Category: Squadrons

The 47th Liaison and Sanitary Aviation Regiment was formed by order of the Chief of General Staff of the Polish Army No. 09 / Org of January 16, 1963. The order of the Ministry of National Defense was issued on February 9, 1963. The regiment was formed on May 15, 1963 in Radzyń Podlaski. Disbanded…

The first half of the 1950s was a period of rapid increase in the number of new, modern fighter aircraft produced in Polish factories. This large amount of modern equipment forced an increase in the number of flying personnel, and thus the development of education for future aces of the sky. Following this line of…

The result of another restructuring in the Polish Naval Aviation was the transformation of the squadron into the 30th Navy Patrol and Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron on January 1, 2003. In 2007, the unit additionally adopted a distinctive name and became the 30th Kashubian Aviation Squadron.

At the end of the 90s, 7 PLB-R (7th Bomber Reconnaissance Regiment) took place. This was related to Poland’s accession to NATO and the transition to the Air Base and Air Squadron system. On the basis of the ordinance of the Minister of National Defense No. PF-74 / Org of 15.07.1999 and Order of the…

SB Lim-2 nb 018 nr 1A06018. 2012 year. Photo by Karol Placha Hetman

Imperial policy of the CCCP and the war in Korea led to Poland being forced, to the development of armaments beyond the country’s defense needs. As part of them, the 13th Assault Aviation Division was established. Elbląg was chosen as the stationing place. At that time, the 6th Air Assault Regiment was stationed at the…

The 33rd Bomber Aviation Regiment was established in 1951. The regiment operated mainly Iliuszyn Ił-28 bombers. The regiment functioned until 1968.

The 36th Special Air Transport Regiment in Warsaw operated in the period 1945 – 2011. The regiment was intended for VIP transport and all other transport tasks commissioned by the state of Poland.

Before we tell the story of the 66th LPSz, we must go back to 1957, when the 63rd Air Training and Combat Regiment was established at the modern Nowy Glinnik Airport. It was formed on the basis of the 3rd Combat Pilotage Squadron in Tomaszów Mazowiecki and the 6th Transitional Pilotage Squadron also in Tomaszów…

It should be mentioned that the Regiment, together with the 1st PLM and the 13th PLM, during this period, was among the elite units equipped with the latest equipment in Poland. In the first quarter of 1954, the Regiment received another batch of new Lim-1 aircraft, 13 of them.