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Since 2006, the voice of the liberal media has been heard about the noise emitted by Lockheed Martin F-16 Jastrząb fighters taking off and landing at Krzesiny Airport. We get the impression that these media make more noise than fighters, and the topic like a good stew, is reheated every now and then.

The plane belonged to the second batch delivered to Poland from CCCP. This delivery took place in 1985, and the aircraft was delivered in boxes (containers) to the airport in Powidz. There, Soviet technicians assembled the machine and made a test flight. After the delivery and acceptance inspection and the control flight, the aircraft was…

On September 19-26, 2008, the largest military exercise in our country, codenamed Anakonda ’08, was conducted. It was an exercise for all Polish military components. About 7,000 soldiers, 1,400 vehicles, 43 aircraft and 19 ships took part in it. The main exercise sites were the training grounds in Drawsko and Ustka as well as sea…

The PZL I-22 Iryda was probably the last training and combat aircraft developed by Polish designers. A plane that was needed on the one hand and unwanted on the other. Following his over 20-year career, one gets the impression that he arose from rape and was later aborted. 

In order to understand the essence of offset well, we must go back to the turn of the 80’s / 90’s. We had the first free elections in Poland, the Berlin Wall is torn down in the West, and the CCCP is breaking up into individual republics. The result is the end of the Second…


To leave no doubt to the reader, we were in favor of Poland’s purchase of SAAB JAS-39 Gripen multi-purpose combat aircraft. We considered this aircraft a successful construction and well suited to our defense needs. Future cooperation in the development of subsequent aircraft versions would be significant for Poland. The Swedes have several dozen years…

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 this phenomenon was the receipt of aid from…

The initial idea of ​​organizing the festival was based on the assumption that the newly acquired F-16 C / D block 52 + multi-role combat aircraft, which in Poland received the proper name Jastrząb, would be presented to the broadly understood society for the first time. They wanted to demonstrate them at a static exhibition…

An-2 TD "Viennese" NB 7447 was produced in PZL Mielec on 9.01.1967. On January 10, 1967 entered the service in Polish aviation. In 2015, the plane was 48 years old. Until then, the plane made 15 500 landings and spent over 7,000 hours in the air.