Military


Poland - Air Force

Polish Air Force's primary task is the national airspace defense. The Polish Air Force is the functional element of the national defense system, integrated with NATO and European joint civilian-military air defense systems. The selected Air Force units are capable to participate in allied operations out of the polish territory. Overall Command and Control of the Polish Air Force is within competences of the Air Force Command, located in Warsaw. Its organizational structure consists of two major divisions: Air Force Chief of Staff Division, responsible for planning, reconnaissance and electronic warfare issues, command & control, communications, and personnel. Air Force Training Division, responsible for organization and methodical preparedness of the educational process in combat, tactical and flihgt training of the Air Force personnel. Moreover, the Training Division conducts the entire air defense activities, participates in structural organization of the national and allied exercises. The Training Division consists of Air Force, Ground Based Air Defense Forces and Radar Forces training elements.

Polish Air Force consist of three major components:

  1. Air Force, responsible for flying units activities. They have a decisive impact on effectiveness of the Poland?s territory defense. The Air Force also provides a training capabilities for all pilots and flight support personnel of entire polish military aviation (Land Forces and Navy aviation). The Air Force combines fighter squadrons, fighter-bomber squadrons and reconnaissance squadrons equipped with F-16, Mig-29 and Su-22 combat aircraft. Air Force's primary tasks are: defense of polish airspace, elimination of air, ground and naval targets and conduct of air reconnaissance. In 2009 the Air Forces were reorganized into four Air Wings: the 1st and 2nd Tactical Air Wing, the 3rd Airlift Wing and the 4th Flight Training Wing.
  2. Ground Based Air Defense Forces (GBAD Forces), assigned to prevent hostile air assault as well as enitre Polish Armed Forces air defense and defense of the selected stationary objects and zones. GBAD Forces are structurally organized in two air defense brigades and two independnt air defense regiments, equipped with a SA-3 (Newa), SA-4 (Krug), SA-5 (Wega) and anti-aircraft artillery systems. To ensure its units protection, GBAD Forces utilizes MANPADS-class systems (SA-7 Strzala-2 and polish-developed Grom SHORAD system).
  3. Radar Forces (Air Surveillance And Control Systems) , assigned to provide constant radar reconnaissance and radar support of the Air Force. As a part of NATO radar reconnaissance network, the Radar Forces provides an air situation picture (RAP ? Recognized Air Picture) over the polish and its neighborhoods territory. The selected Radar Forces units provide radar reconnaissance by constant airspace surveillance to support Air Forces and GBAD Forces combat activities.
The Polish Air Force educates its personnel in key areas: flight, radar and air-defense specializations in the Polish Air Force Academy at Deblin and two NCO Schools (Deblin, Koszalin).

In 1992 a high military priority was establishing an air defense system based on existing assets of the air and air defense forces. Within that context, early warning and force integration were the most immediate problems. Resistance to enemy fire and maneuverability were rated as poor by Polish military experts. Restructuring plans called for one air defense corps in each of the four military districts, each corps having air intercept and rocket forces. Combined manpower was projected at 50,000.

In 1992 some 83,000 personnel, including 47,000 conscripts, served in the Polish air and air defense forces. Active combat aircraft numbered 423, with an additional eighty-six in storage awaiting sale, and thirty-one attack helicopters. The forces were divided into two air divisions. The four regiments of groundattack fighters totaled twenty Su-20 and 104 Su-22 fighters supplied by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. For reconnaissance, the ground-attack regiments had twenty-four MiG-17 and eight Su20 airplanes. Air combat forces were divided into eight regiments equipped with 221 MiG-21/U fighters, whose equivalents were long ago withdrawn from service in the West, thirty-seven more advanced variable wing-geometry MiG-23MF fighters, and nine MiG29 fighters, top-of-the-line Soviet aircraft whose delivery was curtailed in late 1990. Air combat forces utilized twenty-four MiG-21RU reconnaissance aircraft.

In 1992 the air force had two transport regiments equipped with ten AN-2 single-engine transports, one AN-12 four-turboprop general transport, eleven AN-26 two-turboprop short-haul transports, ten Yak-40 short-haul, three-turbofan jet transports, one Tu-154 long-range three-turbofan jet transport, three Il-14 piston-engine light transports, four Mi-8 helicopters, and one Bell 412 helicopter.

Polish helicopter attack forces were organized in three regiments in 1992. Altogether the regiments had thirty Mi-24, 130 Mi-2, and twenty-one Mi-8 assault helicopters. Of that component, the Mi-2 and Mi-8 were designed in the 1960s and the Mi-24 in the early 1970s. Eighteen Su-22 fighters were used for training. The Polish armed forces stored a large number of redundant or outmoded fighter airplanes and began selling them to Western collectors in the early 1990s. In storage in 1992 were forty MiG21s and variants of that model, twenty-four MiG-17s, and twentytwo MiG-15 U7s.

Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej

  1. Wojska Rakietowe i Artylerii WLOP
  2. Wojska Radiotechniczne
  3. Centralne Stanowisko Dowodzenia DWLOP - Warszawa
  4. Centrum Kierowania Ruchem Lotniczym - Warszawa
  5. 3 Osrodek Kierowania Ruchem Lotniczym - Gdansk
  6. Szefostwo Wojsk Lotniczych KOW
  7. 4 Korpus Lotniczy - Poznan
  8. Stanowisko Dowodzenia Dowódcy Korpusu Lotniczego - Poznan
  9. 2 Dywizja Lotnictwa Myshwsko-Bombowego - Pila
  10. Centrum Dowodzenia Bojowego - Pila
  11. 3 Dywizja Lotnictwa Mysliwsko-Bombowego - Swidwin
  12. 6 Brygada Dowodzenia - Srem
  13. 1 Brygada Lotnictwa Taktycznego - Swidwin
  14. 2 Brygada Lotnictwa Taktycznego - Poznan
  15. l Brygada Rakietowa Obrony Powietrznej - Bytom
  16. 3 Brygada Rakietowa Obrony Powietrznej - Warszawa
  17. 4 Gdynska Brygada Rakietowa Obrony Powietrznej - Gdynia
  18. 26 Brygada Rakietowa Obrony Powietrznej - Gryfice
  19. 61 Skwierzynska Brygada Przeciwlotnicza - Skwierzyna
  20. l Brygada Radiotechniczna - Warszawa
  21. 3 Brygada Radiotechniczna - Wroclaw
  1. l Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego "Warszawa" - Minsk Mazowiecki
  2. 1 Eskadra Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego l PLM
  3. 2 Eskadra Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego l PLM
  4. 3 Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego "Poznan" - Poznan
  5. 6 Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwsko-Bombowego - Pila
  6. 7 Pulk Lotnictwa Bombowo-Rozpoznawczego - Powidz
  7. 8 Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwsko-Bombowego - Miroslawiec
  8. 9 Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego - Zegrze Pomorskie
  9. 10 Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego - Lask
  10. 11 Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego - Wroclaw
  11. 13 Pulk Lotnictwa Transportowego - Kraków
  12. l i 2 Eskadra 13 PLT
  13. 28 Slupski Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego - Slupsk
  14. 32 Pulk Lotnictwa Rozpoznania Taktycznego - Sochaczew
  15. 36 Specjalny Pulk Lotnictwa Transportowego - Warszawa
  16. 40 Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwsko-Bombowego - Swidwin
  17. 41 Pulk Lotnictwa Mysliwskiego - Malbork
  18. 47 Szkolny Pulk Smiglowców - Nowe Miasto nad Pilica
  19. 49 Pulk Smiglowców Bojowych - Pruszcz Gdanski
  20. 2 Eskadra 49 PSB
  21. 3 Eskadra 49 PSB
  22. 56 Pulk Smiglowców Bojowych - Inowroclaw
  23. 58 Lotniczy Pulk Szkolny - Deblin
  24. 60 Lotniczy Pulk Szkolny - Radom
  25. 61 Lotniczy Pulk Szkolno-Bojowy - Biala Podlaska
  26. 2 Baza Lotnicza - Bydgoszcz
  27. 4 Baza Lotnicza - Warszawa
  28. 6 Baza Lotnicza - Deblin
  29. 8 Baza Lotnicza - Kraków
  30. 12 Baza Lotnicza - Miroslawiec
  31. 21 Baza Lotnicza - Powidz
  32. 23 Baza Lotnicza - Minsk Mazowiecki
  33. 32 Baza Lotnicza - Lask
  34. 22 Baza Lotnicza - Malbork
  35. 2 Komenda Lotniska - Radom
  36. 2 Eskadra Lotnictwa Transportowo-Lacznikowego - Bydgoszcz
  37. 3 Eskadra Lotnictwa Transportowo-Lacznikowego - Wroclaw
  38. 6 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego - Powidz
  39. 10 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego - Lask
  40. 13 Eskadra Lotnictwa Transportowego - Kraków
  41. 19 Lotnicza Eskadra Holownicza - Slupsk
  42. 23 Lotnicza Eskadra Szkolna - Deblin
  43. 42 Eskadra Lacznikowa - Warszawa
  44. 45 Lotnicza Eskadra Doswiadczalna - Modlin
  45. 78 Pulk Rakietowy Obrony Powietrznej - Mrzezyno
  46. 79 Poznanski Samodzielny Pulk Rakietowy Obrony Powietrznej
  47. 3 Pulk Zaklócen Radioelektronicznych - Lidzbark Warminski
  48. Jednostka Wojskowa 2650 - Swidwin
  49. l Pulk Rozpoznania Radiolokacyjnego - Grójec
  50. 6 Pulk Lacznosci - Srem
  51. 8 Pulk Zabezpieczenia - Poznan
  52. 84 Batalion Lacznosci - Malbork
  53. 86 Batalion Lacznosci - Swidwin
  54. 87 Batalion Lacznosci - Pila
  55. 49 Batalion Lacznosci i Ubezpieczenia Lotów - Pruszcz Gdanski
  56. 3 Batalion Radiotechniczny - Sandomierz
  57. 4 Batalion Radiotechniczny - Warszawa
  58. 7 Batalion Radiotechniczny - Lask
  59. 27 Batalion Radiotechniczny - Witkowo Pyrzyckie
  60. 28 Batalion Radiotechniczny - Gryfice
  61. 31 Batalion Radiotechniczny - Poznan
  62. 36 Batalion Radiotechniczny - Kraków
  63. Batalion Dowozu Materialów Pednych i Smarów - Powidz
  64. 45 Polowe Warsztaty Lotnicze - Malbork
  65. 46 Polowe Warsztaty Lotnicze - Powidz
  66. 47 Polowe Warsztaty Lotnicze - Swidwin
  67. 49 Polowe Warsztaty Lotnicze - Bydgoszcz
  68. 50 Polowe Warsztaty Lotnicze - Slupsk
  69. 54 Warsztaty Lotnicze - Radom
  70. 17 Rejonowe Warsztaty Techniczne - Szczecin
  71. 47 Warsztaty Sprzetu Lacznosci i Ubezpieczenia Lotów - Poznan
  72. Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze - Lódz
  73. 25 Warsztaty Uzbrojenia Lotniczego - Modlin
  74. 11 Polowa Techniczna Baza Rakiet - Skwierzyna
  75. 33 Skladnica Amunicji - Bezwola
  76. 14 Skladnica Sprzetu Samochodowego - Poznan
  77. Jednostka Wojskowa 1074 - Poznan
  78. Jednostka Wojskowa 1410 - Warszawa
  79. Jednostka Wojskowa 2537 - Poznan
  80. Jednostka Wojskowa 2823 - Poznan
  81. Jednostka Wojskowa 3859 - Bytom-Radzionków
  82. Jednostka Wojskowa 4961 - Slupsk
  83. Bezpieczenstwo Lotów MON
  84. Sluzba Meteorologiczna WLOP



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