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The M346 has been entering service within the Polish Air Force since 2016 as successor of the TS-11 Iskra
(Deblin, May 2019, Marco Muntz)
The design of the SW-4 helicopter originates from the 1960s but was put on hold. In 2002 the serial production began and gradually entered service as trainer helicopter.
(Deblin, August 2018, Stephan van den Krommenacker
The Mi2 prototype first flew in the Soviet Union on 22 September 1961, after the initial development the project was transferred to Poland in 1964. The first Świdnik-built example flew on 4 November 1965 (making this the only Soviet-designed helicopter to be built solely outside the Soviet Union) . Remarkably it is still in service at the Polish Air Force
(Inowroclaw May 2018, Vincent Loedeman)
The Casa 295 has become a popular transport aircraft, in service at NATO countries like the Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Portugal, Spain and also Poland.
(Kraków/Balice, December 2013, Manolito Jaarsma)
Polish Air Force F-16s are a welcome participant in NATO exercises and can be regularly seen at Tiger Meets and Frisian Flags. Here the "4054" receiving fuel from a Dutch KDC-10. At that one afternoon, it was one of the 18 F-16s te be refueled.
(Sara Track, January 2015, Maurice Hendriks)
The MiG-29 Fulcrum is on its way out. In March 2022 there were even plans to donate the full fleet to Ukraine. We will miss these smoking birds when they are gone.
(Leeuwarden, April 2018, Frank Noort)
The most popular transport aircraft on this planet is the C-130 Hercules. Also in service at the Polish Air Force of course
(Eindhoven, September 2012, Niels Quist)
Another Polish invention is the SOKOL W3. It was the first helicopter entirely designed and produced in Poland.
(Aeroclub Inowroclaw May 201, Vincent Loedeman)
The Mi-17 is used to support the special forces at Powidz
(Leznica Wielka August 2018, Vincent Loedeman)
The PZL M28 Skytruck is a Polish STOL light cargo and passenger plane, produced by PZL Mielec, as a development of licence-built Antonov An-28s. Early licence-built planes were designated PZL An-28.
(Kleine Brogel, July 2021, Frank Noort)
Su-22 Fitters were first delivered in Poland in 1984. They are based as Swidwin.
(Zeltweg, September 2019, Markus Schräder)
The Orlik was designed by PZL Warszawa-Okecie as a trainer for the Polish Air Force. It started as basic trainer with piston engines but became successful when it was equipped with a Walter M601 turboprop engine.
(Zeltweg, June 2009, Stephan van den Krommenacker)
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