Category: Squadrons

There was a prospect of liquidating the unit after the Su-22 aircraft were withdrawn from service, i.e. in the period 2015 – 2018. This was not done because the Su-22 aircraft were still being renovated. In 2019, information appeared that Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft may be based here.

In 1999, a decision was made to establish the 11th Air Base at the airport in Świdwin. The 11th Air Base officially began operations on January 1, 2000. In 2002, it was decided to change the numbering of the Base from No. 11 to No. 21. The 11th Air Base operated in 1999. – 2002,…

On November 5, 2007, celebrations were held in Powidz to mark the commencement of operations of the 14th Transport Aviation Squadron. On January 31, 2008, there were changes in the subordination of some aviation units. From January 31, 2008, the 3rd Transport Aviation Brigade took over the 33rd BLot Powidz under its direct subordination.

At the beginning of August 1951, in accordance with the plan, DWL Order No. 064/org, the formation of the next 13th PLM in the 5th DLM began. The staff of the 1st PLM became the personnel base, and the place of formation was the Warsaw – Bemowo airport. Pilot Major Stanisław Więcek was appointed as…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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;…