Polish Air Force

Polish F-16s will guard Slovak skies, minister announces

"We support one another, we all face the same threats in our part of Europe, and we are doing our best to respond... From September 1 a pair of Polish F-16s will add Slovakia to their patrol route," Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said after the signing of the accord. Grzegorz Momot/PAP

From September 1 two Polish F-16 fighters will begin patrolling the airspace over Slovakia under an agreement between Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Poland's defence minister said on Saturday in Slovakia.

Flying school that trained Battle of Britain aces still producing Poland’s Top Guns

On the anniversary of the outbreak of the Battle of Britain, which saw Polish fighter pilots shoot down 12 percent of German planes, TFN travelled to the school where future flying aces are still being trained.

On His Majesty's secret service: The forgotten spy who made D-Day happen

Declassified documents from Britain’s security service MI5 reveal the full extent to which the man dubbed the ‘silent hero of WWII’ helped bring about the success of the Allies’ Operation D-Day.

Polish Air Force exhibition opens in London

The first permanent exhibition highlighting the vital role of the Polish Air Force during the Second World War has opened at the Battle of Britain Bunker in west London.

Polish WWII general's plane returns from Canada to Poland

The plane, used by Chief Commander of the Polish Armed Forces in 1943-44, General Kazimierz Sosnkowski, was transported from Canada to Poland. After World War II the aircraft was operated by a Canadian airline and later was placed in a museum.

Polish Air Force, RAF to mark Great Escape anniversary

The Polish Air Force and Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) in Żagań, west Poland, will mark the March 24-falling 75th anniversary of the World War II mass escape of Allied pilots from a German POW camp in the area.

Poland’s Top Guns take control of patrolling skies over Baltic States

While violations of NATO airspace are generally rare, there has been a recent increase from Russian Su-27 fighter jets and Su-24 Fencer bombers.

A secret command centre in Uxbridge to a country pub in Ruislip, fascinating new app follows trail of WWII Polish airmen in UK

Thousands of members of the Polish Air Force lived in Hillingdon, now a borough of Greater London, during WWII. The trail encompasses four locations that were significant to the Polish pilots.

Top Guns fly in to show off their breath-taking pilot skills at the Radom air show

Celebrating 100 years of Polish military aviation, the two-day show will be the largest event of its kind in Polish history with over 100 planes and helicopters from 22 countries.

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