Category: Squadrons

In addition to combat tasks, auxiliary and special tasks play an important role in naval aviation. In September 1946, the Air Force handed over to the DMW (Naval Command) an independent connecting key. The flight initially consisted of two Po-2 aircraft and was stationed at the Puck airport. In 1950, the flight was transferred to…

Under the Order of the Minister of National Defence, Konstanty Rokossowski, No. 096/Org of September 11, 1951, the third (after the 7th and 33rd PLB) bomber regiment, the 35th PLB, was formed as part of the 15th Bomber Aviation Division. The regiment was to be formed in the period from May 1, 1952 to December…

The 48th Air Assault Regiment was formed on the basis of order No. 0096/Org. of the Minister of National Defence, Konstanty Rokossowski, of December 11, 1951. The 48th Assault Aviation Regiment, as a military unit of JW 4954, was actually created in 1952, as part of the 8th Assault Aviation Division. The place of organization…

The article describes the following combat units: 8th Assault Aviation Regiment, 53rd Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Fighter-Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Fighter-Bomber Regiment in Mirosławiec, which operated in 1944. – 1946, and after a break in 1952 – 1999.

Photo description: Such planes were operated in the 53rd Fighter-Assault Aviation Regiment.

The 2nd Tactical Aviation Brigade (2. BLT) was a tactical aviation unit of the Polish Army in the period 1997 – 2009. The unit operated as Unit 3091. The unit was formed by order of the Ministry of National Defense of November 24, 1997. Poznań was designated as the stationing place. The 2nd Tactical Aviation…

Jak-40 nb 044. 2012 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

The 3rd Transport and Liaison Aviation Squadron in Wrocław was established in May 1999, as Unit 3242. The unit was formed on the basis of the 44th Aviation Squadron and the 11th DWLOP Squadron (Air Defense Air Force Command). The first commander of the unit was lieutenant colonel pilot Zbigniew Bałowski. The unit was operationally…

The regiment was popularly called the "Regiment of Transport Helicopters".

After the ferrying of Suchoj Su-22 planes from Mirosławiec to Świdwin, the airport in Mirosławiec was only the 12th Airport Command and was a backup airport for planes based in nearby Świdwin. As the Polish Army adopted a new technique in the form of unmanned aerial vehicles, the airport in Mirosławiec was selected as their…