Smolensk air disaster
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On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating as Polish Air Force Flight PLF 101, crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the presiden
Wreckage of the aircraft
101, the aircraft involved, pictured two days before the accident
Russian servicemen, accompanied by a policeman, twist bulbs into the approach lights of Smolensk North Airport's runway, hours after the crash of the Tu-154
101 landing at Prague Airport less than two days before the accident
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
VIP airliner Tupolev Tu-154M Lux at the airport in Zagreb
ex Polish Air Force VIP Yakovlev Yak-40, on display at the Polish Army Museum, Warsaw, in 2014
Polish Air Force VIP Mil Mi-8S, still active in 2022
Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu 154 Dmitry Karpezo 2