In 1951, the 10th Fighter Aviation Division was established, based in S\u0142upsk. The Division was to include; 28. PLM in S\u0142upsk, 25. PLM in Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski and the third one unspecified. The basic Regiment in the Division was, of course, the 28th PLM, which remained in the Polish defense system for many years.<\/p>\n The formation of the 25th PLM was very difficult, mainly for two reasons: lack of equipment, but above all, lack of properly trained flying personnel. According to available data, in 1954, the 25th Regiment officially began to function. Its base was the airport in Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski.<\/p>\n The airport has coordinates 54.14 N, 18.40 E. It is located at an altitude of 94 m above sea level. It has a runway measuring 2,000 m x 60 m, with an orientation of 10\/28 and a concrete surface. It is an airport with one of the shortest runways in the Polish Military Aviation. Currently, RWY is 1,350 m long.<\/p>\n The airport is not in the most convenient location. It is located within the city limits, Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski, in the Cieplewo district. The area is highly urbanized. National road No. 1 runs nearby. It is only 15 km from the airport to the waters of the Bay of Gda\u0144sk and the same distance to the center of Gda\u0144sk. In 2008, the airport is used by the military (49th P\u015aB) and for civilian purposes (Pomeranian Aeroclub). Additionally, there is the R\u0119biechowo Airport nearby, 20 km, and then the Babie Do\u0142y Airport, approximately 40 km, and Malbork, approximately 42 km. The proximity of other airports, the highly urbanized area and the sea breeze make the flights here unique.<\/p>\n From the very beginning, the Regiment was prepared to operate turbojet-powered fighter aircraft. Initially they were; MiG-15, Lim-1, MiG-15 bis, Lim-2. The regiment also received modern Lim-5 and Lim-5 P fighters, and Lim-1\/2 SB pilots for training.<\/p>\n At the end of 50 years, the Divisions in the OPL OK Troops were abolished, and in their place, new associations in a new arrangement, Corps, were established. In 1960, the 2nd OPL OK Corps with headquarters in Bydgoszcz had four regiments in its composition: 11. PLM in Debrzno, 25. PLM in Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski, 26. PLM in Zegrze Pomorski, 28. PLM in S\u0142upsk. Additionally, the 2nd OPL OK Corps included: 19th Towing Squadron in S\u0142upsk, 43rd Liaison Squadron in Bydgoszcz, 129th OPL Artillery Regiment in Szczecin, 136th OPL Artillery Regiment in Bydgoszcz, and Radio Technical Battalions: 2 in Grudzi\u0105dz, 8 in S\u0142upsk, 9 in Choszczno.<\/p>\n The turn of the 1950s and 1960s was a period when new aviation technology in the form of helicopters was introduced to the Polish Army. The Ministry of National Defense has designated the airport in Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski as suitable for this purpose. The 49th Combat Helicopter Regiment was organized at the airport. In 1966, the 25th PLM in Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski was disbanded. The last Lim-2\/5 planes were transferred to other airports in 1968.<\/p>\n Written by Karol Placha Hetman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 1951, the 10th Fighter Aviation Division was established, based in S\u0142upsk. The Division was to include; 28. PLM in S\u0142upsk, 25. PLM in Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski and the third one unspecified. The basic Regiment in the Division was, of course, the 28th PLM, which remained in the Polish defense system for many years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-squadrons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3704,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions\/3704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polot.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski Airport.<\/h3>\n
Service of 25 PLM. 1954 \u2013 1966<\/h3>\n