Author: Karol
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13th Transport Aviation Squadron in Balice. 2001-2009
In 1999, the Republic of Poland was admitted to NATO membership. This was an important event because we returned to the group of free nations with a clearly defined military policy. New commitments and new challenges. This accession had a particularly strong impact on the organization and structures of the military.
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103rd Aviation Regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Warsaw. 1944-2001
In order to introduce a communist-style social order in Poland, dependent on Moscow, the communists had to prepare well. The general outline was created already in 1943. In the fall of 1944, after the collapse of the Warsaw Uprising and the failure of Stanisław Mikołajczyk’s talks with dictator Stalin in Moscow, the Kremlin decided to…
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10th Tactical Aviation Squadron in Łask. 2001-2010
The history of the 10th ELT at the Łask Airport began with the construction of an airport near the town of Łask and the formation of the 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment there, which was formed at the Bemowo Airport (1951), based on the staff of the 1st PLM. In 1958, the 31st PLM was transformed…
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10th Fighter Aviation Regiment in Łask. 1944-1946. 1968-1999
Soviet plans during World War II included the creation of the Polish Aviation Association as the 3rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division. Due to the lack of appropriate equipment, the 3rd Fighter Aviation Division was formed, consisting of three fighter regiments, which were given the designations 9. PLM, 10. PLM, 11. PLM. The basis was the operational…
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1st Fighter Aviation Regiment in Mińsk Mazowiecki. 1943-2000. 2008
In June 1951, pilots from the 1st PLM trained in flights on Yak-23 aircraft began a series of training for the parade to be held on July 22, 1951. It was supposed to be the first public presentation of the Yak-23 fighter aircraft. It was intended to show the flight of 15 machines in a…
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1st Fighter Aviation Regiment in Mińsk Mazowiecki. 1943-2000. 2007
In the second half of the 20th century, the 1st PLM was one of the most important fighter aviation regiments in Poland. The history of the unit began in 1943, but the regiment was the heir to several units from the period of the Second Polish Republic and World War II. And one by one;…
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1 Transport Aviation Base in Warsaw. 2002
After Poland joined NATO, one of the significant changes in the structures of Polish Military Aviation was the establishment of Air Bases. Until now, there was one owner of the airport and the flying equipment, i.e. the Regiment’s command. After the changes, the airport and flight security are managed by the Air Base Command, and…
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Lightning strike on Su-20 aircraft in 1988.
On that day, Su-20 crews performed training and combat flights to attack targets on the training ground. The weather was bad; lower cloud base 300 m, visibility 3,000 m, wind 2 m/s from the north-west. Due to the weather, the flights were not performed in groups, but individually. They started at time intervals. While returning…
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The tragedy of MiG-21 R nb 1911 on June 3, 1987.
On June 3, 1987, there was a plane crash near Straszewy. Exactly at 2:35 p.m., 1.5 km south of the town of Straszewy, on the road towards Osówka, there was a crash of a MiG 21 R military fighter aircraft, serial number 94R0011911, board number 1911, with a D-type reconnaissance pod installed ( photographic container…
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Airport Pobiednik Wielki. 2020
Pobiednik Wielki Airport is located east of Krakow, just beyond the city’s administrative borders. The distance to the center of Krakow is 23 km. The airport is sports and used by General Aviation. The owner of the airport is the Krakow Aero Club. The geographical coordinates are 50.085N 20.202E. Elevation 198 m (664 ft). ICAO airport…