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Aircraft Origin Role Variant Quantity Notes Image Fixed wing aircraft Eurofighter or F-15EX — Air dominance fighter — 32 [1] A330 MRTT or KC-46 — Aerial refueling and multi-role transport — Unknown In discussion since early 2023 [2] Combat helicopter; AW-109T, H145M — Rotorcraft trainer — 24 [3] UAV MQ-9 Reaper United States: UCAV ...
1. On 4 July 1943, a Liberator II aircraft crashed off Gibraltar shortly after takeoff, killing all but one of the seventeen people on board. Among the victims were several senior Polish military leaders, including General Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
The Polish Air Force (Polish: Siły Powietrzne, lit. 'Air Forces') is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej (lit. ' Aerial and Air Defense Forces '). In 2014 it consisted of roughly 26,000 military personnel and about 475 aircraft, distributed among ...
On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board.Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria; the former president of Poland-in-exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski; the chief of the Polish General Staff and other senior Polish military officers; the ...
On 23 January 2008, a Polish Air Force EADS CASA C-295 military transport plane, flying from Warsaw, crashed in Mirosławiec as it was attempting to land at the 12th Air Base, killing all 20 passengers and crew. The 20 victims on board included high-ranking Polish air force officers. [1][2] This was the first fatal accident involving a CASA C-295.
The Polish Air Force Memorial[1] (informally Polish War Memorial) [2][3] is a war memorial in West London, England in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. Over 18,000 men and women served in the Polish squadrons of the RAF during the war, and over 2,000 died.
A Polish military airplane EADS CASA C-295, '019', c/n S-043, crashed in forested area near Polish city Miroslawiec killing all 20 people aboard – 16 Polish Air Force officers (including one general, Gen. Andrzej Andrzejewski, who previously survived an ejection from a Su-22M-4K on 18 August 2003, and six colonels) and 4 crew members. [156 ...
A Polish Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon during a military exercise, 2019 Since 2011, the Armed Forces are in the middle of a long-term modernization program. Plans involve new anti-aircraft missile systems, ballistic missile defense systems, a Lead-In Fighter Trainer (LIFT) aircraft, medium transport and combat helicopters, submarines ...