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 | | Polish Air Force 04:21Polish Air Force After a political change in 1989 and an arms reduction in Europe, the Polish airforce was reduced. In 1990 it consisted of MiG-21s, MiG-23s, MiG-29s, Su-20s and Su-22s. The rest of Lim-6bis more...were withdrawn in the early 1990s, followed soon by Su-20. MiG-23s were withdrawn by 1999 due to their small number. Since 1990, Poland has not purchased any new combat planes, and only managed to acquire further MiG-29s from Czech Republic (1995) and Germany (2004). MiG-21s were finally withdrawn in 2003. In 2004, the only combat aircraft were the MiG-29 and Su-22. The fleet of Su-22's needs modernization to retain a combat value, but its future is unclear. In 2003, the F-16C Block 52 was chosen as a new multi-role fighter, the first deliveries took place in November 2006 and will continue until 2008 under Operation Peace Sky. It is expected that the Polish Air Force will form three squadrons of F-16's which will be fully operational by 2012.
By choosing the F-16, Poland will be able to derive advantages from the JSF programme, which come from its internationality and long-term economic cooperation of many countries.
"Acquiring the F-16C/D fighter will make it easier for Poland to transition into the new generation Joint Strike Fighter aircraft (F-35 Lightning II), which will be the most technologically advanced multirole fighter. The Polish Air Force, equipped with the F-16C/D and the F-35 by the year 2020, will become one of the most modern air forces in the world. By sustaining advantages from the military tactics training offered by the US Air Force, the Polish Air Force can modernize and will be able to drop projectiles on targets with perfect precision. What's more, the Polish JSF programme entry will create the possibility of advantages for Polish industry. The programme will enable Polish industry to take part in the US$400 billion enterprise", said Lieutenant General Tome H. Walters Jr., director of the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which job is to sell American military equipment to foreign trade partners.
The acquisition of the F-16 was not without heated competition from European aerospace firms. At one point the Polish Fighter Competition included the Dassault Mirage 2000 and the Saab JAS-39 Gripen. The Polish Block 52+ F-16s are equipped with the latest Pratt and Whitney F-100-229 afterburning turbofan engine, and the avionics suite will be equipped with the APG-68(V)9 terrain mapping radar system and ALQ-211(V)4 electronic warfare suite. All Polish F-16s will be fully equipped to carry the latest in US precision ordinance, ranging from the JDAM/JSOW to the latest in export air-to-air weaponry (including the AIM-120C and AIM-9M 8/9).
It comes as no surprise that the United States came in with the lowest bid as the migration to the F-35 JSF and F/A-22 Raptor is currently ongoing, leaving improved third-generation fighters such as the F-16 an attractive and cost-effective option for nations with outmoded hardware looking to upgrade their air force. less Tags: polish air force army poland f16 mig 29 falcon su 22 aircraft craft military linkin park music soldiers troops helicopters mi 24 hind Category: Music Views: 2,077 Comments: 6 Added: Sep 26, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | Polish Squadrons in Battle of Britain 03:57In lovely memory of these who have fought for your freedom and ours. "Poles are born to be heroes." - Unknown When Germans have heard for first time Polish conversation in air they have taken more...it for a very funny English joke.
Polish pilots have destroyed 12% Luftwaffe planes. On every one shot down Polish plane, Poles shot down six German planes (6:1), for example British pilots had (3:1).
15th September 1940 - Witold Urbanowicz (303 Squadron) and 4 planes under his command have crashed formation of 60 heavy covered German bombers.
Fighter ( Polish ) Squadrons 302 and 303
Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain, where the Polish 303 Fighter Squadron achieved the highest number of kills of any Allied squadron. From the very beginning of the war, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had welcomed foreign pilots to supplement the dwindling pool of British pilots. On 11 June 1940, the Polish Government in Exile signed an agreement with the British Government to form a Polish Army and Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom. The first two (of an eventual ten) Polish fighter squadrons went into action in August 1940. Four Polish squadrons eventually took part in the Battle of Britain (300 and 301 Bomber Squadrons; 302 and 303 Fighter Squadrons), with 89 Polish pilots. Together with more than 50 Poles fighting in British squadrons, a total of 145 Polish pilots defended British skies. Polish pilots were among the most experienced in the battle, most of them having already fought in the 1939 September Campaign in Poland and the 1940 Battle of France. Additionally, prewar Poland had set a very high standard of pilot training. The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30, 1940: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle.
The Polish Air Force also fought in 1943 in Tunisia (Polish Fighting Team, so called "Skalski's Circus") and in raids on Germany (1940-45). In the second half of 1941 and early 1942, Polish bomber squadrons were the sixth part of forces available to RAF Bomber Command (later they suffered heavy losses, with little replenishment possibilities). Polish aircrew losses serving with Bomber Command 1940-45 were 929 killed. Ultimately 8 Polish fighter squadrons were formed within the RAF and had claimed 629 Axis aircraft destroyed by May 1945. By war's end, there were 14,000 Polish airmen in 15 RAF squadrons and in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
No. 300 "Masovia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) No. 301 "Pomerania" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Pomorskiej) No. 302 "City of Poznan" Polish Fighter Squadron (Poznanski) No. 303 "Kosciuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski imienia Tadeusza Kosciuszki) No. 304 "Silesia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Slaskiej imienia Ksiecia Józefa Poniatowskiego) No. 305 "Greater Poland" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej imienia Marszalka Józefa Pilsudskiego) No. 306 "City of Torun" Polish Fighter Squadron (Torunski) No. 307 "City of Lwów" Polish Fighter Squadron (Lwowskich Puchaczy) No. 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron (Krakowski) No. 309 "Czerwien" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Ziemi Czerwienskiej) No. 315 "City of Deblin" Polish Fighter Squadron (Deblinski) No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski) No. 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron (Wilenski) No. 318 "City of Gdansk" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Gdanski) No. 663 Polish Artillery Observation Squadron Polish Fighting Team (Skalski's Circus) less Tags: polish army pilots ww2 second war raf squadron air crafts planes history poland battle of britain england force royal skalskis circus Category: People Views: 904 Comments: 9 Added: Apr 21, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | For Memories quot019quot; 04:27WARSAW, Poland January 23, 2008, 11:46 pm ET A Polish military plane carrying 20 passengers and crew crashed in flames in northwestern Poland, killing all aboard including an air force general, Prime Minister more...Donald Tusk said Thursday.
The plane, with 16 members of the Polish armed forces and four crew members aboard, was approaching an air base at Miroslawiec shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday when it went down in a forested area, officials said.
"Soldiers, husbands, and fathers have died, and that is the most tragic result of this catastrophe," said Tusk. He called it a "huge loss for the Polish air force."
The passengers, who were returning from a flight safety conference, included air brigade commander Brig. Gen. Andrzej Andrzejewski and Col. Jerzy Pilat, commander of the Miroslawiec base, said Defense Minister Bogdan Klich. The military branches and ranks of the other victims weren't immediately available.
Tusk said it particularly lamentable that the victims "were returning to their units from a conference devoted" to flight safety.
The Spanish-built CASA C-295M transport plane was about 2 miles from the airstrip when it clipped trees on its approach, crashed into a wooded area and burst into flames, officials said.
"We don't know what the cause of the crash was right now," Maj. Bogdan Ziolkowski, a spokesman for the base, told The Associated Press.
Tusk said emergency crews were still looking for the black box in their effort to clarify what went wrong.
The plane had more people on board when it took off from Warsaw, but had already landed at three other military airports. It had two more planned stops in Swidwin and Krakow.
Polish media were describing the accident as one of the worst military disasters in more than three decades. President Lech Kaczynski was cutting short a visit to Croatia to return to Poland on Thursday, a spokesman said.
A Polish military expert, Grzegorz Holdanowicz, said it was the first air disaster involving a CASA C-295M, a plane he called one of the safest in the Polish air force. The Polish military also uses the plane type in Iraq and in Afghanistan, where it supports the U.S.-led operations.
The pilots of Wednesday's flight were from a transport squadron based in Balice, near Krakow, that had flown in Iraq and Afghanistan, the squadron spokesman, Cpt. Piotr Jaszczuk said. less Tags: casa crash plane military 019 polish air force army wojsko polskie sily powietrzne video Category: Arts & Animation Views: 71 Comments: 0 Added: May 13, 08 By: LSI  | |  |  | | Polish Army 09:29Tags: polish army military soldiers troops wojsko polskie special forces units poland helicopters air crafts Category: News Views: 230 Comments: 0 Added: Aug 25, 07 By: krazyluvr | |  |  | | US Army in Iraq 04:49American Troops in Iraq War (flash) Tags: us army navy air force usa aircrafts troops soldiers american poland war iraq tanks bombers cool Category: Auto & Vehicles Views: 1,291 Comments: 1 Added: Feb 26, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | F14 TOMCAT 05:43F-14 TomCat the Last Time Baby Tags: f14 tomcat usa navy aircrafts usa army air force poland war top gun Category: Auto & Vehicles Views: 2,990 Comments: 6 Added: Feb 26, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | Polish Troops Fight for Iraqi Freedom 07:57Polish Troops Fights for Iraqi freedom ..... For Memorys 20 Fallen Polish Soldiers...Music by Hans Zimmer Tags: polish army fights iraq freedom soldiers troops memorys memories military marines helicopters hind war support special force poland internationale camp music hans zimmer Category: Music Views: 438 Comments: 1 Added: Jun 27, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | Display teams Riat Orliks from Poland 02:29Fantastic display team the Polish Air Force Orliks. Tags: airshow display team turboprop polish air force riat jet orliks royzee Category: Auto & Vehicles Views: 326 Comments: 0 Added: Jun 24, 07 By: Royzee | |  |  | | HIND Dance 04:18Polish Helicopters MI-24 HIND Dance - Military Aviation Tags: polish helicopters mi24 hind dance military aviation music army troops units soldiers marines support air navy poland iraq Category: Music Views: 612 Comments: 5 Added: Apr 21, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | Battle of Britain 06:21Fighter ( Polish ) Squadrons 302 and 303 Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain, where the Polish 303 Fighter Squadron achieved the highest number of kills of any Allied squadron. From the very more...beginning of the war, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had welcomed foreign pilots to supplement the dwindling pool of British pilots. On 11 June 1940, the Polish Government in Exile signed an agreement with the British Government to form a Polish Army and Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom. The first two (of an eventual ten) Polish fighter squadrons went into action in August 1940. Four Polish squadrons eventually took part in the Battle of Britain (300 and 301 Bomber Squadrons; 302 and 303 Fighter Squadrons), with 89 Polish pilots. Together with more than 50 Poles fighting in British squadrons, a total of 145 Polish pilots defended British skies. Polish pilots were among the most experienced in the battle, most of them having already fought in the 1939 September Campaign in Poland and the 1940 Battle of France. Additionally, prewar Poland had set a very high standard of pilot training. The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30, 1940: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle.
The Polish Air Force also fought in 1943 in Tunisia (Polish Fighting Team, so called "Skalski's Circus") and in raids on Germany (1940-45). In the second half of 1941 and early 1942, Polish bomber squadrons were the sixth part of forces available to RAF Bomber Command (later they suffered heavy losses, with little replenishment possibilities). Polish aircrew losses serving with Bomber Command 1940-45 were 929 killed. Ultimately 8 Polish fighter squadrons were formed within the RAF and had claimed 629 Axis aircraft destroyed by May 1945. By war's end, there were 14,000 Polish airmen in 15 RAF squadrons and in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
No. 300 "Masovia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) No. 301 "Pomerania" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Pomorskiej) No. 302 "City of Poznan" Polish Fighter Squadron (Poznanski) No. 303 "Kosciuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski imienia Tadeusza Kosciuszki) No. 304 "Silesia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Slaskiej imienia Ksiecia Józefa Poniatowskiego) No. 305 "Greater Poland" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej imienia Marszalka Józefa Pilsudskiego) No. 306 "City of Torun" Polish Fighter Squadron (Torunski) No. 307 "City of Lwów" Polish Fighter Squadron (Lwowskich Puchaczy) No. 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron (Krakowski) No. 309 "Czerwien" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Ziemi Czerwienskiej) No. 315 "City of Deblin" Polish Fighter Squadron (Deblinski) No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski) No. 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron (Wilenski) No. 318 "City of Gdansk" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Gdanski) No. 663 Polish Artillery Observation Squadron Polish Fighting Team (Skalski's Circus) less Tags: polish pilots squadrons 302 303 ww raf battle of britain uk poland spitfires second world war aircrafts air royal force Category: Auto & Vehicles Views: 846 Comments: 4 Added: Mar 21, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | USARMY 03:28Army Strong and USArmy by Johnney Cash in One Recruiting vid Enya "Adiemus" music Tags: us army strong enya marines troops soldiers recruiting americans usa poland music navi air force war military Category: People Views: 1,310 Comments: 3 Added: Mar 15, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | the Iraq War 04:21the Iraq War - Freedom Is Not Free The War is Never Finishes Game is carried on further ...About highest rate... ...Life !!!... Clint Mansell music in soundtrack Tags: iraq war us army troops navy air force tanks aircrafts explotions bombers bombs shots battle marines rangers usa poland fight for freedom Category: Music Views: 3,003 Comments: 2 Added: Mar 7, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | F16 Falcon 04:26F-16 Falcon Fighter Tags: f16 falcon fighter us army air force navy usa aircrafts bombarding poland war rock and roll music c Category: Auto & Vehicles Views: 2,494 Comments: 2 Added: Mar 4, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | F16 Aviation 07:03F-16 Falcon Aviation Tags: f16 falcon aviation uk raf air force aircrafts usa poland music army cool royal show Category: Auto & Vehicles Views: 793 Comments: 1 Added: Mar 4, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | httpwwwTheMilitaryZonecom7706406475marine corps exchange camp Pendleton air force military 00:36http://www.TheMilitaryZone.com,770-640-6475,marine corps exchange camp Pendleton, air force military exchange, army air force exchange, armed forces travel club,royal air force club,army and air for Tags: httpwwwthemilitaryzonecom 7706406475 marine corps exchange camp pendleton air force military exchange army air force exchange armed forces travel club royal air force club army and air for Category: Video Blogs Views: 3 Comments: 0 Added: Jun 17, 08 By: eod711a | |  |  | | for Memories quot019quot; 01:49for Memories '019' WARSAW, Poland January 23, 2008, 11:46 pm ET A Polish military plane carrying 20 passengers and crew crashed in flames in northwestern Poland, killing all aboard including an air force more...general, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday.
The plane, with 16 members of the Polish armed forces and four crew members aboard, was approaching an air base at Miroslawiec shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday when it went down in a forested area, officials said.
"Soldiers, husbands, and fathers have died, and that is the most tragic result of this catastrophe," said Tusk. He called it a "huge loss for the Polish air force."
The passengers, who were returning from a flight safety conference, included air brigade commander Brig. Gen. Andrzej Andrzejewski and Col. Jerzy Pilat, commander of the Miroslawiec base, said Defense Minister Bogdan Klich. The military branches and ranks of the other victims weren't immediately available.
Tusk said it particularly lamentable that the victims "were returning to their units from a conference devoted" to flight safety.
The Spanish-built CASA C-295M transport plane was about 2 miles from the airstrip when it clipped trees on its approach, crashed into a wooded area and burst into flames, officials said.
"We don't know what the cause of the crash was right now," Maj. Bogdan Ziolkowski, a spokesman for the base, told The Associated Press.
Tusk said emergency crews were still looking for the black box in their effort to clarify what went wrong.
The plane had more people on board when it took off from Warsaw, but had already landed at three other military airports. It had two more planned stops in Swidwin and Krakow.
Polish media were describing the accident as one of the worst military disasters in more than three decades. President Lech Kaczynski was cutting short a visit to Croatia to return to Poland on Thursday, a spokesman said.
A Polish military expert, Grzegorz Holdanowicz, said it was the first air disaster involving a CASA C-295M, a plane he called one of the safest in the Polish air force. The Polish military also uses the plane type in Iraq and in Afghanistan, where it supports the U.S.-led operations.
The pilots of Wednesday's flight were from a transport squadron based in Balice, near Krakow, that had flown in Iraq and Afghanistan, the squadron spokesman, Cpt. Piotr Jaszczuk said. less Tags: casa crash plane air force poland 019 military Category: Arts & Animation Views: 105 Comments: 0 Added: May 13, 08 By: LSI  | |  |  | | vlogging 09:48just me, updating Tags: sarahbear325 air force army choices Category: Video Blogs Views: 8 Comments: 0 Added: Sep 12, 07 By: sarahbear325 | |  |  | | THE MIGHT OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY 07:15Well......just doing something for fun..... Tags: russia army russia navy russia air force tanks Category: Auto & Vehicles Views: 884 Comments: 1 Added: Sep 8, 07 By: 3v3r1ast | |  |  | | Poland Airborne in Iraq 03:43Poland Airborne - Polish soldiers from 25th Air Cavalry Brigade in Iraq Support Polish Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan , vote the Polish Army videos..... Rob Zombie music Tags: poland polish soldiers 25th air cavalry brigade iraq war freedom enduring multinational special forces military troops support our rob zombie music marines fight us army brothers Category: Music Views: 707 Comments: 2 Added: Sep 1, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | The Coolest Helicopter In The World 00:56This helicopter does just about everything Tags: army air force helicopter plains military Category: Arts & Animation Views: 569 Comments: 0 Added: Jun 27, 07 By: Mitch | |  |  | | GROM Polish Special Forces 2 02:47GROM (Polish: Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego "Operational Mobile Reaction Group"; the acronym itself means "thunder") is a Special Forces unit of the Polish Army. It was formed more...on July 8, 1990. It is used in a variety of special operations including Anti-Terrorist actions and projection of power in the rear of enemy lines.
The full name in Polish is Wojskowa Formacja Specjalna GROM im. Cichociemnych Spadochroniarzy Armii Krajowej (Special Military Formation GROM of the Cichociemni parachutists of Armia Krajowa), though it is rarely used. The acronym GROM is also related to the name of general Gromoslaw Czempinski, who among other actions, managed to evacuate a number of American agents from Iraq shortly before Operation Desert Storm. In Polish Army nomenclature it is called JW 2305 (JW stands for Jednostka Wojskowa—Military Unit). Early history
In the 1970s and 1980s there were several Special Forces formations, but were either trained in typically military tasks (sabotage, disruption of communications and such) or in Anti-Terrorist actions. After the Polish embassy in Bern was captured by terrorists in 1982, General Edwin Rozlubirski proposed that a military unit specialising in fast response to all possible threats, be created. However, the proposal was initially refused.
In 1989 many Jews were allowed to leave the Soviet Union for Israel. For fear of Islamic terrorists who opposed increased immigration to Israel, most western European countries did not assist in the transport of civilians. Poland was one of the handful of countries to provide aid in the organisation of this operation, later nicknamed Operation Most. After two Polish diplomats were shot in Beirut, Lt. Col. Slawomir Petelicki was sent to Lebanon to secure the transfer of civilians and the Polish diplomatic outposts.
After his return to Poland, he presented a plan for the creation of a special military force to the Ministry of Defence; a force that would be trained in defending Polish citizens in similar situations. The idea was accepted and on July 8, 1990, the JW 2305 unit was created. * 1990 - Operation: Simoom that took place in Iraq shortly before the First Gulf War. * Autumn 1994 - Restoration of Democracy in Haiti - 55 GROM soldiers, together with the 3rd Special Forces Group * Search for war criminals in former Yugoslavia * June 1995 - extraction of Polish officers captured by Serbs in Bosnia * October 2001 - War in Afghanistan * March 2003 - Operation Iraqi Freedom operating mainly near Basra on the south of Iraq * Since 2003 - Occupation of Iraq less Tags: grom polish army special unit force iraq war freedom operation military marines support our troops soldiers operational mobile reaction group poland poles conflicts world counter terrorist Category: People Views: 1,351 Comments: 4 Added: Jun 2, 07 By: LSI  | |  |  | | Tribute to the 101st 09:43Music Video Tags: army air force 101st airborne Category: Music Views: 138 Comments: 0 Added: Apr 4, 07 By: Giovannib | |  |  | | The US Air Force 03:49Awesome video exposing the true force behind the US Air Force arsenal! Tags: cool video air force army military power us Category: Extreme Views: 451 Comments: 1 Added: Apr 1, 07 By: brideofvoldemort | |  |  | | Polish Army 09:34Polish Army - Military Music Video Tags: polish army poland troops soldier units military music special marines war tanks aircraft hind mig f16 cool Category: Music Views: 2,341 Comments: 6 Added: Mar 30, 07 By: LSI  | |  |
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