30 km south-west of Łódź. It is one of the two bases where Poland's F-16 fighters are stationed, the other being 31st Air Base. 9 of them were first moved there in October 2008. The goal is to have 16 fighters, operated by the 10th Tactical Squadron.
Katarzyna Tomiak-Siemieniewicz is a captain in the Polish Air Force and the first Polish woman to become a fighter pilot. She currently flies the MiG-29 at the 22nd Tactical Air Base near Królewo Malborskie in northern Poland.
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