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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 ...
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 ...
Deliveries of PZL-130TBs to Poland started in 1994, with the aircraft equipping the Military Pilot Academy at Dęblin and the 60th Training Air Regiment at Radom.All Polish PZL-130TBs were upgraded to the TC-1 standard type, with better ejection seats and avionics.
Polish 7th Air Escadrille (Polish: 7. Eskadra Lotnicza), better known as the Kościuszko Squadron, was one of the units of the Polish Air Force during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. Formed in late 1918, it was re-formed in late 1919 from US volunteers. It was one of the most active Polish squadrons in the war.
The history of the Polish airforce began at the end of World War I. In 1918, some aircraft escadres were created within the Polish units in allied countries. In Russia, one escadre was created within the Polish I Corps of General Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, then disbanded along with the Corps in May 1918. In France, seven escadres were created ...
After the war, they were honoured by the erection of the Polish War Memorial in West London, listing the names of all Polish pilots who served in the RAF. In 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine for a second time, the number "303" was chosen by a group of Polish internet activists to name their Squad 303 which sends anti-war messages to ...
The PZL TS-11 Iskra (English: Spark) is a Polish jet trainer, developed and manufactured by aircraft company PZL-Mielec.It was used by the air forces of Poland and India.It is notable as being the first domestically developed jet aircraft to be produced by Poland, its service for over 50 years as the principal training aircraft of the Polish Air Force, and at the time of its retirement was the ...
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 ...