Category: Articles
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PKW Orlik 2 mission 2008
Kraków 2008-08-01 Polish Military Contingent Orlik 2 in Lithuania. On March 12, 2008, at the 22nd Air Base in Malbork, a farewell was held for the Polish Military Contingent “Orlik 2,” which was heading to Lithuania to perform air policing duties as part of the NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS), ensuring the protection of…
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Mission of PKW Orlik 1. 2006
Kraków 1.08.2008 Polish Military Contingent Orlik in Lithuania. Air Policing – Mission of PKW Orlik. 2006 In accordance with the signed agreement, the NATO pact undertook the air defense of the three Baltic countries; Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which are unable to maintain fighter aviation on their own, and joined NATO on March 29, 2004.…
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Nuclear weapons on Polish territory. 2007
Krakow November 26, 2007 No cheap sensation about nuclear weapons in Poland. Two questions. To begin with, I have to answer two questions so that there is no doubt; – Did Poland have nuclear weapons in the second half of the 20th century? – NOPE. – Were nuclear weapons stored in Poland in the second…
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Combat Open-Air Museum of the 1st Polish Army in Zdbice near Wałcz. 2025.
Walcz 2025-05-31 Combat Open-Air Museum of the 1st Polish Army in Zdbice near Wałcz. Fights for the Pomeranian Wall in 1945. The fights for the Pomeranian Wall in 1945 were one of the important stages of the offensive of the Red Army (Soviet Army) and the Polish People’s Army, in the final phase of World…
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Organization of the Fighter Aviation Regiment 1950-1990.
Kraków 2007-07-27 Organization of a fighter aviation regiment. There is no doubt that after the Second World War, the military aviation structure in Poland was created in the CCCP. Although in the second half of the 40s there was a spark of hope for the creation of a completely sovereign Polish aviation. A symptom of…
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Outdoor events at the Lubuskie Military Museum
Drzonów 2025 One of the museum’s greatest attractions Mr. Jarosław Sobociński The upcoming celebration of the 40th anniversary of the official opening of the Lubuskie Military Museum in Drzonów on May 8, 2025 is an opportunity and at the same time an impulse for reflection, analysis and contemplation on the development of this famous Polish…
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Krzesiny 26.06.2007. Aviation Festival.
Krzesiny 2007-06-26 Aviation Festival. On June 26, 2007 (Tuesday), at the 31st Air Base in Poznańskie Krzesiny, an Aviation Festival was organized, the main attraction of which was the Thunderbirds aerobatic team from the USA, belonging to the USAF and flying F-16 planes. The initial idea of organizing the festival was based on the assumption…
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US Defense Strategy 1945-1990
Kraków 2025-01-02 US Defense Strategy 1945-1990 In 1946, the former allies, the US and the CCCP, stood on opposite sides. The main issue was the Soviet desire to introduce communism worldwide. Communism is a political, social and economic ideology that seeks to create a classless society based on common ownership of the means of production,…
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Aeroklub Nowotarski. Sightseeing flight. 2024r.
Nowy Targ 2024-08-14 Aeroklub Nowotarski. Aeroklub Nowotarski organizes various aviation events, including sightseeing flights. Sightseeing flights are performed by airplanes, motor gliders, gliders and hot air balloons. On August 14, 2024, we had the opportunity to participate in a sightseeing flight in a Cessna C-182 P Skylane aircraft, registration SP-EDI, No. 18262697. The Cessna C-182…
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Aviation exhibits in the landscape park at the Drzonów museum. 2024
Lubuskie Military Museum. 2024 Drzonów 13-09-2024 Written by Jarosław Sobociński Visits by photojournalists and military enthusiasts visiting museums, especially those located on the outskirts, immortalizing exhibits in photos or films are usually dominated by the specific personal time possibilities of the visitors and, therefore, also by the default weather conditions that will happen on a…