Engineering:Retired aircraft of the Polish Air Force

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List of retired aircraft types used by Polish Air Force

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service # of aircraft Notes
Antonov An-12[1] USSR transport An-12B 1966–1995 2 one crashed in 1977
Antonov An-24[1] USSR transport An-24W 1966–1977 6 one crashed in 1973
Antonov An-26[1] USSR transport An-26 1972–2009 12
Bell 412[1] USA/Canada VIP helicopter 412SP/HP
412HP		 1991
1993–2011		 2
1		 Leased for 1991 Papal visit.
Transferred to Police.[2]
Douglas Dakota USA transport 1945– 11
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Germany liaison 1944–1954 1 captured
Fieseler Fi 156 Germany liaison/medevac 1945– 5
Ilyushin Il-2 USSR attack Il-2M/M3/UIl-2 1944–1949 200+
Ilyushin Il-10 USSR
Czechoslovakia		 attack Il-10
UIl-10
B-33		 1949–1959
1954–1961		 96
24
281
Ilyushin Il-12 USSR transport Il-12D 1957–1967 3
Ilyushin Il-14 USSR transport Il-14P/T/S 1955–1990 17
Ilyushin Il-18 USSR transport Il-18W 1961–1987 5
Ilyushin Il-28 USSR bomber/
reconnaissance		 Il-28
Il-28U
Il-28R		 1952–1979 72
16
15
Lisunov Li-2 USSR transport 1945–1968 19
LWD Junak Poland trainer Junak 2
Junak 3		 1952–1955
1954–1961		 71
93		 To civilian flying clubs.
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Germany liaison 1944– few captured
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 USSR
Czechoslovakia		 fighter
fighter trainer		 MiG-15
MiG-15bis
S-102
MiG-15UTI
CS-102		 1951–
1953–
1953–
1951–
1955–		 60
36
60
19
96
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 USSR interceptor MiG-17PF 1955–1965 12
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19[1] USSR fighter
interceptor		 MiG-19P
MiG-19PM		 1957–1974 24
11
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 [1] USSR fighter MiG-21F-13
MiG-21PF
MiG-21PFM
MiG-21R
MiG-21M
MiG-21MF
MiG-21MF-75
MiG-21bis
Total		 1963–1971
1964–1989
1966–1995
1968–2002
1969–2002
1972–2003
1975–1999
1980–2003
1963–2003		 25
84
132
36
36
100
20
72
505
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 [1] USSR fighter trainer MiG-21U
MiG-21US
MiG-21UM		 1965-1990
1969-1992
1971-2003		 11
12
54
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 [1] USSR fighter
fighter trainer		 MiG-23MF
MiG-23UB		 1979–1999 36
6
Mil Mi-4[3] USSR utility helicopter Mi-4A 1958–1981 17
Mil Mi-6[1] USSR heavy lift helicopter Mi-6A 1986–1990 3
Petlyakov Pe-2 USSR bomber Pe-2FT 1944–1954 101
Polikarpov Po-2 USSR
Poland		 liaison/utility/
training		 Po-2
CSS-13		 1944–
1949–1978		 200+
560
Polikarpov UTI-4 (I-16 variant) USSR trainer [dubious – discuss]
PZL-104 Wilga Poland liaison/utility/
reconnaissance		 Wilga 35A 1973–1993 27 To civilian flying clubs.
PZL.23 Karaś[4] Poland attack PZL.23A
PZL.23B		 1936-1939 40
210		 Captured or destroyed during fall of Poland
PZL I-22 Iryda[1] Poland jet trainer M93K 1992–1996 8
PZL P.7[5] Poland fighter/fighter trainer P.7a 1932-1939 149 Captured or destroyed during fall of Poland
PZL P.11[6] Poland fighter P-11a
P-11c		 1934-1939 50
150		 Captured or destroyed during fall of Poland
PZL TS-8 Bies Poland trainer BI/BII/BIII 1957–1970 250 To civilian flying clubs.
PZL TS-11 Iskra Poland Jet trainer 1964-2021 424
PZL-Mielec An-2 USSR
Poland		 utility transport An-2T/TD/W 1956–2012 138 Some transferred to civil aviation.[7]
PZL-Mielec Lim-1/2 (MiG-15/bis)[3] Poland fighter Lim-1
Lim-2		 1952–1980
1954–1996		 227
496		 some converted to two-seat SBLim-1/2
PZL-Mielec Lim-5/6 (MiG-17) [3] Poland fighter
interceptor
attack
attack		 Lim-5
Lim-5P
Lim-5M
Lim-6bis		 1956–1996
1959–1984
1960–1966
1965–1992		 308
82
60
42		 over 100 Lim-5 converted to Lim-6bis and retired in 80s, 42 Lim-5P converted to Lim-6M, 12 Lim-5P to Lim-6MR, 70 bis converted to reconnaissance Lim-6R.
PZL SM-1 (Mi-1)[3] USSR
Poland		 light utility/
training helicopter		 1957–1983 ~30
PZL SM-2[3] Poland light utility helicopter 1960–1979 ~50
Shcherbakov Shche-2 USSR transport 1945–1947 5
SNCAC NC-701 France transport/
aerial photography		 NC-701 1949–1955 6 former LOT Polish Airlines
Sukhoi Su-7 [1] USSR attack Su-7BM
Su-7BKŁ
Su-7U		 1964–1990
1966-1990
1969-1990		 6
31
8
Sukhoi Su-20[1] USSR attack
reconnaissance		 Su-20
Su-20R		 1974–1997
1975–1997		 19
8
Tupolev SB USSR trainer USB-2M-103
Tupolev Tu-2 USSR bomber/target tug Tu-2S/UTu-2 1945–1960 8
Tupolev Tu-134 USSR VIP transport Tu-134A 1974–1992 4
Tupolev Tu-154[1] USSR VIP transport Tu-154M 1990–2011 2 one crashed in 2010
Yakovlev UT-2 USSR trainer 1944–1952 140
Yakovlev Yak-1[3] USSR fighter Yak-1B 1943–1946  70
Yakovlev Yak-3 [3] USSR fighter 1944–1945 25
Yakovlev Yak-9 [3] USSR fighter Yak-9
Yak-9M
Yak-9T
Yak-9W
Yak-9U
Yak-9P		 1944
1944–1951
1944–1951
1945–1953
1945–1947
1947–1953		 1
72
24
58
19
123
Yakovlev Yak-11 USSR
Czechoslovakia		 trainer Yak-11
C-11		 1954–1962 101
37
Yakovlev Yak-12 USSR
Poland		 liaison/utility/
training		 Yak-12R/M/A 1951– 100+ To civilian flying clubs.
Yakovlev Yak-17 [3] USSR fighter
fighter trainer		 Yak-17
Yak-17UTI		 1950–1955 3
11
Yakovlev Yak-18 USSR trainer Yak-18 1949–1960 15+ To civilian flying clubs.
Yakovlev Yak-23 [3] USSR fighter Yak-23 1950–1956 103
Yakovlev Yak-40[1] USSR VIP transport 1973–2011 18

References

Citations

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 [1] (in Polish)
  2. ↑ Bell 412 opuścił Okęcie. (in Polish)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 [2] (in Polish)
  4. ↑ Cynk, 1971, p.186-200
  5. ↑ Cynk, 1971, p.151-
  6. ↑ Cynk, 1971, p.158-172
  7. ↑ Bartosz Glowacki (20 December 2012). "Picture: Polish air force retires last An-2 transport". Flightglobal. Reed Business Information Limited. http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-polish-air-force-retires-last-an-2-transport-380353/. Retrieved 24 December 2014. 

Bibliography

  • Cynk, Jerzy B. (1971). Polish Aircraft 1893-1939. London: Putnam. ISBN 9780370000855. 




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