36th Special Aviation Regiment
The 36th Special Regiment of Aviation Transport was a special aviation regiment of the Polish Air Force, established in 1945. All of its aircraft were for national public use, the most important being transport of Polish politicians and Ministry of National Defence highest officials & forces commanders. It was headquartered at the 1st Air Base at Warsaw Chopin Airport. Between 1947 and 1974 it operated as Special Air Regiment, earlier as Government Transport Squadron. It was shut down in 2011 after the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash accident report found serious deficiencies in its organization and training, and its aircraft retired.
VIP airliner Tupolev Tu-154M Lux at the airport in Zagreb
Image: Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu 154 Dmitry Karpezo
Image: Okęcie samolot 01
Image: PL M 28 Bryza Okęcie
The Polish Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej. In 2014 it consisted of roughly 16,425 military personnel and about 475 aircraft, distributed among ten bases throughout Poland.
Polish Air Force fighters, 1919
American volunteers, Merian C. Cooper and Cedric Fauntleroy, fighting in the Polish Air Force as part of the Polish 7th Air Escadrille, known as the "Kościuszko Squadron", 1920
A PZL.43 tactical bomber
PZL.37 Łoś medium bomber